As HBS professor Laura Morgan Roberts sees it, if you aren't managing your own professional image, others are.
"People are constantly observing your behavior and forming theories about your competence, character, and commitment, which are rapidly disseminated throughout your workplace," she says. "It is only wise to add your voice in framing others' theories about who you are and what you can accomplish."
Positive distinctiveness means using verbal and non-verbal cues to claim aspects of your identity that are personally and/or socially valued, in an attempt to create a new, more positive meaning for that identity. Positive distinctiveness usually involves attempts to educate others about the positive qualities of your identity group, advocate on behalf of members of your identity group, and incorporate your background and identity-related experiences into your workplace interactions and innovation.
[This article was provided with permission from Harvard Business School Working Knowledge.]
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on Mar 10, 2011Social as well professional image these days very much depend on how you manage your profile on your social network sites. An uncalled for status update/photo can land you in trouble. Managing your Social Media Image is now more important than your personnal/professional image.
on Mar 10, 2011