Today I received an inquiry from a company interested in providing its employees a wardrobe and grooming seminar. It sounded like grooming is a sticking point for some in this company’s office. It’s not yet clear if the offending employees’ poor grooming habits are culturally based; or brought on by ignorance or laziness.

Hopefully the company will hire me because I want to help these employees develop better personal grooming standards and habits. It’s good to give everyone an overview, but the few employees with particularly poor habits should have some 1:1 time with me. It can be wounding for one worker to hear from a colleague that s/he has chronically bad breath, for example. It’s hard to recover when the employees work with each other daily.

Skills are a really important component to achieving success. But poor grooming habits are barriers to achieving success, regardless of the skill level. If someone can outgrow poor habits then it is possible to reach one’s full potential.

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Joseph Rosenfeld helps professional men and corporate workgroups create effective visual brands. Visit JosephRosenfeld.com for details.