Overview

55% of the way we judge a person is by their outward appearance and clothing, 38% by how they present themselves - body language, eye contact, handshake, personal grooming - which leaves only 7% to get their message across! Most people haven't got time to think about what their outward appearance communicates to others. They have their style and stick to it. But remember, everyone has a Personal Brand image anyway, so why not take control of it and make sure it projects the desired image and make that image work for you!

Location

Changing Gear Image Consultants was started by Tessa Hood, a Corporate Branding Analyst with a media career spanning 30 years. Through working with clients ranging from Epson, Mobil, Rohan, Barbour, Toshiba, Harrods, Mercedes, Ford, Panasonic, Hewlett Packard and Puma amongst many others, Tessa set up Changing Gear to fill an important niche market in corporate and executive personal branding and can accommodate personal or business clients anywhere across the UK as well as internationally.

Personal Consultations

Changing Gear offer the choice of a one-to-one personal image consultation in your own home, or the fun of being amongst friends as part of a group workshop. Changing Gear also offers a very special luxury 3 day package which on day 1, in the privacy of your own home offers a full personal consultation, a complete colour analysis then a wardrobe workout, on day 2 a whole day's personal shopping trip in the West End of London and finally, on day 3, a 'spoil-yourself' session - a trip to a top London Hairdresser, a manicure, pedicure, a lesson and application of make-up from a leading photographic make-up artist and then a visit to a Photographic Portrait Studio for a portrait photo. It will change the way you see yourself and how you could lead your life.

Corporate Consultations

Recently 86% of Personnel Directors from Fortune 100 companies confirmed that their people could project a better corporate image to their clients. It is important to remember that the image portrayed by staff is a company asset to be managed. Changing Gear focuses on auditing the image your company wishes to portray against how your employees actually present that image, thus ensuring that corporations and individual executives know that their message will be heard. However it doesn’t just stop at personal style. Through workshops, which we run across all industries and at all levels from CEO to shopfloor, we help propel the people element of your corporate brand through underlining the importance of first impressions in business, appropriateness of dress and behaviour, cultural differences, etiquette, how to work a room, the etiquette of introductions and email, and then the added personal style and grooming issues, which leads to a perception of honesty, integrity and professionalism and can, in fact, shorten the sales cycle and improve the bottom line. Why not take an 'unfair advantage' over your competitors and give yourself a head start!