Corporate America is a chess game about how your position yourself

When Michael K. Lorelli became the president of PepsiCola East in 1989, he joined the ranks of professionals who had enlisted executive coaches to help smooth their rough edges that can impede a climb up the corporate ladder. An executive coach, part therapist, part drill sergeant Michael Kors Handbags New, stresses less on business strategies than on reversing potentially self-defeating barriers to success---a lame handshake, clumsy presence, unflattering outfit, inarticulate speech, poor people skills, ignorance of office politics. 'I was a simple middle-class Italian kid from Queens and CEOs are expected to have a certain amount of polish,' said Mr Lorelli, now President and CEO of Latex Int'l, who paid about $2,000 in 1990 to have his table manners, fashion sense Michael Kors Handbags New, mannerisms and other characteristics evaluated and for the next 8 years, he and his employees periodically took the refresher courses.

Most etiquette consultants/executive coaches are hired to help the employees develop the certain je ne sais quoi and Human Resource professionals say it also gives the company an edge in a hypercompetitive world. Based in Manhattan, Camille Lavington, also Mr. Lorelli's coach, charges up to $10,000 a client and says she has worked with investment companies, real estate companies and international marketers Michael Kors Handbags New. 'When people go from middle management to senior management, they desperately need it.' She said. 'There is very little awareness of the lifestyle and the demeanor and the protocol of the more refined areas. It's subtle. You've got to play to the audience.'

'Corporate America is a chess game about how your position yourself. If you position yourself well or handle yourself well, you can exit or enter a new situation with ease and with 10% to15% more in salary than if you did it yourself.' Said Anton Belzer Michael Kors Handbags New, now a general sales manager at Radio One in Houston TX, used a coach when he was preparing to switch jobs 2 years ago. The way your carry and present yourself is critical to success and if people read that you are competent and confident---even if you blunder---they are forgiving because you just look like you have it together!