Casual Power

What are you saying before you speak a word? Does your nonverbal communication limit your effectiveness? In this enlightening guidebook, Sherry Maysonave shows you precisely how to command respect, inspire trust, and project personal power when you dress down for business. She emphasizes the silent but potent - nonverbal aspects of clothing, demeanor, and body language. She reveals how nonverbal factors determine the response you receive from others - factors that impact your ability to maximize success.
Sherry Maysonave puts an end to the confusion that surrounds casual attire in the workplace and social invitations requesting casual dress. In this groundbreaking book, she decodes the confusing catchall term "casual." For varied occasions, Sherry explains and clarifies two primary questions: 1) How dressed down is too casual? 2) How dressed up is not casual enough?

Using fascinating case studies, Sherry exposes the personal saboteur that works behind the scenes to undermine success. Personifying this conniving part of the human psyche, she introduces McSly, a friendly monster that seduces you into making choices that can disempower you. Sherry and McSly use real-life situations to show you exactly what casual apparel and what nonverbal communications sabotage or empower you and your career goals.

Sherry gives you key strategies for powering up your nonverbal communications and for taking control of your image. Using her expert tips, you can dress down with flair and confidence. Sherry's painless shopping strategies show you how to quickly examine clothing store inventories to find those garments that are empowering to you. Her secrets on creating wardrobe miracles are refreshing and exciting.

Sherry Maysonave brings needed clarity, sophistication, and wit to all dress-down issues in today's workplace. This inspiring, humorous, visually-rich book is **the 21st Century's "How-To-Dress-Down-For-Success" bible**. Visit www.Casualpower.com and find out how to enhance your personal power even more!

Casual Power... Shows how to command respect, inspire trust, and project personal power when dressed down for business. Emphasizes nonverbal aspects of clothing, demeanor, and body language. Also addresses appropriate casual attire in the workplace and at social invitations requesting casual dress. Recommended Selection by:
- The Center for Professional Communication
Neely School of Business, Texas Christian University

A well illustrated book about the dressing-down trend. In just 229 pages, this book will set you straight, as it lays down guidelines and no-nos and clears up what she refers to as CCS (casual confusion syndrome).... Using case studies, illustrations and photographs, the book differentiates business casual from five other classifications of informal dress: active casual, rugged casual, sporty casual, smart casual and dressy casual. In other words, there's casual, and then there's casual...The book is more than a fashion guide. It actually takes the reader into the subconscious realm of why clothing is important... But if you want a clear-cut answer to the question, "What is business casual, anyway?" this is the book for you.
- Mary White
American Bankers Association