Work Clothes
What you wear to work seems like something that's fairly important. As they say, if you want to feel good, you've got to look good. Dressing for success is something that is very important for most professions.
Notice I said most. In the world of technology and computers, dressing for success is becoming a dying standard. As the article from ragan.com says, casual attire is becoming more and more normal in most professions. But is this that big of a deal? The story notes an interesting point: If performance and formality were directly proportional, everyone would choose success. But what the article tells us is you should not be putting such a big emphasis on how nicely one is dressed. Finding out that the White House now lets people work without a tie (unless meeting with the president) is a fun fact the story brings up.
In the end, ragan brings up good pointers on what you should be doing for your own dress code, but leaves us off with saying that essentially if your workers are getting the job done, the emphasis shouldn't be on what they are wearing.
I think the advice is very solid. Something that immediately came to my head was this picture.
Sure, Craig Sager probably went against some guidelines for his work attire. But it made him feel good and who was to tell him not to wear these kind of suits? He is one of the best guys at what he does. Feeling good while not overstepping your boundaries within your work can be a fine line, but there still should be flexibilty.
The NBA is a place that, nearly 10 years ago, decided enough was enough and made a dress code. They wanted to make sure every one of their players represented the league with a good image. It was a good idea then, and is still a good idea today. Seeing a dress code written in words like that puts it into perspective of how important dressing for success is to some people. Now, for someone that just sits behind a computer, this is probably too far. But it's still something good to relate to.
All in all, dress codes are important. But there shouldn't be a whole lot of complaints about the dwindling importance put on it. As long as someone is effective at what they do and not tracking attention for what they wear, no one should have a problem.
No comments:
Post a Comment