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MARK OATEN MP TO HEAD NEW DIVISION AT THE AZIZ CORPORATION
- Six out of ten offices have adopted a smart casual dress code
- Only one in four employees is now required to wear a suit to work
- Most businesses now allow more casual dress on certain days, such as dress-down Fridays
- Almost half of employees would dress more smartly if their job was under threat
- Short skirts and skimpy tops divide the office, with approval dependent on age and sex
British office goes smart casual?
Almost half (49 per cent) of UK company directors and senior managers
believe that a plummy or posh upper-class accent is now a hindrance
rather than a help when it comes to succeeding in business, according
to research from The Aziz Corporation, the UK’s leading independent executive communications consultancy.
Professor Khalid Aziz,
Chairman of The Aziz Corporation, which conducted the survey as part of
the eighth annual Aziz Management Communications Index, comments:
“The rise of
Britain’s self-made men, often from working-class backgrounds, such as
BHS boss Philip Green or Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary reflects the
changing profile of the successful boss. These are people who aren’t
afraid to speak their minds, and are proud to make a virtue of the fact
that they have worked their way up from humble beginnings to positions
of influence. In both cases though, they are better known for their
forceful and charismatic personalities than for their class origins.”
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