Comments on: Dress for Success http://organizationsandmarkets.com/2008/02/13/dress-for-success/ Economics of organizations, strategy, entrepreneurship, innovation, and more Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:36:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: REW http://organizationsandmarkets.com/2008/02/13/dress-for-success/#comment-69510 REW Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:56:54 +0000 http://organizationsandmarkets.wordpress.com/?p=1372#comment-69510 Bob, I recommend Yardley English Lavender Talc to ease the hose itch -- it works for me. There are a couple of nice shops just off Union Square in SF that can do custom pumps for the masculine foot. You get a free coupon for a pedicure. And the Hermes scarf might be just the thing to out-dress the dean... Bob,

I recommend Yardley English Lavender Talc to ease the hose itch — it works for me. There are a couple of nice shops just off Union Square in SF that can do custom pumps for the masculine foot. You get a free coupon for a pedicure.

And the Hermes scarf might be just the thing to out-dress the dean…

]]> By: Bob http://organizationsandmarkets.com/2008/02/13/dress-for-success/#comment-69508 Bob Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:30:58 +0000 http://organizationsandmarkets.wordpress.com/?p=1372#comment-69508 I have only one rule for proper dress: Dress at or slightly better than your immediate supervisor. This has always worked well for me, except that my current department chair and dean are both women. Man my hose itch and these pumps are killing me. I have only one rule for proper dress: Dress at or slightly better than your immediate supervisor. This has always worked well for me, except that my current department chair and dean are both women.

Man my hose itch and these pumps are killing me.

]]> By: Bart http://organizationsandmarkets.com/2008/02/13/dress-for-success/#comment-69507 Bart Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:00:04 +0000 http://organizationsandmarkets.wordpress.com/?p=1372#comment-69507 I think Austrians tend to wear lederhosen... Boy am I lucky to be the first one to come up with that one! I think Austrians tend to wear lederhosen…
Boy am I lucky to be the first one to come up with that one!

]]> By: REW http://organizationsandmarkets.com/2008/02/13/dress-for-success/#comment-69502 REW Wed, 13 Feb 2008 21:00:10 +0000 http://organizationsandmarkets.wordpress.com/?p=1372#comment-69502 The best moment of my study of organizations over the past 30 years occurred when the department head announced a dress code for faculty as the first agenda item of the monthly department meeting. During the ensuing brouhaha (all the worst of faculty comportment at full throat) he stripped three full professors of leadership roles and disbanded one research group and presented sad budget news. Before anyone knew it, the meeting was gaveled to a close. It took almost two months before anyone above the rank of assistant professor recognized what he had accomplished behind the smoke screen. Even now, there is a tear in my eye. The best moment of my study of organizations over the past 30 years occurred when the department head announced a dress code for faculty as the first agenda item of the monthly department meeting. During the ensuing brouhaha (all the worst of faculty comportment at full throat) he stripped three full professors of leadership roles and disbanded one research group and presented sad budget news. Before anyone knew it, the meeting was gaveled to a close. It took almost two months before anyone above the rank of assistant professor recognized what he had accomplished behind the smoke screen. Even now, there is a tear in my eye.

]]> By: Warren Miller http://organizationsandmarkets.com/2008/02/13/dress-for-success/#comment-69501 Warren Miller Wed, 13 Feb 2008 19:57:05 +0000 http://organizationsandmarkets.wordpress.com/?p=1372#comment-69501 I used to to handtie a bow-tie whenever I taught. For one thing, it took the edge off the passion in my teaching, which students, in their instructor evaluations, had said for years was intimidating. For another, on the first day of class, as I explained the course and its objectives, I'd pull one of the trailing ends of the bowtie loose, completely untie it, and then retie it, all the while never missing a word. When I was done, they invariably applauded. . .and then I had to restart the lecture at the point where I had begun retying the bow-tie because, riveted as they were on my handiwork, they had missed everything I said after I began the retie! I used to to handtie a bow-tie whenever I taught. For one thing, it took the edge off the passion in my teaching, which students, in their instructor evaluations, had said for years was intimidating.

For another, on the first day of class, as I explained the course and its objectives, I’d pull one of the trailing ends of the bowtie loose, completely untie it, and then retie it, all the while never missing a word. When I was done, they invariably applauded. . .and then I had to restart the lecture at the point where I had begun retying the bow-tie because, riveted as they were on my handiwork, they had missed everything I said after I began the retie!

]]> By: Manuel Lora http://organizationsandmarkets.com/2008/02/13/dress-for-success/#comment-69500 Manuel Lora Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:53:42 +0000 http://organizationsandmarkets.wordpress.com/?p=1372#comment-69500 Do you think that Austrians tend to wear bow ties more often than non-Austrians? Do you think that Austrians tend to wear bow ties more often than non-Austrians?

]]> By: Donald A. Coffin http://organizationsandmarkets.com/2008/02/13/dress-for-success/#comment-69499 Donald A. Coffin Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:47:44 +0000 http://organizationsandmarkets.wordpress.com/?p=1372#comment-69499 I found Brad DeLong's comments on this both hilarious and pertinent: http://delong.typepad.com/sdj/2008/02/cosma-shalizi-c.html I found Brad DeLong’s comments on this both hilarious and pertinent:
http://delong.typepad.com/sdj/2008/02/cosma-shalizi-c.html

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