FICCI FLO’s CORPORETTE, hosted by FLO Bombay Chapter, could not have asked for a more luminous audience to make it one of the most successful events in recent times. MeenakshiMenon, RaelPadamsee, RJ Malishka, Dr. Rashmi Shetty, fitness expert LeenaMogre, Cecilia Oldne ? Global Brand Ambassador, Sula Vineyards, Estee Lauder’s RoahVaziralli, were all in attendance throwing light on one most critical aspect that makes professional & personal branding a part of corporate life and its alignment with the persons/company’s philosophy.
Cecilia Oldne, the country’s first woman sommelier, spoke about how she’s never faced gender prejudice in India, calling wine a woman’s brew and beer a man’s poison, with more than 30% of her customers belonging to the fairer sex. Mr. Vaziralli, who is in the business of making women look prettier, with Estee Lauder and now bringing make up giant Bobbi Brown in India, stressed on the importance of time management and personal grooming. MeenakshiMenon from Spatial Access, who is also an environmentalist with Vanashakti, could not emphasis enough on the relevance of creating a visual image and identity for oneself to succeed in today’s corporate world.
Soon after, it was time for the instrumentalists of such powerful personalities to enthrall the audience, RaelPadamsee hopped on the stage and had the audience do a cha-cha-cha and a little zumba to shake the stupor! She also emphasized on the basics of communication and how they help everyone to stand out.
Rakesh Agarwal from ICBI, Image consulting Business Institute put it rather philosophically by calling it, “making our brand image ones best friend in a lonely country like India”. Followed by som interesting insights from Dr. Anjali Chabbria on Mental Health, Dr. Rashmi Shetty on the secrets to a glowing skin and LeenaMogre the celebrity fitness expert.
But the real fun started when RJ Malishka took the stage and the audience by storm! Ali re aliMalishka reverberated in the hall where she spoke about her journey from being a trainee under PrahladKakkar to the brand Malishka that she is today.
The colloquium ended with 3 interactive workshops from Playback Singer DilrajKaur, Life Coach Malti Bhojwani & Personality Development expert AshuKhanna.
The participant feedback was above expectations and all agreed that the one point they could take back from the day was “Why FIT-IN when you can STAND-OUT”
