10 Office Items To Have In A Car

If you are a business person or a focal employee, there are certain things you need to always have in your car to ensure opportunities do not pass you
by. If you truly envisage a work life balance, then you will need to always have your business tools within your reach even when you play hard. This article shares top business items you should always have in your car.

A Pair of Corporate Shoes

Business opportunity can come up at any given time without any prior appointment or indication. A lead you have been chasing for months or even years might suddenly dash into your city and calls for your availability ASAP for possible signing a contract as discussed. Does this mean you have to give up the impromptu meeting? No! Clients who show up suddenly have always had you in mind and definitely believe you can fulfill their need at that given time. Not to ruin the chance, having a spare office shoes in your car trunk will ensure you give a resounding Yes to the client’s invitation and possibly seal the deal in the long run.

A Suit

This is apparently ideal for salespersons or if you own your own business. An entrepreneur is always at the risk of being found in transit each time a client calls. You will often find yourself trying to push a meeting for a later time or probably the next day every time a client calls if you are always in a place with the wrong dressing when a client suddenly calls for a meeting. If you do not have an established relationship with a client yet, it is ideal to show up for meetings corporately dressed. Looking casual for a first meeting or a new client meeting may undermine your brand reputation.

A Pen

By the power of pen, companies and businesses have been formed and by the same pen, many businesses were dissolved. Never under estimate the power of pen in business. A project might be delayed for another 6 months simply because there was no pen for the decision maker to approve the project on the spot during his brief availability. The worst of it is that, the next supplier with a pen might have the deal. When a client is under pressure and very aggressive to have a task done, any form of delay might mean they have to look elsewhere with no offence. Not that they no longer like to work with you but time is key in business as you will all know ‘Time is Money’. Who says deals are not signed in a car.

A Dairy or Writing Pad

Even if you are so smart and endowed with magnetic memory, may be you co-authored the ‘Audacity To Win’, wrote 200 lines of code in the making of Facebook, programmed the campaign speeches for Donald Trump-you still need a Writing Pad. Ensure to always have this also in your car as this is essential in taking notes during meetings or chats. You will never know when things you wrote down will become handy in the near future. It is essential to always have this available in your car.

A Car Phone Charger

This is an essential item to always have in a car. Many people spend so much time on their phone and sometimes forget to have it charged. You never know what you have missed until you are told. Your phone device is a mobile office .When clients try to reach you at your office and they are told you stepped out, their best bet is reaching you on your mobile. The worst that could happen to your business is your phone going off during a conversation with a client while taking crucial details. Just to avert this from happening, it is advisable to have a backup plan by always ensuring to have a spare charger in your car just in case your phone battery goes low during the day.

A Perfume

The smell of freshness makes room for a rewarding conversation at work workplace or during a meeting. If you enter a meeting or workplace smelling awful, a 1 hr meeting might end in 5 minutes. You might even put your colleagues sitting next to your cubicle in an uncomfortable position. Be smart; do not put your business partners in a choke. Do yourself whole lots of good by refreshing your smell before going in for a meeting. Having a spare perfume in your car will often ensure that you always have something to fall back on just in case things go wrong and you suddenly smell awful.

A Make-up Kit

This is especially for women. Looking good is a good business and the business of looking good is also a business in itself. People assume the brand of your company based on how the employees look. Doing some quick make up touch will always ensure that you look great which depresses work stress, reassures you clients and colleagues that you love what you do and in turn brings more businesses for your brand. You will end up putting your client off and kicking away lots of businesses if you do not look charming and always making a task looking harder than it actually is. Having a make-up kit in your car that you can sneak to freshen yourself at your spare time is a good business.

A Spare Clothe

Sometimes things may go wrong. You might spill coffee on your well ironed white shirt or have a dangling rod pierce through your clothe while preparing for a high profile meeting for the day. Instead of pushing for a re-schedule or having a bad day all through, a spare clothe in the trunk of your car might just fix your mood.

Mobile Printer and Scanner

Having a mobile printer and scanner is not a bad idea at all. The world is gradually moving into the era of having your office move with you everywhere you go. People like it when their requests are resolved in a swift. Having a gadget like this will mean that you do not have to get to the office before a document could be treated as needed. Business climate is changing and the race is for the swift that are willing to change with the trend. This item is essential in a car.

Safety Kit

HSE professionals are liable to accident, so also anyone. Life is risk and the fact that we survive every day is a miracle. You will never get to that stage where accident can no longer happen. A co-worker might have an attack, you might have your car hit by another car and people in your car might sustain some bruises. The key to saving lives is having first aid kit handy. Safety is part of business and it is everyone’s responsibility. Make first aid kit part of your business tool and you will save a life threatening situation someday.

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