Leadership is often seen as an important skill, especially for those in the field of business. However, no matter what field you are in having good leadership skills and participating in leadership development training is important. There are several skills that need to be acquired in order to be a good leader. One of...
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Dale Carnegie once took a course in short-story writing at New York University, and during that course the editor of a leading magazine talked to his class. The editor said he could pick up any one of the dozens of stories that drifted across his desk every day and after reading a few paragraphs...
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Whenever Dale Carnegie Training discusses leadership, especially here and across Alabama, we have to focus on how many different types of leaders there are in every organization. Although there is just a finite number of leadership types and styles that we can assess and study through Industrial Psychology or Organizational Behavior, we all know...
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Courtesy is such an integral aspect of business in Alabama. Even an organization with no direct retail relationships has to maintain a sense of civility with internal clients and suppliers. But if you have noticed of late, courtesy is at times inconsistent and it even does a vanishing act when relationships are involved. Is...
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Dale Carnegie often questioned by people should be interested in you unless you are first interested in them. If we merely try to impress people and get people interested in us, he said, we will never have many true, sincere friends. Friends, real friends, are not made that way. Napoleon tried it, and in...
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One of the biggest mistakes business leaders can make is hastily hiring employees. The difference between hiring just another employee and the right employee is what separates the employee who simply works for your business, and the employee who makes your business work. Finding the latter starts with the interview process. With that said,...
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Everyone wants to feel important. And Dale Carnegie knew that the surest way to making someone feel important—as well as winning the person to your way of thinking—is to talk in terms of his or her interest. This principle is as relevant today as it was when Carnegie revealed it over 75 years ago....
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All too often, people get stuck because they feel they do not know how to ask for help. Fortunately, it’s easy to ask for help. Here are 3 simple tips from your friends at Dale Carnegie Training Alabama that you can use today to enlist the help of others: The first thing you need...
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When Dale Carnegie asked the famous radio news analyst, H. V. Kaltenborn, if he had any advice to give to the young men of America who are eager to succeed, he said, “Yes, go to bat with yourself every morning. We talk a lot about the importance of physical exercise to wake us up...
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Dale Carnegie identified the number one way to attain a life of peace and happiness as being yourself in all your dealings. Too often, we try to emulate those around us in an attempt to fit in socially or with a specific group. But if it takes changing the essence of who we are...
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