Dale Carnegie Training, the worldwide leader in professional development, performance improvement, leadership training, and employee engagement, recently announced that Joseph “Joe” K. Hart, Jr. is its new President and CEO. Hart is a graduate of the Dale Carnegie course which he took 20 years ago. Today, he attributes much of his success in business to the training he had…
Author: Liz Scavnicky Yaekle
Conquer the Tyranny of the Urgent in Two Steps
We all share common challenges to maximizing our productivity level. First, there are only 24 hours in a day. Secondly, if we are actively applying Dale Carnegie’s Human Relations principles, we have more professional and personal relationships than ever before, but less time to foster them. Charles E. Hummel published a groundbreaking essay on this…
Three Ways to Tap Into Your Creativity
Today’s workplaces appear much different than those of just a few years ago—all in an effort to foster creativity, collaboration, innovation and teambuilding. Former cubicle farms have been transformed into open collaborative work spaces. Neutral decor hues have been replaced with bright colors that pop. Vacant seats are common due to flexible working schedules. Incandescent and punchy pendant lighting…
Five Steps to Delegate Effectively
The ability to delegate effectively is paramount to a leader’s success. Although many people assume delegating to others ultimately wastes time, it is necessary for employees to grow in their roles. Others fear losing control of a project, however this will not occur when delegating correctly. Here are five steps to delegate effectively. Determine what…
Four Tips to Revealing Your Best Self This Summer
Most people are in their best physical shape during the summer vs. winter months. Warm, sunny days make it easier to stay active and maintain a positive attitude. Many set a goal of losing weight to look their best in anticipation of attendance at major milestone celebrations like graduations and weddings. Consider working your mental…
Build a Workplace People Love in Three Steps
In Joy, Inc. How We Built a Workplace People Love, author Richard Sheridan reveals his proven formula for cultivating joy in the workplace. He was able to capitalize on his experience at an aggressive, fear-filled corporation by creating his own ‘joy-full’ company, Menlo Innovations, a small software company in Ann Arbor, MI, where he serves as…
3 Questions to Determine if You Are an Enlightened Leader
As a graduate and former instructor of the Dale Carnegie Course, I enjoy comparing and contrasting other human relations and leadership principles, mantras and methods with those of Dale Carnegie. I recently read an article by another best-selling author, Deepak Chopra, and drew some interesting parallels between tenets outlined in his recent article, ‘The #1…
Three Ways to Improve Your Level of Employee Engagement
A recent Gallup Business Journal article reveals that employees are responsible for their engagement too. According to the Gallup study, 30% of all U.S. employees, and merely 13% of workers worldwide, are engaged in their jobs. There is abundant research revealing that managers have a key role to play in employee engagement, however the article…
Disagree Agreeably — Three Ways to Say ‘No’ Nicely
Disagreement is a natural dynamic between people—especially when in a meeting where multiple solutions are proposed by your colleagues. Choosing one solution inevitably results in disagreeing with another team member’s proposal. When left unresolved, disagreements can become problematic as the inherent conflict drains employees’ time, energy, confidence and productivity. The last thing you want to…
Famous Dale Carnegie Graduates and the Principles They Personify
The world famous Dale Carnegie Course is our flagship program which was developed by our founder, Dale Carnegie. His tried and true human relations principles were first published in his book, How to Win Friends and Influence People, which has sold more than 15 million copies worldwide since its release in 1936. You may be…