You’ve probably heard, “The key to success is not hard working but smart working.” Many of us (if we’re honest) find ourselves busy, but not necessarily more successful. Cammi Pham’s article on Business Insider highlights several key qualities that are keeping you from success. Most notably, napping, saying “No,” and asking for help! So what does this mean…
Category: Soft Skills
Networking: Dale Carnegie Style
If you’ve heard one thing in your professional career, more than anything else, it’s probably: Network, Network, Network. But, in fact, people rarely explained what that meant and how to effectively network. Hence the events where a bunch of people are milling around, passing out business cards, seeking their own agendas and trying to sell everyone…
Ready to increase your employment value?
I’m fairly certain no one wakes up one morning and says, “I want to be the worst employee at my place of business today.” Or grows up to have a dream to “Find a place of employment where I can really decrease productivity and bring the team down.” People inherently want to succeed; they want…
Managing Stress and Goal Setting
Goal setting is a worthwhile and necessary function on the road to success. But over-striving to meet goals often results in more stress, and thus, the need to find ways to reduce it. When attempting to reduce goal-oriented stress, your friends at Dale Carnegie Training of Central & Western PA recommends first examining the goals you’ve set…
Creating a Strong Leadership Image
Being a strong leader is a combination of a number of things. For some, it is a natural gift—a magnetism that gravitates others to them and makes them an effective leader. For others, leadership is a quality built up over time, constructed and refined and practiced until it gains effective gravity. First Impressions are Everything…
Tips for a More Effective Hiring Process
Most managers agree that hiring is one of the most important aspects of their job. It also tends to be one of their least favorite responsibilities. Ask any manager what their strategy for hiring is, and most will just shrug and tell you they really don’t have one. This is because the hiring process is…
5 Tips for Hiring the Right Employee
Recruiting top talent is one of the most challenging aspects of running a business. Sure, finding someone who is interested in working for you may be easy, but finding the right employee for your company is easier said than done. To help facilitate the hiring process, many companies employ a number of tactics such as…
How to Handle Difficult Decisions in 4 Easy Steps
In business, as in life, you often need to make decisions even if you have a limited amount of information. But making decisions needn’t be a gut wrenching process if you follow the four tips below from your friends at Dale Carnegie Training of Central & Western PA: 1. Find the Facts — Before you can make…
8 Essential Ingredients for Leadership Success
The essentials of leadership are many. We live in a fast paced and complicated economy where the quickest technology wins. Our leaders in our area need an array of skills to guide teams to both goals and objectives. Dale Carnegie Training assesses eight very important ingredients that make for success: Environmental awareness: The culture and the…
Time Out! Why not now?
Leaders are always improving, innovating, inspiring and changing. I just ran some financials – five years ago, what was once 89% of my gross income, is now 37%. My challenge is that my business structure is not matching my new offerings. What about your business? In my executive coaching we are constantly dealing with 5…