Organizational change is as constant as it is disconcerting. Here and across the Netherlands and our part of the globe, we are always adapting and changing to improve all aspects of the organization. It is never easy as we assess virtually every corner of the business to increase profit and job satisfaction. No matter...
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No matter what type of business you run, or what kinds of setting you conduct your meetings in—be it formal or informal—meetings are an essential activity to keeping your business on target. Of course, simply mentioning the word “meeting” often brings about moans and groans. If this is the case, and it’s your job...
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Dale Carnegie once told the story of Thelma Thompson, whose husband was stationed at an Army training camp near the Mojave Desert in California. She went to live there in order to be near him, but ended up hating the place. She had never been so miserable. Things became unbearable when her husband was...
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There was once a boy in London working as a clerk in a dry-goods store. He had to get up at five o’clock, sweep out the store, and slave for fourteen hours a day. It was sheer drudgery and he despised it. After two years, he could stand it no longer, so he got...
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Dale Carnegie used to relay a bit of sage advice from Elbert Hubbard that helped people develop the will to win in life. Carnegie said that if the average man or woman would only apply and live the wisdom contained in it, he or she would be happier and more prosperous. Here is Elbert’s...
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Giving feedback is one of the most important aspects of organizational leadership. When we head back to the famous Dale Carnegie classic, How to Win Friends and Influence People, we know that discussing performance is never easy, but is always necessary for growth and opportunity. Being a good leader involves leading people to success....
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A short article by Rod Minchin London for independent.ie talks about a remarkable occurrence in language skills. Here’s the article in its entirety, followed by a brief recap from your friends at Dale Carnegie Training Benelux: An Englishman has woken up after a stroke and started speaking fluent Welsh. Alun Morgan (81) was evacuated...
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In Dale Carnegie’s collection of business books that date back to the 1920’s, virtually every one of them focuses on relationship, friendship, attitude and influence. These ingredients, if applied correctly in an organization in the right way, bring success and opportunity to everyone who applies them. Even in the chilly air across the Netherlands,...
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Assembling teams in the workplace is a great way to make strides toward accomplishing a task. But teamwork can be as detrimental as it can be powerful if the team comes apart at the seams and everybody begins working on their own agendas. Here are 10 tips from your friends at Dale Carnegie Training...
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A bachelor friend of Dale Carnegie, about forty years old, became engaged, and his fiancé persuaded him to take some belated dancing lessons. “The Lord knows I needed dancing lessons,” confessed the friend, “for I danced just as I did when I first started twenty years ago. The first teacher I engaged probably told...
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