Improving communication skills in business and relationships are essential to the success of not only organizations but with leadership as well. Communication skills truly help leadership better understand the employees and their point of view. On any given day leaders and managers are deluged with huge numbers of interactions, messages, situations where clarity is...
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No matter the business relationship, communication is the key variable to get things done each and every day. Having a positive attitude is critical to accepting the everyday challenges that come our way. No matter who we are in the work environment, working together means success. Negativity can affect poorly on every goal and...
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A normal function of doing business is to listen to presenters provide information ranging from status reports, to procedural guidelines, to policy changes. And for those of us who give presentations, it’s likely that the majority of the presentations that we give fall into this category, in one way or another. Some individuals are...
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No matter the relationship, the common bonds we have with each other have a great impact within every aspect of our lives. As thousands of fellow countrymen stood outside the royal palace recently, we all stood as one when Willem-Alexander became our first King in 123 years! His message of respect and unity is...
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Eventually, most employees at any given company are going to need to deliver a presentation, or will be compelled to deliver a presentation to introduce a new idea or initiative. If you have a presentation in mind or one assigned to you, follow the six tips below from your friends at Dale Carnegie Benelux....
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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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Dale Carnegie once told the story of a New York speaker who was often complimented upon the firm texture of his sentences and the simple beauty of his language. During a conversation with him, the speaker told Carnegie the secret to his power to choose true and incisive words: Each time the speaker discovered...
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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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How stressed are you really? It just does not matter what side of the ocean you are on. It is just as challenging in the States as it is here in the Netherlands. It affects every aspect of our personal and professional lives. We cannot outrun it and it touches everyone no matter who...
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