New Year’s Eve is tomorrow and are you still looking for something to do say goodbye to 2011 and welcome 2012 in with friends and family? Thanks to the folks at Dale Carnegie of Indianapolis and Fox 59, we have put together this list of events you might wish to check out. Children’s Museum...
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Dale Carnegie knew that sometimes people simply had to be challenged in order to motivate them. In his book, “How To Win Friends and Influence People,” he tells the story of when Governor Al Smith of New York needed to find a warden to run things at Sing Sing, the notorious penitentiary west of...
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The business leaders and managers in Indiana are going 70 miles an hour. It is, of course, the “Holidaze!” We have our eyes on the last quarter, the last month and now the last weeks of 2011 as we close this year and head into the vast leadership unknown we soon will call 2012....
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Tis the season to be ethical; it is truly in the headlines, not just here in Indiana, but all over the United States. Every day we are reading or watching someone of professional stature crash in flames because of behavior and deception. It takes just seconds to wreck years of good works because of...
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In less than three weeks from today we’ll be into a New Year, and that means it’s time to possibly rethink some Human Resource policies. You see, at its core, a business’ Human Resources department has two primary focuses: (1) Helping promote an ideal work environment that keeps your company’s talent within the company...
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Asking questions not only makes an order more palatable; it often stimulates the creativity of the persons whom you ask. People are more likely to accept an order if they have had a part in the decision that caused the order to be issued. Dale Carnegie liked to tell the story of Ian MacDonald...
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Benjamin Franklin, who was tactless in his youth, became so diplomatic and adroit at handling people that he was made American ambassador to France. The secret of his success? “I will speak ill of no man,” Franklin said, “…and speak all the good I know of everybody.” Dale Carnegie knew that any fool can...
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Keeping employees happy in this economy can be a full time job for any Indiana organization. Giving people confidence and supporting their ability are critical aspects of motivating the workforce. But there are no easy recognition formulas out there. In 1926, Dale Carnegie authored, Public Speaking and Influencing Men in Business, which was edited...
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Abraham Lincoln once said: “It is an old and true maxim that ‘a drop of honey catches more flies than a gallon of gall.’ So with men, if you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend. Therein is a drop of honey that catches his...
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“Here lies the body of William Jay, Who died maintaining his right of way— He was right, dead right, as he sped along, But he’s just as dead as if he were wrong.” Dale Carnegie included the above epitaph in his legendary book, “How To Win Friends and Influence People.” The moral of the...
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