As leadership across the Northwest, we all want our organizations and businesses to grow and prosper as we head more deeply into 2014. Every size and type of business needs to be more successful so the local and regional economy can strengthen with opportunity. Although Washington is a state that continues to get better, organizations…
Category: Soft Skills
Managing Stress and Goal Setting in the New Year
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, Dale Carnegie Training of the Northwest recommends first examining the goals you’ve set for yourself. Goals…
5 Important Concepts for Success
Keeping every employee motivated and engaged is a big job for leaders and managers. Across the Northwest, the attention is now on 2014 and the future looks good for our area and our state. Assurance and confidence are essential ingredients as we end the year and head into the new one. In 1956, Dale Carnegie’s…
How to Ensure You’ll Have a Long-Term Professional Future
Studies show that it only takes three to five years for over 50 percent of working skills to become obsolete. And business analysts are now saying that today’s high school graduate will have, on average, five completely different careers in their lifetime. Notice they’re not saying “five different jobs.” Five completely different careers or professions….