When less seasoned professionals want to get ahead in their industry, they often look to the support of mentors to provide guidance. Mentoring is as old as business itself, but its methods have changed along with technology advancements. Today’s mentors are made up of many experienced professionals who are leaders in their occupations and whom…
Category: Soft Skills
Resolve Your New Year Resolutions
If you are among the 45% of Americans who usually set New Year’s Resolutions, consider these statistics*: Only 8% of people are always successful in achieving their resolutions. 19% achieve their resolutions every other year. 49% have infrequent success. 24% NEVER succeed and have failed on every resolution every year. I surmise that the primary…
A Little Help from your Friends
As we all know, there simply are not that many original ideas in modern management and leadership. We develop solid strategies derived from great sources like Dale Carnegie in New Jersey http://www.dalecarnegienj.com and we move forward. It is interesting how leadership and the automobile business have gone hand-in-hand and good and bad. Dating back to…
The Five Words in S.M.I.L.E.
The song Smile was first recorded in 1936 as the theme in Charlie Chaplin’s last silent movie but words were never added until 1954 when the new lyrics gave Nat King Cole a huge hit. It was Michael Jackson’s favorite song of all time. That says a lot. There is a saying that goes like…