Tuesday morning, I was sitting at my desk working away and my coworker—native to Maryland and a new resident of California for the past 7 months—came running over to my office. “Kristina, there was an earthquake on the East Coast!” She’s been nervous and anxious about experiencing her first earthquake in tremor-prone California and of…
Tag: Dale Carnegie of Central and Southern New Jersey
It’s The Leadership, Stupid!
“Do you believe leadership is more than just a spot on the org chart, or a specific title, or funding a project, or answering a key question, or having responsibility for particular decisions?” – Nilofer Merchant Dale Carnegie did. He believed that being a good leader meant changing the attitudes and behaviors of those under…
6 Tips for Effective Negotiations
Folks from New Jersey are natural negotiators. As kids we negotiated trading baseball cards. As teens we negotiated with our parents in the hope of using the family car. As adults we negotiate with everybody—from the guy behind the deli counter to the salesman we talk to at our favorite car dealership. It was all…
Building a Team Leadership Program For Your Business
There are several components that are necessary for a business to run successfully. It starts with a solid business plan, hard-working and dedicated employees, and good leaders that demonstrate new and innovating thinking, and that the employees can look up to and trust. These elements will usually suffice for keeping a business running in a…