Great "Beginners Guide"--Well Worth It.

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	• The Leader in You Dale Carnegie Pocket, 1995 - 256 pages average customer review:based on 21 reviews view larger image
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Great "Beginners Guide"--Well Worth It.

As a 20 year veteran business consultant I strongly recommend this one because it presents the "meat and potatoes" of leadership. I personally am tired of all the "fad" books out there trying to put a spin on leadership when what is important are the essential skills of leadership. This book captures those skills and is great for a new leader.

Mick Hager

Author of MONKEY BUSINESS, 7 Laws of the Jungle for Becoming the Best of the Bunch! A Short Tale of a Company That Gets It!
Gibbs Smith Publisher, March 2007

Back to Basics

This little book is recommended reading in the company I currently work for and unlike some of the other recommendations, Fish and Moving My Cheese for instance, this has some value.

It is, in essence, an updated version of How to Win Friends and Influence People, adapted for the present day and readers who have read the former work will gain little from this except some familiarity with more contemporary case studies.

What struck me as I was going over it was how central the basic messages are to most of the useful management books on the market today. Certainly among the more academic books you will findmore material which is inherently useful to higher level managers and professionals but in the context of middle and line management, the central tenents hold true. To name just two, good listening skills, and trying to see things from the perspectives of others are golden rules from which none of use should deviate.

Indeed, one is almost tempted to say that these are the sort of things that should be taught in schools as components of civics classes except that I am sure many others would agree, schools should concentrate on getting basic skills right before they release students into the world of work.

The leader in you is a useful book to read. It is an easy read and one that shoul not take too long to work through and the simple down to earth homily approach works well with most people.

While not the be all and end all of all management books, this slim little volume contains some simple lessons that all managers would do well to digest and apply in all their dealings with other people and I can think of a few who need to rediscover this book right now.

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rehash but may be a useful reminder

Stuart Levine and Michael Crom of Dale Carnegie & Associates, Inc. discuss their perspectives on the principles that Dale outlined earlier.

1. Be yourself, identify your strengths.

2. Be open, create an environment conducive to trust, see things from other person's point of view, listen well, and communicate tirelessly

3. Express genuine interest in others, recognize a job well done.

4. Teams: create a shared purpose, invite participation, share the glory and accept the blame, build team's confidence, be and stay involved.

5. Be quick to admit mistakes, slow to criticize. Be constructive.

6. Set goals that are clear, challeging and obtainable.

7. Focus, discipline, tenacity.

8. Balance work and leisure.

9. Positive mental attitude.

10. Reduce worry - focus on present, work out the odds of the event happening, accept the inevitable, keep problems in perspective, action.

11. Develop enthusiasm.

Reading the book will help you identify and act on several improvements.

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For nearly a century, the words and works of Dale Carnegie & Associates, Inc., have translated into proven success -- a claim verified by millions of satisfied graduates; a perpetual 3,000-plus enrollment roster per week; and book sales, including the mega-bestseller How to Win Friends and Influence People, totaling over thirty million copies.

Now, in The Leader In You, coauthors Stuart R. Levine and Michael A. Crom apply the famed organization's time-tested human relations principles to demonstrate how anyone, regardless of his or her job, can harness creativity and enthusiasm to work more productively -- 1990s style.

With insights from leading figures in the corporate, entertainment, sports, academic, and political arenas -- and encompassing interviews and advice from such eminent authorities as Lee Iacocca and Margaret Thatcher -- this comprehensive, step-by-step guide includes strategies to help you:

Identify your leadership strengths

Achieve your goals and increase your self-confidence

Eliminate an "us vs. them" mentality

Become a team player and strengthen cooperation among associates

Balance work and leisure

Control your worries and energize your life

And much more!

The most important investment you will ever make is in yourself -- once you discover the key that unlocks The Leader In You.

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