When I signed up for the Dale Carnegie Course, hosted by Dale Carnegie Training of Michigan, acting “silly” was never something I’d envisioned as part of the program. I pictured hour-long lectures filled with best practices, tips and strategies from Dale Carnegie, followed by five-minute speeches based on sometimes yawn-inducing workplace issues. Boy, was I…
Learn to give honest and sincere appreciation
How well do you take compliments? Do you often give compliments to other people? And I’m not talking about flattery. Nor am I talking about brown-nosing. I’m talking about genuine, sincere appreciation for the people around you. But it’s not something we’re used to, is it? When we’re infants and toddlers, the people around us…
Doing business tableside? Check out these metro Detroit restaurants that cater to meetings
How many times have you sealed a deal over lunch or solidified a business relationship at a fabulous restaurant over dinner? For those days when work doesn’t end at your desk and you have to impress clients at a local dining establishment they’ll remember, the choice is crucial. It can mean everything to an important…
Combat boredom in meetings by injecting enthusiasm
It’s the meeting you dread every week. It’s the meeting that seems to drag on and on and on. It’s the meeting where you notice Bob the sales guy nodding off, but then he expertly catches himself before his head hits the conference table. But there’s good news if you’re in charge of this meeting….