Product Description

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.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #7964 in Books
• Published on: 1995-05
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• 256 pages

Amazon.com Review
Despite the wealth of technical advances in the 1990s workplace, managing, motivating, and communicating remains a challenge. The Leader in You adapts the simple, time-tested management theories of Dale Carnegie to this high-tech environment with refreshing results. Read in an engaging but direct tone, the tape's pace is varied with excerpts from recent management studies and anecdotes from contemporary business leaders. It's a sound introduction to leadership skills for anyone working in the public, private, or nonprofit sector. (Running time: 1.5 hours, one cassette) --Sharon Griggins

From Publishers Weekly
Essentially an updating of Dale Carnegie's enormously successful books of the 1930s and '40s ( How to Win Friends and Influence People has thus far sold 30 million copies), this book adds little new material. The major difference is that this effort is more unabashedly focused on influencing people in order to make money, which is logical since the book is aimed at business people. Carnegie's rules are reiterated: be euphoric if you can and, if you can't, at least don't be negative; respect others and try to make them feel praiseworthy and deserving of recognition; listening is just as important as talking, perhaps more so. Business people are advised that they can be leaders if they realize that the pyramidal structure of the corporation is being replaced by teamwork; and if they set goals and keep them constantly in mind, business people have a good chance of realizing their objectives. Thus, while Levine, CEO of Dale Carnegie, and Crom, a vice-president of the firm, offer little that's original, one senses that sales will be excellent.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Review
Harvey MacKay author of Swim with the Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive This book holds the key to unlocking the leader within each of us. No matter what professional and personal hats you wear, The Leader In You shows you how to turn ideas into actions. An excellent and inspiring game plan for success in a turbo-charged world. Hats off to Levine, Crom, and Dale Carnegie & Associates, Inc. -- Review

Customer Reviews

An Average Rewrite of Some of Carnegie's Original Principles
I am always leery when an organization uses the namesake of a best selling author in an attempt to recreate his/her prior success. The Leader in You did little to quell this feeling as it adds no new content and is without any of the masterful skill of articulation that Carnegie was so well known for.

The Leader in You is not without its value as many of the innovative principles Carnegie produced in his original works are evident within this book. However, why would one choose a secondary attempt by less qualified authors when the opportunity to read from the originals is available? I highly recommend picking up Carnegie's "How to Win Friends & Influence People" and passing on this particular book.

almost complete re-hash of previous Carnegie's great books.
I am a big fan of dale Carnegie's books, but its disappointing that the publishers would like to cream the public their money by re-printing mostly the same stuff with different titles.

"How to win friends and influence people" and "how to stop worrying and start living" covers most of the content described in this book. i felt cheated when i bought and read this book. Looks like the publishers haven't read any of these 2 great books and gained some wisdom from them.

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.