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The
Executive Connection SM
a publication of The Virtual Executive
Coach SM
"Vision + Accountability = Success!"
www.virtualexecutivecoach.com
May, 2010
In This Issue:
1. Preview
2. Executive Summary
3. Dale Carnegie Rules
4. Helpful Hints
1. Preview
The Executive Connection explores the creative and analytical
process of business development, team-building, and executive
development. We are an interactive community of executives
and small business owners who desire to network with like-minded
high-performance executives to enhance our knowledge,
skills, and aptitudes in the competitive business world.
Published monthly, the Newsletter offers coaching suggestions
around the topics of: business development, financing,
marketing, networking, incorporations, mergers, human
resources, governmental regulations, and tax laws. Topics
are presented from the perspective of Keith Barton and
represent only his ideas on creating and running your
business.
Because we are an interactive community of executives
and business owners, other viewpoints are welcomed and
may be printed in future monthly newsletters with permission
from Keith Barton.
2. Executive Summary
May, 2010
Dear Executive Connection Subscriber,
This month's newsletter features: Dale Carnegie Rules
3. Dale Carnegie Rules
After his seminal book was published in 1936, How To Win Friends and Influence People
has been translated into 47 languages and sold more than 30 million copies. The Secret
which borrows on his book, Malcolm Gladwell's books, Blink, Outliers, The Tipping Point,
and Thomas Friedman's Hot, Flat and Crowded all borrow on Carnegie's simple rules for
motivational selling which can be seen from IPADs to church pulpits. The book is now an iPhone
app which is the most downloaded app among business gurus. How is it that Carnegie's book has
stood the test of time?
His success story is remarkable. He wasn't a businessman at all. Born in 1888 he was raised
on a pig farm in Missouri and dabbled in correspondence courses and writing western novels.
In his 20s he considered moving to California and becoming an actor. What did work for him
is public speaking that proved to be his legacy in 1919. He changed his name for Carnagey
to Carnegie when his name was to selling what Gates and Jobs are to computer software
operating systems. Even Warren Buffett boasts of his diploma received from Carnegie's
school of public speaking.
His 30 principles have stood the test of time and became the forerunner for other mega
business bestsellers: The Man Nobody Knows by Bruce Barton, 1925;
Up the Organization by Robert Townsend in 1970; and In Search of Excellence
by Peters and Waterman, in 1982.
Carnegie boasted that he "presents, reiterates, and glorifies the obvious" because people want
reassurance that they are capable of greatness. Sample chapters (copyrighted material in 1936 TOC)
speak to: first impressions, making conversation, eliciting cooperation, use of self-deprecating
humor, finding a problem to correct, managing people while promoting their success. Just about
any management course today in B-schools borrow on the obvious that people inherently do not
like to be managed by "know it alls" who use fear and intimidation to get results.
This "John Wayne" approach to management may work in a budget crisis but the confrontative
style is insulting to employees who have a sincere desire to do well for their bosses who
recognize and promote talent.
In today's Fortune 500 world when global economies are interdependent and unity and corporate
buy-in is essential across continents, cultural differences are critical to effective communication,
cooperation, and loyalty. Brand names are less important today than people skills which are sadly
lacking when corporate greed, takeovers, and hedge-fund managers bet on recessions. Too bad we don't
have Dale Carnegie to guide us through this morass of corruption of electronic espionage, perjury,
and stealing.
Helpful Hints:
- What did you like about your first boss? Where would you be today if
he was still around to mentor your career?
- When you peruse the bestselling "How To" books, what strikes you
as an overarching theme of motivating others? Trace back the connection to Carnegie's 1936 book.
- Do you think employee unions help or hurt labor and why?
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About Keith Barton, Ph.D
Dr. Barton received his Ph.D. in 1972 from the University
of Texas at Austin and has been a practicing therapist
for over thirty years. He is a graduate of MentorCoach
and is accepting new clients.
He has been an adjunct professor at the University of
South Carolina, consultant to Fortune 500 companies in
executive development, founded and managed Texas Community
Living Ventures, Inc., in 1986 for providing group home
services to persons with mental retardation. Keith founded
and has been running a clinical practice in Northwest
Houston since 1990.
He writes part-time with the goal of completing one novel
a year. His desire to coach others derives from his passionate
interest in helping others become attuned to their creative
powers of storytelling.
Dr. Barton has training in coaching, cognitive and family
therapy and health psychology. He has published articles,
made presentations and conducted workshops about:
Small Business Development
Employee Wellness Programs
Anxiety and achievement
Stress management
Self-esteem
Communication skills
Leadership styles
Core values in the workplace
Executive Development
High-performance groups
Physician support groups
Writer support groups
© 2010 The Virtual Executive Coach SM
and Keith Barton.
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