Local news website, inforum.com interviewed Dale Carnegie of North Dakota’s Tonya Stende and Tamara Anderson for their story, Carnegie plan for being likable in business, personal life still resonates today.
Dale Carnegie started making a name for himself a century ago with self-help books that continue to resonate with people today.
If anything, ideas Carnegie extolled in books like “How to Win Friends and Influence People” are more relevant today, according to Tonya Stende, president of the Dale Carnegie group that does training for North Dakota and northwest Minnesota.
“With technology today, the human connection isn’t as good as it used to be,” Stende said.
“So, I think now, more than ever, what we do is important in being able to develop relationships and make not only individuals but organizations successful,” she added.
The story goes on to explain the guiding principles of Dale Carnegie Training.
Carnegie training typically involves one of two approaches, according to Stende.
“We do the public courses, where teams from companies will come in, or we’ll go into a business and completely customize the delivery to make sure the delivery is in alignment with the objectives of the company,” Stende said.
“One of the things we’re passionate about is, we like to be their trusted adviser or their business partner, instead of just the training that they go to,” Stende added.
The public program is a nine-week course that meets once a week for about three hours.
The overall theme of the piece highlights that Dale Carnegie Training is transformational. Sara Gjerdevig, who works at Microsoft in Fargo, took a Dale Carnegie course last fall. Of her Carnegie experience, Gjerdevig commented that what people learned in class was helpful both personally and professionally. Gjerdevig said the class also helped her realize that the concepts Carnegie promoted “are concepts we should all be living, but it gives you an opportunity to focus on putting those things on the forefront, because they really do make a difference.”
Congratulations to Dale Carnegie of North Dakota’s Tonya Stende and Tamara Anderson for being the subjects of such a wonderful piece. To read the full article, follow this link.
