Successful Organizations Are Based on Strong Relationships
When it comes to the topic of successful leadership, the easiest thing to do is to make things complicated. Myriad books, courses, articles and consultants focus on the topic. And the conversation has been going on for a very, very long time. In ancient China, a sage offered this leadership advice: “Not the cry, but the flight of a wild duck, leads the flock to fly and follow.” But it might be a simple Depression-era salesman who has had the most impact on creating successful leaders in business, government and in life. He knew that success with teams is founded on a very simple concept: building rewarding relationships with individuals. In 1936 Dale Carnegie published his now-famous book, How to Win Friends and Influence People . His core argument was that success of any organization is based on human interaction. And the key to unlocking the secrets of social interaction are to understand the wants, needs, motivations and expectations of people. To build healthy relationships and ins