Following his own advice, Buffett returned to Omaha, Neb., as a stockbroker and enrolled in a Dale Carnegie
public speaking course so he could better communicate with clients, who would prove to be the lifeblood of his early success.
Not exact matches
The pair's solutions to the alleged problems of CEO -
speak are greater government control of markets, more bureaucracy in the private and
public sectors, an end to CEOs» duty of care to shareholders and — get this — more snore - inducing
courses on critical textual analysis in business schools
so students can know exactly how many times a CEO says «our company» versus «the company.»
If you have a fear of associating with people, you have to go out there and do it, and it's painful... When I was young and completed the [
public speaking]
course, I was worried I would lapse back...
so I started teaching a class at night and, you know, you've got to force yourself to do some things sometimes.»
In fact, he did this himself — he was once terribly afraid of
public speaking,
so he took a Dale Carnegie
course to improve this skill.