The Leadership Japan Series By Dale Carnegie Training Japan

Making It Happen     Beginnings are important in business. It might be the start of a new calendar year, a new financial year or the launch of a new project or initiative. Often we get straight into the launch and problems arise. Those we didn’t anticipate are particularly annoying. We may not be able to eliminate all the issues associated with initiatives, but we can always do a better job in the pre-launch phase.   Here are three handy questions to contemplate in the early planning stage, as you toss around some ideas for the next big thing:   Are your team members ready? Everyone is usually busy and many feel “I am busy enough already thank you very much!”. Their attitude to doing more may be negative and resistant. Just dropping another new project into their laps, may not garner the commitment we need to see the task completed, in the time frame and within the budget.   You personally may be highly motivated, mainly because it is your idea and you have a really strong grasp of the WHY behind the initia