Resource Library

Carnegie Resource Library

Useful Resources and Links

Welcome to the Carnegie Resource Library - useful articles and links that we use as 'tools' to help clients get where they want to be. To discuss any of the information provided here, contact us today.


Business Coaching and Mentoring

  • Business Owner Issues and Questionnaire
    What stage are you at with your business? Are you planning for future growth? Take our questionnaire and assess your stress level, leadership style, development and planning.
    NOTE: If you would prefer to complete this questionnaire as an online form and email to us, go to Business Coaching & Mentoring.
  • Finding and Retaining Key People
    Motivating and holding staff today is arguably the toughest game in town and throwing money at employees is not necessarily going to provide any long-term success.
  • Business and Executive Mentoring - a Review Here we undertake a detailed treatment of Business & Executive Mentoring - facts & myths. "Gold Dust" is finding that 3rd party sounding board who can seamlessly transfer from mentoring to coaching as & when required - for all Leaders and Managers - in any Organisation.

Executive Career Coaching and Transition Management

  • Professional and Personal Leadership for Today People say that before you can lead your team, you should firstly be able to lead yourself with focus. It's your choice - perhaps for today as well as the future.
  • Six Basics for General Managers
    Whatever leadership style they bring to their jobs, the best GM's focus on the same fundamental set of tasks. They focus on the six key tasks that form the foundations of every GM's job.
  • Tips for the New CEO
    Executives eyeing a corner office can boost their chances of success by understanding and accommodating the way in which organisations select their most senior managers.
  • For the Career Minded - a Questionnaire
    How do you rate your career managemant competencies? Take our questionnaire for the career minded and assess your managment, planning and decision making skills.
    NOTE: If you would prefer to complete this questionnaire as an online form and email to us, go to Career Coaching and Mentoring.

Family Business

Executive Coaching and Mentoring

  • The Disengagement Crisis
    Current research highlights the chronic condition of workplace engagement, or should we say, disengagement.
  • Working Smarter, Not Harder
    Working smart means getting the same results in less time. To do that, you must change how you work. You'll get more by changing your speed, increasing focus and organizing to do things in parallel.
  • Great Teams and Great Leaders
    By assembling a great team, you're already put yourself ahead of the game. Rather than jump starting the company on your own, you'll have the easiest time, the most fun and probably the most success by developing the team and letting the team develop the business.
  • Belief and Success
    When you believe, it comes out in your body language, tone of voice, and facial expressions. Even great liars can't fake it for very long; they always give it away somehow.
  • Business and Self Marketing
    Even as Business Owners or General Managers we are all business entities in our own right - but do we really know what business we're in and how to go about marketing ourselves and our company?
  • Executive Mentoring vs Coaching - a Summary
    Do you need an Executive Mentor or Coach? Do your managers? Here is a useful framework for thinking about the role of mentoring.
  • Eliminate the 4 De-motivators
    If you're one of the millions of people who never seem to get what they want in life, the reason may be a few simple attitudes you have acquired that we call "de-motivators".