戴尔·卡耐基(Dale Carnegie，1888年11月24日-1955年11月1日)，美国现代成人教育之父，美国著名的人际关系学大师，西方现代人际关系教育的奠基人，被誉为是20世纪最伟大的心灵导师和成功学大师。美国人戴尔·卡耐基利用大量普通人不断努力取得成功的故事，通过演讲和书唤起无数陷入迷惘者的斗志，激励他们取得辉煌的成功。其在1936年出版的著作《人性的弱点》，70年来始终被西方世界视为社交技巧的圣经之一。他在1912年创立卡内基训练班，以教导人们人际沟通及处理压力的技巧。
卡内基在实践的基础上撰写而成的著作，是20世纪最畅销的成功励志经典，卡耐基主要代表作有：《沟通的艺术》、《人性的弱点》、《人性的优点》、《快乐的人生》、《伟大的人物》和《人性的光辉》。这些书出版之后，立即风靡全球，先后被译成几十种文字，被誉为“人类出版史上的奇迹”。他一生致力于人性问题的研究，运用心理学和社会学知识，对人类共同的心理特点，进行探索和分析，开创并发展出一套独特的融演讲、推销、为人处世、智能开发于一体的成人教育方式。卡耐基教授用来丰富生活的理论、原则和做法，它对于开阔我们的视野，如何应用做人处世的法则，来征服畏惧、培养自信、握手起热忱、改善人际关系、激发人的潜能，使人走向积极的人生，将有宝贵的启示和借鉴作用。
戴尔·卡耐基在道德、精神和行为方面影响了全世界成千上万人的生活，他的教学构想开创了成人教育的先
河，经久不衰。他的教学方式和原则，被目前绝大部分成功培训机构所校仿。事实证明，卡耐基教学模式是目前世界上改变一个人最富成效的方法。他以超人的智慧、严谨的思维，在道德、精神和行为准则上指导万千读者，给人安慰，给人鼓舞，使人从中汲取力量，从而改变生活，开创崭新的人生。
Dale Carnegie was an American writer, lecturer, and the developer of famous courses in self-improvement, salesmanship, corporate training, public speaking, and interpersonal skills. Born into poverty on a farm in Missouri, he was the author of How to Win Friends and Influence People (1936), a massive bestseller that remains popular today. He also wrote How to Stop Worrying and Start Living (1948), Lincoln the Unknown (1932), and several other books.
One of the core ideas in his books is that it is possible to change other peoples' behavior by changing one's behavior toward them.
Dale Carnegie was born in 1888 in Maryville, Missouri, Carnegie was a poor farmer's boy, the second son of James William Carnagey (b. Indiana, February 1852 – living 1910) and wife Amanda Elizabeth Harbison (b. Missouri, February 1858 – living 1910). His family moved to Belton, Missouri when he was a small child. In his teens, though still having to get up at 4 a.m. every day to milk his parents' cows, he managed to obtain an education at the State Teacher's College in Warrensburg.
His first job after college was selling correspondence courses to ranchers. He moved on to selling bacon, soap, and lard for Armour & Company. He was successful to the point of making his sales territory of South Omaha, Nebraska, the national leader for the firm.
Dale Carnegie Course in Effective Speaking and Human Relations is learn-by-doing based program for individuals based on Dale Carnegie's teachings. It was founded in 1912 and is represented in more than 80 countries. More than 8 million people have completed Dale Carnegie Training.[5]
The course comprises a proprietary process that uses team dynamics and intra-group activities to strengthen interpersonal relations, manage stress and handle fast-changing workplace conditions. Other subjects included are communication, creative problem-solving and focused leadership.
The course is based on a five-phase continuous improvement cycle:
Build greater self-confidence
Strengthen people skills
Enhance communication skills
Develop leadership skills
Improve our attitude and reducing stress