by Trish Springsteen | Oct 30, 2011 | Business, Communication, Leadership, Personal Development, Women in Business
Leadership is 75% communication. In fact so important is effective communication for our leaders that it just about tops every list of preferred leadership traits.“But,’ disagreed one leader “I can’t communicate every little decision that the board makes, and I...
by Trish Springsteen | Oct 26, 2011 | Business, Leadership, Women in Business
“What’s the difference between strategy and tactics, then?” I was asked recently; but of course if you don’t already know it’s a bit like the chicken and the egg.So let’s get this clear,– strategy always comes before tactics, because strategy is concerned with...
by Trish Springsteen | Oct 9, 2011 | Business, Communication, Women in Business
It’s Monday morning and I’ve just spend an hour deciphering, decoding and deleting a pile of emails; very few of which were of importance in either my professional or my personal life.It is really incredible how this insidious means of communication has stolen in and...
by Trish Springsteen | Oct 3, 2011 | Business, Communication, Leadership, Women in Business
Or … Making Group Discussions Really Work.Simon was looking particularly glum when I bumped into him recently, and it didn’t take long to find out the problem. He had been detailed to lead the monthly get together at work; to receive reports on progress,...
by Trish Springsteen | Sep 1, 2011 | Business, Communication, Public Speaking, Women in Business
It’s the *shudder* old myth again!! Pundits propounding in print about the unimportance of the ‘words’ we use to convey our message. And yet, here we are – together; me at my place and you at yours and all the gestures and body language in the world is not going...
by Trish Springsteen | Aug 21, 2011 | Business, Communication, Personal Development, Women in Business
One of our projects is highlighting the differences between the styles of communication that are used by men and women. Usually it all goes well until we start with the academic words used to describe the differences between the genders.Words like...
