by Trish Springsteen | Jun 23, 2011 | Business, Communication, Women in Business
“Hey, have you heard about John? (or Mary – put any name in here)- I don’t know how true it is but …”And so it starts: the informal communication process that exists wherever two or three people are gathered together, usually in the coffee room or around the...
by Trish Springsteen | Jun 9, 2011 | Business, Communication, Women in Business
It’s breakfast table pondering time again … and this time we were pondering on the complexities of communication and how we manage despite mostly getting it wrong!Yesterday the husband was a trifle morose; his usual ebullience was missing and a dour...
by Trish Springsteen | May 2, 2011 | Business, Communication, Public Speaking, Women in Business
Over 2,500 years ago, a well known public speaker rose to his feet in the Greek Forum and said “One who forms a judgment on any point but cannot explain it, might as well never have thought at all on the subject.” (Pericles quoted in ‘Elements of Rhetoric’...
by Trish Springsteen | Apr 4, 2011 | Business, Communication, Job Interviews, Personal Development, Women in Business
…especially if you are a woman. OK! I can hear the groans from men from here! For heaven’s sake, we have worldwide legislation that ensures that women get paid the same as men – so what on earth are you bleating about!! And yes! To a point you are...
by Trish Springsteen | Apr 1, 2011 | Business, Communication, Job Interviews, Public Speaking
If the letter U was uncomfortable, the Letter V is invariably vicious!! However, with a little bit of visionary application I think I may have something. We all know that times are tough, and it could be that the vicissitude of the days has made you a...
by Trish Springsteen | Mar 31, 2011 | Business, Communication, Job Interviews, Personal Development
The letter ‘U’ is the ultimate in difficulty when it comes to advising how to be successful in that important interview.For instance; do I use the world ulcer, and then explain how we can turn all that nervous energy into positive power – but, we’ve covered that...