by Trish Springsteen | Sep 23, 2008 | Business, Communication, Personal Development
Experience … now there’s a word! By its definition it’s the natural teacher of us all. Experience means ‘personal knowledge, familiarity with and the actuality of learning from what we have done and practised’.We all know that without the benefit of experience we...
by Trish Springsteen | Sep 22, 2008 | Business, Communication, Leadership
Great necessities call forth great leaders ~ Abigail AdamsIt is said that difficult times will produce the leader needed, and some people point to the rise of Churchill in the Second World War as the leader that Britain desperately needed. It certainly worked for...
by Trish Springsteen | Sep 11, 2008 | Business
You know I am absolutely amazed at the resilience of the human spirit. In the face of dreadful tragedy there are some people who, through determination and dedication, can create something very positive out of it. Such a person is Megan Dodd.Megan, a fund raiser for...
by Trish Springsteen | Sep 7, 2008 | Business, Communication
…the communication climate that is! How would you describe your most important relationships? Is your relationship with your partner ‘Fair and Warm’? Or ‘Stormy, with predictable Gales”? What about your relationship climate at work – is it sometimes “Cold and Rainy’...
by Trish Springsteen | Sep 4, 2008 | Business, Communication, Leadership
Communication between managers and their subordinates is supposed to be the life-line of any company. Accurate feedback from your employers as to the effects and implications of proposed changes is essential to ensure that decisions made are effectively...
by Trish Springsteen | Sep 2, 2008 | Business, Communication
Recently I read of a married couple who were walking through the shopping centre. The wife was explaining to her husband why a certain brand was more beneficial than another, when her husband jumped in to recommend a third brand. The wife never acknowledged his input...
