by Trish Springsteen | Sep 10, 2012 | Business, Communication, Job Interviews, Personal Development
Alas, It is a fact of life that most companies still use the interview to select candidates to fill vacancies. Interviews are regularly conducted to assess performance or to judge promotion prospects.For some people having to face an interview is agony; it can...
by Trish Springsteen | Sep 4, 2012 | Business, Communication, Leadership, Personal Development, Women in Business
… to encourage our staff to improve performance that is. We’ve been very busy over the last two weeks with communication training for corporate executives from two very different companies; and yet both were very interested in the concept of positive performance...
by Trish Springsteen | Aug 27, 2012 | Communication, Public Speaking, Women in Business
I know that I have spoken on this topic a number of times, but I was called up by a friend of mine who has been asked to give a presentation in October, and is absolutely terrified even now.He rang me to ask how he could possibly survive – what could he do to prevent...
by Trish Springsteen | Aug 20, 2012 | Business, Communication, Leadership, Personal Development, Women in Business
None of us have problems giving good news – we know that everyone will be happy to hear the news, and we can bask in the feeling of well being all round.But no-one really want to be the bearer of bad news, all too often the messenger bears the brunt of the frustration...
by Trish Springsteen | Aug 12, 2012 | Communication, Personal Development, Public Speaking
To be in a ‘good humour’ to the ancient Greeks meant that you were healthy. So are you Sanguine, Phlegmatic, or even Melancholic or Choleric? Yes, even the Greeks were at it way back in 190AD – analysing personality types that is. Sanguine et...
by Trish Springsteen | Jun 24, 2012 | Business, Communication, Training, Women in Business
I am preparing for a full day’s training, and I mentioned that fact casually to a neighbour over the weekend. “Goodness” she said, “how on earth do you keep them awake for that long?”A valid question. If, of course, the training was delivered in one solid continuous...
