by Trish Springsteen | Dec 23, 2009 | Communication, Public Speaking
Well Christmas is upon us – that season of overindulgence. Come on fess up you know what I mean all that good food and wine. It is the time we all seem to eat far too much – just have to cram in that last bit of Christmas pudding! Drink that last bit of wine!...
by Trish Springsteen | Dec 20, 2009 | Communication, Leadership
We have a radio station here in Queensland which keeps announcing that “We know the reason for the season!” At first it was cute, “Ah!” I thought “at last, someone realises that it is not all about ‘conspicuous consumption!’” but of course I was wrong – it was all...
by Trish Springsteen | Dec 18, 2009 | Communication, Personal Development
Inspiration, the Oxford English Dictionary tells us, is that divine influence which is thought to visit poets.Inspiration, as I have found, visits us in the middle of the night and disappears by morning.This has been my experience. Last night I had a wakeful period...
by Trish Springsteen | Dec 13, 2009 | Communication, Public Speaking
…All shiny and new and wide awake! Isn’t language wonderful? Who hasn’t sat and listened as a consummate storyteller wove mental pictures for us with wonderful words?Have you ever wondered why language evolved the way it did – after all we are told that “a...
by Trish Springsteen | Dec 10, 2009 | Business, Communication, Personal Development
At a recent presentation I pointed out that everyone in that room were there because of the choices they had made during their life. If they had made just one choice differently then they would probably have been somewhere else!Don’t believe me? Then try this...
by Trish Springsteen | Dec 10, 2009 | Business, Communication, Job Interviews, Women in Business
During a recent discussion with a client regarding Interview Skills for those going for interviews there was a plaintive wail and the question: “What about the Interviewer… I have to start interviews for some new positions soon and I haven’t conducted interviews...