by Trish Springsteen | Mar 5, 2009 | Business, Communication, Leadership, Public Speaking
I heard a ‘sound bite’ the other day, when someone in Trischel said “in this election I am going to be watching what they say” – she was talking about the coming Queensland State election and her strategy on deciding who to vote for. Her criterion was to ‘watch what...
by Trish Springsteen | Dec 4, 2008 | Communication, Leadership, Uncategorised, Women in Business
It’s the age old question! Men claim they cannot understand women, but I don’t know why since there are numerous books on the subject … especially books like “Mars and Venus in the Workplace”. Perhaps, as this book points out, the problem is that while we communicate...
by Trish Springsteen | Nov 9, 2008 | Business, Communication, Leadership, Personal Development
When you are a presenter at a conference sometimes you never know what to expect. Over the weekend I attended a Toastmasters’ Conference, where the husband and I had been invited to give one of the presentations. The conference theme was leadership, especially focused...
by Trish Springsteen | Oct 23, 2008 | Business, Leadership, Personal Development
One of the most used phrases when I was in the army was “Keep It Simple Stupid”. We used it in relation to explanations of difficult concepts. We tried to make them as simple as possible as long as the basic premises were not compromised.It was a long way to the army...
by Trish Springsteen | Oct 17, 2008 | Communication, Leadership
I had a really strange morning yesterday while out on a quick shopping trip. I only needed milk and bread and you would have thought that it wasn’t a difficult assignment. Well, you would have been wrong. The problem was that I was invisible.First I tried the bread...
by Trish Springsteen | Oct 14, 2008 | Business, Communication, Leadership
I am sure that you have met someone for the first time, and while they were pleasant there was something about them that didn’t ring true. We may not be absolutely sure why it is that we don’t trust them, but …In our public speaking workshops we highlight the...
