by Trish Springsteen | Feb 22, 2009 | Business, Personal Development
I had a friend who collected frogs, but I wonder if he ever ate one? Of course the French turned them into a delicacy, well the legs at least, however I am not sure if they served them with fries!Now there may be some who read the above with a wry smile, others may be...
by Trish Springsteen | Feb 19, 2009 | Communication, Personal Development
There’s no denying it sometimes life’s an emotional roller-coaster ride! One day the world’s our oyster and at other times we wonder why on earth we got out of bed. These are, of course, the vicissitudes of life and if we were hermits we could indulge in the relevant...
by Trish Springsteen | Feb 12, 2009 | Communication, Personal Development, Public Speaking, Women in Business
I was talking to a friend of mine who lives in the UK last week (Ahh the joys of modern technology – both sound and sight!). There is no denying it, times are really tough there at the moment. But she was quite disgusted that the company she works for has organised...
by Trish Springsteen | Feb 11, 2009 | Business, Communication, Personal Development
My old English grandmother used to say “There’s nowt funnier than folk!” and that is so true. It doesn’t matter what we do or where or how we do it, eventually we all come across some very funny folk.The problem of motivating our staff has always had a high priority...
by Trish Springsteen | Dec 9, 2008 | Communication, Personal Development
I remember a character in one of Georgette Heyer’s novels say that “misfortunes never come in single spies but rather in battalions” which is rather prophetic for the situation I now find myself in!With one partner out of the country, and most of the staff out of the...
by Trish Springsteen | Dec 7, 2008 | Business, Personal Development
Today’s ponderings – as so many previous ones – arises out of a casual comment over the weekend. I was discussing the progress of Trischel with someone I hadn’t met before and I mentioned that we had unanimity of purpose. “Ah” he said wisely “Groupthink!” and moved...
