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 | 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 | Aug 3, 2008 | Personal Development, Public Speaking, Women in Business
We have just recently finished another one day public speaking workshop and it is always fantastic to see the improvement in nervous people in just one day. But I was reminded of an earlier workshop where I was approached by a very shy young lady who asked me,...
by Trish Springsteen | Jun 5, 2008 | Communication, Public Speaking, Women in Business
To make your presentation memorable you need to connect with your audience intellectually and emotionally. We connect intellectually through our choice of material and our organisation of our ideas – but it is the emotional connections that will make our audience...
by Trish Springsteen | Apr 20, 2008 | Business, Personal Development, Women in Business
Do you love your job? Even if you answered “Yes” I bet there are times when you will be under pressure. It is mainly in the workplace that we come under the most consistent pressure; pressure to achieve, pressure to perform or pressure to deliver. What we call stress...
by Trish Springsteen | Apr 8, 2008 | Business, Communication, Public Speaking, Women in Business
“…most employees in Australia and New Zealand will readily tell us that poor communication causes more organisational problems than any other single issue. Poor communication makes for low morale and poor results.” ~ Kris Cole “Supervision – Management in...