by Trish Springsteen | Jul 22, 2009 | Business, Leadership
discipline : training, schooling, indoctrination, enforcement, regulated activity, prescribed habit, training in obedience.Sounds rough, doesn’t it? There’s a whiff of “or else” about the whole concept of discipline. Recruits to any of the armed services are going to...
by Trish Springsteen | Jul 16, 2009 | Business, Leadership, Women in Business
When I was in the army one of the books we were required to study was Sun Tzu’s The Art of War. Together with General Clausewitz’s On War, they had much of interest to say on the principles of warfare and the art of commanding men.I can say now, that I was much more...
by Trish Springsteen | Jun 18, 2009 | Communication, Leadership, Women in Business
“Ah! Freedom” I said to myself when I finally left my institute of learning “No more being told what to do … no more rules and regulations … Life! The way I want it to be!”Ah! The innocence of youth!Because the first thing I had to do was get a job. Funny thing about...
by Trish Springsteen | Jun 7, 2009 | Business, Communication, Leadership
As an English expat, I am watching with amazement the unfolding drama that surrounds the UK Prime Minister, Gordon Brown.Appointed by his party to replace Tony Blair in 2007, he had already spent ten years as the Chancellor of the Exchequer (the ancient name for the...
by Trish Springsteen | Jun 2, 2009 | Business, Communication, Leadership, Women in Business
There is an old Irish blessing, which goes “May you live in interesting times” – and these days most of us can say we have been blessed!These are indeed interesting times for many organisations: some are re-defining their operations, some are struggling to recast...
