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 16, 2009 | Business, Communication
Monday’s blog topic created a lot of comments, and I thank everyone that sent me Direct Messages through Twitter about it (Suprisingly no comments on the blog, perhaps we like our privacy too much!) – but I do agree, there are two sides to the story.Last time, I...
by Trish Springsteen | Jun 14, 2009 | Business, Communication
It appears today that an essential teenage fashion statement is the mobile phone (or the cell phone as our American friends would have it). It is a phenomenon which has taken off like wild fire. As I negotiate the shopping centre, I have to manoeuvre around teenagers...
by Trish Springsteen | Jun 11, 2009 | Communication, Personal Development, Public Speaking
There is an old saying that our brain, a marvellous piece of equipment, starts working from the moment of birth and only stops working when we get up to speak in public. For some reason our ability to charm and impress leaves us as soon as we stand up. Usually it may...
by Trish Springsteen | Jun 10, 2009 | Business, Communication, Job Interviews
At a recent Interview Skills Workshop one of the participants asked “Can we prepare for an interview?” The answer was a resounding “Yes – you can!” In fact if you don’t do some preparation the likelihood of you getting the position could be very slim.So how do you go...
