by Trish Springsteen | Apr 22, 2013 | Business, Communication, Leadership, Personal Development, Women in Business
What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.” Ralph Waldo EmersonA couple of days ago I was at a function which brought together a variety of people from all walks of life. Looking around I noticed a couple of people talking together and I...
by Trish Springsteen | Mar 24, 2013 | Business, Leadership, Women in Business
“Teams have a two hundred-year history to draw upon for valuable information. Short-lived teams… think team-building is no more than getting along together. In reality, effective teams build on the vast experience of others to challenge their members to...
by Trish Springsteen | Mar 18, 2013 | Business, Communication, Leadership, Women in Business
I have noticed that there are a number of workers beginning to call for pay rises at the moment. Let me tell them that if you want to achieve your aims you need my granddaughter on your side! Have you noticed that children are the best negotiators?They...
by Trish Springsteen | Mar 11, 2013 | Business, Communication, Leadership, Personal Development, Women in Business
As a Warrant Officer in the army, whenever one of my team told me that ‘there is something you ought to know’ a shiver of apprehension went down my spine, because I knew it was going to get ugly. Why is it never, ever going to be good news?In a...
by Trish Springsteen | Dec 16, 2012 | Business, Leadership, Personal Development
“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. The funny...
by Trish Springsteen | Dec 9, 2012 | Business, Communication, Leadership, Personal Development, Women in Business
How busy are you? I know, I know! What a stupid question! – I mean in my case, there’s that report to finish; I’ve yet to start on the meeting papers or that presentation which I am supposed to do next week –heaven knows...
