by Trish Springsteen | Nov 24, 2009 | Business, Communication, Job Interviews
In past blogs we have discussed preparing for the interview and some of the questions that you might get at interviews. When the subject of interviews comes up in discussion we are often asked “How do I make a good impression at the interview? I’m really nervous, I...
by Trish Springsteen | Nov 22, 2009 | Business, Communication, Job Interviews, Uncategorised
There is something about the confines of an aircraft that can bring down the barriers between people. Flying up to Port Moresby I sat next to a mining executive who was travelling to the Highlands for some interviews.My immediate assumption that he was going to be...
by Trish Springsteen | Nov 19, 2009 | Business, Public Speaking, Training
When thinking about visual aids to assist our presentations we too often forget about the flipchart. I was at a presentation the other day and it was great to see the presenter using a flip chart or butcher’s paper as it can be commonly termed.The greatest advantage...
by Trish Springsteen | Nov 10, 2009 | Business, Leadership, Women in Business
I have attended a fair number of meetings in my life, ranging from committee, executive, and general to annual general meetings. Attendance at the meetings has ranged from 5 to 2000. Some have been examples of well run, competently chaired smooth meetings. Others have...
by Trish Springsteen | Nov 5, 2009 | Business, Leadership, Personal Development
In a recent discussion with a friend of ours, (Dr Wayne Applewhite of “Just Leadership” ) the question of “ethics” arose. In some research which Wayne is conducting it appeared that the problem of ethics was of concern to a number of Leaders.I wrote a somewhat...
by Trish Springsteen | Nov 1, 2009 | Business, Leadership, Personal Development
It is a strange thing but once you have focused on a topic you find it cropping up everywhere.After our ‘merrymaking with management theories’ blog, I found the subject being raised by a variety of people in some very odd situations – but the oddest was when I caught...