by Trish Springsteen | Jul 31, 2008 | Business, Leadership, Personal Development
Who holds the ultimate responsibility in an organisation?Well the power in an organisation is at the top, it rests with whoever is ultimately in charge of the organisation. It may be delegated, but delegated power does not mean that it has been abdicated. The American...
by Trish Springsteen | May 18, 2008 | Business, Communication, Leadership
There are a number of factors that can affect the way we view our job and our workplace. There maybe task related problems; unavoidable delays, misunderstanding and of course difficult customers; and what about finding out that someone less qualified actually earns...
by Trish Springsteen | May 13, 2008 | Business, Communication, Leadership
A team that prides itself on its ability to get along and on its lack of conflict can be in danger of falling into a “groupthink” mindset. This means that critical thought is discouraged, and members of the team can censor themselves by not bringing forward differing...
by Trish Springsteen | May 11, 2008 | Business, Communication, Leadership
It would be great to think that after we have carefully chosen our group, put in the work to meld them into a team it would be all plain sailing from then on.But we all realise that simply isn’t going to be true. No matter how well prepared we are some things are...
by Trish Springsteen | May 8, 2008 | Business, Communication, Leadership
It sometimes appears that as soon as we start to understand just what it is we are doing -it all changes. And sometimes there appears to be no rhyme or reason to it all. In fact I recall a poster that indicated an ancient Greek philosopher had said something similar …...
by Trish Springsteen | May 5, 2008 | Business, Communication, Leadership
How busy are you? 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 and that presentation which I am supposed to do next week – well heaven knows when I’ll be able to get round to that!The answer...
