by Trish Springsteen | Aug 23, 2010 | Communication, Leadership, Women in Business
I would say that just about everyone has heard of the strange outcome of the last federal election here in Australia. Equally, I would say that most people understand the reason it was held! Ousting your leader virtually mid term is sure to destabilise any political...
by Trish Springsteen | Jul 15, 2010 | Business, Communication, Leadership
How do you get the best out of your team? How do you take a group of individuals with individual goals, skills and personalities and have them work together to achieve a common goal and purpose?Well if it was that easy there wouldn’t be so many books written about...
by Trish Springsteen | Jun 24, 2010 | Business, Communication, Leadership, Personal Development
Have you, on one of your MBWA tours, ever come across something that is not working and then think to yourself “Well, it’s not my place to fix it”?Or have you been to see a staff member about a task, only to come away half an hour later and realise that the one thing...
by Trish Springsteen | Jun 18, 2010 | Communication, Leadership
We have been discussing the varying types of leadership over the breakfast table recently and we have come to some startling conclusions which I would like to share with you today.Perhaps I should indicate our level of expertise in this subject, as I expect you would...
by Trish Springsteen | Mar 7, 2010 | Communication, Leadership, Public Speaking
I had my feathers slightly ruffled over the weekend – I found myself passionately defending a point of view to a sceptical disbeliever only to be told“The object of oratory alone is not truth, but persuasion!” Thomas Babington Macaulay, Essay on Athenian OratorsAs I...
by Trish Springsteen | Mar 4, 2010 | Communication, Leadership, Personal Development
So said Albert Einstein; and one would suppose that he would know!At a recent discussion at my daughter’s (who seems to be growing intellectually more like her mother daily, according to the husband) we took apart this idea, and asked ourselves if it is still true...
