by Trish Springsteen | Jul 6, 2011 | Communication, Personal Development, Public Speaking, Women in Business
I have been refreshing my knowledge of what makes up effective communication again for an upcoming presentation. I think I may have mentioned once or twice that I have a large library of reference books; and so I aimlessly pulled one out and sat down to do...
by Trish Springsteen | Jul 3, 2011 | Business, Communication, Personal Development, Women in Business
We have discussed on a number of occasions the unacceptable cost to business of their inadvertent miscommunication. We have meticulously highlighted ways to ensure that our communication is both clear and accurate. In addition we...
by Trish Springsteen | Jun 29, 2011 | Business, Communication, Personal Development, Women in Business
And no; this is not going to be about THAT wall – but the wall between us when we try to communicate our ideas and our thoughts.Sometimes when we try to communicate accurately, it is as if there is an invisible barrier between us that muffles and distorts our...
by Trish Springsteen | Jun 19, 2011 | Communication, Leadership, Personal Development, Women in Business
It was a networking breakfast at the crack of dawn. I had risen early, collected the other partner, and we had driven off across the city. The sun had barely crossed the horizon and the temperature was hovering around ‘officially winter’. And...
by Trish Springsteen | Jun 15, 2011 | Communication, Personal Development, Public Speaking
Back in the 90’s this was a phrase going the rounds – ‘Talk to the Hand … coz the ears aren’t listening!”It was a rather rude way of saying ‘Shut up, stop talking to me because I am not going to listen to you!”Why did that pop into my head recently...
by Trish Springsteen | Jun 2, 2011 | Personal Development
Well it is for me, anyway. I am not sure how it came about, but gradually I have come to look upon the move into Winter as a time to reconfigure my working space.It is true that being a military person I found that neatness and tidiness were attributes to be...
