by Trish Springsteen | May 9, 2011 | Communication, Personal Development, Public Speaking
“I will do all I can to help you understand, and you must strain every nerve to follow what I am saying.” Plato – SymposiumIt is an unfortunate fact of public speaking that many people worry terribly about such things as being nervous; organising their...
by Trish Springsteen | Apr 12, 2011 | Communication, Leadership, Personal Development, Women in Business
Earlier this week I had an impassioned plea from a newly promoted Team Leader to simplify ‘Leadership Choices’. On receiving her good news she had hurriedly disinterred her books on management and leadership to brush up her skills – and promptly had a panic...
by Trish Springsteen | Apr 11, 2011 | Communication, Personal Development
Some of the more astute of you might realise, that while we were wrestling with the intricacies of interviews; (I must try and break my addiction to alliteration – but I digress!); in the middle of it we sort of disappeared for a month or so.The reason is not...
by Trish Springsteen | Apr 7, 2011 | Communication, Job Interviews, Personal Development
After working through the letters of our alphabet, we have now reached the final three; and I have put them together because they have a theme – see if you can pick it.Firstly the Letter X – now, try as I might I cannot find a way to link xylophone to your next...
by Trish Springsteen | Apr 4, 2011 | Business, Communication, Job Interviews, Personal Development, Women in Business
…especially if you are a woman. OK! I can hear the groans from men from here! For heaven’s sake, we have worldwide legislation that ensures that women get paid the same as men – so what on earth are you bleating about!! And yes! To a point you are...
by Trish Springsteen | Mar 31, 2011 | Business, Communication, Job Interviews, Personal Development
The letter ‘U’ is the ultimate in difficulty when it comes to advising how to be successful in that important interview.For instance; do I use the world ulcer, and then explain how we can turn all that nervous energy into positive power – but, we’ve covered that...
