by Trish Springsteen | Aug 20, 2012 | Business, Communication, Leadership, Personal Development, Women in Business
None of us have problems giving good news – we know that everyone will be happy to hear the news, and we can bask in the feeling of well being all round.But no-one really want to be the bearer of bad news, all too often the messenger bears the brunt of the frustration...
by Trish Springsteen | Jul 3, 2012 | Business, Job Interviews, Personal Development, Women in Business
Interviews! Gee, don’t you just love them? Nevertheless we will all, at one time or another, be faced with the traumatic experience of having to front an interview. The problem is that they’re always so important for us; a new job, a promotion or even a...
by Trish Springsteen | Jun 24, 2012 | Business, Communication, Training, Women in Business
I am preparing for a full day’s training, and I mentioned that fact casually to a neighbour over the weekend. “Goodness” she said, “how on earth do you keep them awake for that long?”A valid question. If, of course, the training was delivered in one solid continuous...
by Trish Springsteen | Jun 14, 2012 | Business, Communication, Public Speaking, Women in Business
Networking is all about meeting people and getting known. It is about letting others know what challenges you can solve for them or for their business. Sounds fine – not too difficult you say. You have done your homework – you have identified your target market,...
by Trish Springsteen | Jun 11, 2012 | Communication, Leadership, Personal Development, Women in Business
I sometimes wonder why certain things happen to me! When I am frantically searching for an item that I absolutely need right now, and cannot find I have often been heard to mutter “why does this always happen to me?”Can you guess why that particular...
by Trish Springsteen | Jun 3, 2012 | Business, Communication, Leadership, Personal Development, Women in Business
The old saying is that nothing is as certain as death and taxes … but I am adding one more certainty – we are all going to make mistakes.Being a leader means that we have to be decisive; we must make decisions and having to make decisions inevitably leads to sometimes...