by Trish Springsteen | Oct 30, 2011 | Business, Communication, Leadership, Personal Development, Women in Business
Leadership is 75% communication. In fact so important is effective communication for our leaders that it just about tops every list of preferred leadership traits.“But,’ disagreed one leader “I can’t communicate every little decision that the board makes, and I...
by Trish Springsteen | Oct 26, 2011 | Business, Leadership, Women in Business
“What’s the difference between strategy and tactics, then?” I was asked recently; but of course if you don’t already know it’s a bit like the chicken and the egg.So let’s get this clear,– strategy always comes before tactics, because strategy is concerned with...
by Trish Springsteen | Oct 17, 2011 | Leadership, Personal Development, Public Speaking, Women in Business
After a hard day of doing very little yesterday, I settled down to watch the news last night. It appears that the world is in a sorry state- an impending financial meltdown in Europe; an occupying sit-in on Wall Street, a Carbon Tax imposed against the wishes of...
by Trish Springsteen | Oct 9, 2011 | Business, Communication, Women in Business
It’s Monday morning and I’ve just spend an hour deciphering, decoding and deleting a pile of emails; very few of which were of importance in either my professional or my personal life.It is really incredible how this insidious means of communication has stolen in and...
by Trish Springsteen | Oct 3, 2011 | Business, Communication, Leadership, Women in Business
Or … Making Group Discussions Really Work.Simon was looking particularly glum when I bumped into him recently, and it didn’t take long to find out the problem. He had been detailed to lead the monthly get together at work; to receive reports on progress,...
by Trish Springsteen | Sep 26, 2011 | Communication, Personal Development, Women in Business
We ran away this weekend … disappeared for a few days. Became incommunicado in fact (which is why the blog is a little late).We just wanted to relax and get away, and so we ended up in a nearby little coastal town just north of Brisbane. And it was a...