by Trish Springsteen | Aug 4, 2011 | Business, Communication, Personal Development, Women in Business
I noticed Barry about half way through the Barbecue; while everyone else was waving glasses in the air, punctuating their conversation with highly visible visuals, he was standing alone, alongside a large pot plant, looking like he was going to disappear behind it any...
by Trish Springsteen | Jul 25, 2011 | Business, Communication, Personal Development, Women in Business
Last time, we looked at the types of relationships that we develop within a working community, and how our communication and expectations of that communication change.The working environment is built on relationships of varying degrees of intimacy, and a variety of...
by Trish Springsteen | Jul 21, 2011 | Communication, Personal Development, Women in Business
But not the one you splatter over your status on Facebook!Relationships can be with people we choose to know, or with people we have to know. We can choose our friends, but our work colleagues are, like our family, often thrust upon us.The way we communicate...
by Trish Springsteen | Jul 10, 2011 | Business, Communication, Personal Development, Public Speaking, Women in Business
“It’s not something I ever do” said Steve, confidentially; “I run my own business, I don’t need public speaking!”I had been talking to a group of business people about the importance of good public speaking skills. And Steve was one of the many who came up to...
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...
