by Trish Springsteen | Mar 18, 2013 | Business, Communication, Leadership, Women in Business
I have noticed that there are a number of workers beginning to call for pay rises at the moment. Let me tell them that if you want to achieve your aims you need my granddaughter on your side! Have you noticed that children are the best negotiators?They...
by Trish Springsteen | Mar 11, 2013 | Business, Communication, Leadership, Personal Development, Women in Business
As a Warrant Officer in the army, whenever one of my team told me that ‘there is something you ought to know’ a shiver of apprehension went down my spine, because I knew it was going to get ugly. Why is it never, ever going to be good news?In a...
by Trish Springsteen | Feb 17, 2013 | Communication, Public Speaking, Women in Business
The most common form of workplace communication is the interview, and if we believe that an ‘interview’ only relates to employment, then we misunderstand the nature of workplace communication. We can be asking for facts and explanation, and we are...
by Trish Springsteen | Dec 9, 2012 | Business, Communication, Leadership, Personal Development, Women in Business
How busy are you? I know, I know! What a stupid question! – I mean in my case, there’s that report to finish; I’ve yet to start on the meeting papers or that presentation which I am supposed to do next week –heaven knows...
by Trish Springsteen | Dec 2, 2012 | Business, Communication, Leadership, Personal Development, Women in Business
I am in the process of preparing a short presentation on ‘Assertive Communication’ and as per my normal practice I take my ideas and talk them through at the breakfast table with the husband.I think I may have mentioned before that we are fond of some intellectual...
by Trish Springsteen | Nov 27, 2012 | Business, Communication, Leadership, Women in Business
The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place. – George Bernard ShawThe blog has been rather quiet recently, and that is because I have been getting to know the medical profession a little better. A sudden health scare found me in...
