by Trish Springsteen | Jul 14, 2009 | Business, Personal Development
How often do say that during the day? And (say it softly), how often does it serve for an excuse to get out of something? “Oh! I am so sorry, looks like I’m booked that day!!”A diary is a wonderful thing to help organise and to avoid procrastination. I actually have...
by Trish Springsteen | Jul 8, 2009 | Business, Personal Development
When we have decided that things must change, and when we have worked on creating that change in our lives; and when things start going wrong and the fire of enthusiasm starts to die within us – how do we find the energy and the determination to continue?This was a...
by Trish Springsteen | Jul 3, 2009 | Business, Communication
“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” – Romeo and Juliet; William Shakespeare.Juliet is telling Romeo that a name is merely an artificial convention, and changing it would not alter the basic integrity of the...
by Trish Springsteen | Jun 30, 2009 | Business, Communication, Leadership
If there is one thing we can depend on in business, it is the effectiveness of team work. We have all bought into the idea that we can get so much more done as a team than we can alone. To doubt or question this is considered heresy! Since De Bono, we have all been...
by Trish Springsteen | Jun 28, 2009 | Business, Communication, Leadership, Training
At a recent meeting of an engineering consultancy it was passionately said “We do not own oil fields, we do not manufacture, we derive our income from our people. Without Good people we cannot succeed”I am not sure who said that, but whoever it was has a real...
by Trish Springsteen | Jun 21, 2009 | Business, Communication, Personal Development
Mark Twain attributed the “Lies, damned lies and statistics” to Benjamin Disraeli – and it still has a modicum of truth in it. I was accosted over the weekend by a petition wielding lady with statistics at her finger tips. She wanted something banned (It doesn’t...
