by Trish Springsteen | Apr 22, 2008 | Business, Personal Development
There are a number of factors which cause stress and not all are related to work. It is being exposed to ‘stressors’ which creates the environment for the development of stress. There are two types of stressors ‘External’ stressors and ‘Internal’ stressors. External...
by Trish Springsteen | Apr 20, 2008 | Business, Personal Development, Women in Business
Do you love your job? Even if you answered “Yes” I bet there are times when you will be under pressure. It is mainly in the workplace that we come under the most consistent pressure; pressure to achieve, pressure to perform or pressure to deliver. What we call stress...
by Trish Springsteen | Apr 13, 2008 | Business, Communication
Awkward Questions will often drop on us out of the blue. Usually at meetings, someone will turn to you and say “And what do you think of the idea?” Alas, the concise reply which would have seen you achieve greatness will not occur to you until at least two hours after...
by Trish Springsteen | Apr 10, 2008 | Business, Communication
2000 years ago an ancient philosopher (Zeno of Citium – if anyone asks) once said “We have been given two ears but a single mouth in order that we should hear more and talk less”. Some things just never change!Often we interchange the words “HEARING’ and ‘LISTENING’...
by Trish Springsteen | Apr 8, 2008 | Business, Communication, Public Speaking, Women in Business
“…most employees in Australia and New Zealand will readily tell us that poor communication causes more organisational problems than any other single issue. Poor communication makes for low morale and poor results.” ~ Kris Cole “Supervision – Management in...
by Trish Springsteen | Mar 30, 2008 | Business, Personal Development
Over the weekend I looked at the weeds in the vegie patch, and then at the new book I just received. Yeah! The book won.Edward De Bono has to be the master of creative thinking, and I have been a fan ever since I read about the “Six Thinking Hats” quite a few years...
