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...
by Trish Springsteen | Mar 28, 2008 | Business, Communication, Job Interviews
It is a fact of life that most companies still use the interview to select candidates to fill vacancies. Interviews are regularly conducted to assess performance or to judge promotion prospects.For some people having to face an interview is agony; it can be quite...
by Trish Springsteen | Mar 18, 2008 | Business, Communication, Public Speaking
When you have a presentation to give, do you sit down at the computer and begin to write it? Most people compose their presentation on paper or the screen. Now, the problem with that is that verbal presentations are meant to be heard and not read; and we write...
