by Trish Springsteen | Jul 4, 2010 | Business, Communication, Personal Development, Women in Business
Rogers and Hammerstein put it in a nutshell with their song “I’m just a girl who can’t say No” and alas it is not just the girl that can’t do it; there are an awful lot of the rest of us who can’t do it either.Why is it that even when we are up to our eyeballs in...
by Trish Springsteen | Jul 2, 2010 | Personal Development
When I was younger (much younger), and I moped about the house complaining of boredom and tiredness, my grandfather used to say “Sounds like you’ve got no petrol in your tank!”He used to find tasks around the home or garden which he claimed needed doing right now, and...
by Trish Springsteen | Jun 24, 2010 | Business, Communication, Leadership, Personal Development
Have you, on one of your MBWA tours, ever come across something that is not working and then think to yourself “Well, it’s not my place to fix it”?Or have you been to see a staff member about a task, only to come away half an hour later and realise that the one thing...
by Trish Springsteen | Mar 14, 2010 | Business, Personal Development
We are a trifle busy at the moment, in fact I have been watching Trish’s back a lot recently as she disappears off somewhere else!All this is good for business, but as we have a number of exciting projects that we are working on, it doesn’t leave us much time for the...
by Trish Springsteen | Mar 12, 2010 | Communication, Personal Development
I think I have mentioned before that I like to get up early to spend an hour or so writing before the rest of the day takes over.I usually enjoy this time; my desk is next to an open window and just outside is a splendid example of a mature Murraya bush with the most...
by Trish Springsteen | Mar 4, 2010 | Communication, Leadership, Personal Development
So said Albert Einstein; and one would suppose that he would know!At a recent discussion at my daughter’s (who seems to be growing intellectually more like her mother daily, according to the husband) we took apart this idea, and asked ourselves if it is still true...
