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Oyewole appointed Country CDO Ambassador for Nigeria

The founding members of the Country Chief Data Officer (CDO) Ambassador programme, the MITCDOIQ Symposium (www.MITCDOIQ.org), the International Society of Chief Data Officers (www.isCDO.org) and the CDO Magazine (www.cdomagazine.tech) have announced the appointment of Ambassador (Dr) Oyedokun Oyewole, Founder/President and Chairman, Governing Council of the Institute of Information Management  (IIM), Africa as the Country Chief […]

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Secrets of Power Persuasion for Salespeople

Author: Roger Dawson Publisher: Elpac Publishing Reviewer: Goke Ilesanmi Persuasive skills are greatly required whenever we want to convince people. This is why I want us to examine this text “Secrets of Power Persuasion for Salespeople” this week. It is written by Roger Dawson, one of the most-respected authorities as regards Persuasion and Negotiation. Dawson

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Communicating effectively as a manager

By Goke Ilesanmi All organisations, no matter what their size or scope, are held together by and perform their functions through the process of communication. Communication is indeed the channel of influence, the mechanism of change and the means of motivation that enables an organisation to reach its goal of productivity and profitability among others.

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Mastering the essentials of effective business writing(2)

By Goke Ilesanmi Last week, we said there are four different skills of communication, that is, listening, reading, speaking and writing. We advised that business writing, especially for external communication to customers, suppliers, investors, etc., should be professionally handled because when it is done properly, it will enhance corporate image, boost business, among others.  

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The Road Not Followed

Author: Leo Oko Ogba (info@leookoogba.com) Publisher: Self-Publishing Pagination: 138 Pages Available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B092M51YC1 Reviewer: Goke Ilesanmi Experience, the maxim goes, is the best teacher. In short, valuable first-hand experience, accurate historical record and right education are capable of changing the mindset of any group of disgruntled people through potency of enlightenment and persuasion as

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Mastering the essentials of effective business writing

By Goke Ilesanmi There are four different skills of communication. These are listening, reading, speaking and writing. Listening and reading are technically referred to as “receptive skills” because they are about assimilation; while speaking and writing are called “transmitting skills” because they are about articulation or dissemination. Mastery of all these skills is very important.

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Say It in Six

Author: Ron Hoff Publisher: Andrews and McMeel Reviewer: Goke Ilesanmi One of the essentials of good communication is brevity. This is why I want us to X-ray this week, this book entitled “Say It in Six”, with the subtitle “How to Say Exactly What You Mean in Six Minutes or Less”, written by Ron Hoff,

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Deploying business-analysis tool for effective communication

By Goke Ilesanmi One thing that makes intellectual activities interesting is creativity. That is, ability to think outside of the intellectual box and transplant ideas from their original areas for meaningful application elsewhere. To be able to determine potential for success in the face of competition in business, existing and prospective entrepreneurs basically try to

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AFRICAN CONDITION: INTERROGATING DESTINY, DESTINATION AND THE COMPENSATION DOCTRINE

By Tim Akano                                                                                                                                     Ralph Waldo Emerson that propounded the Theory of Compensation in 1841, argued that Nemesis is as certain as the night begets the day.  Emerson added that all unjust accumulation of wealth, power and privileges by a person, ethnic group, nation-state, continent, race or religious group is not tax-free. In other words,

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