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Political campaigns and need for civil language and effective persuasion(2)

By Goke Ilesanmi Last week, we said we are now in the volatile period of political or electoral campaigns, beginning with the primary elections of political parties. We stressed that it is worrisome that the political language, communication or messages of most of the political aspirants and their teeming campaign handlers and supporters during the

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Political campaigns and need for civil language and effective persuasion

By Goke Ilesanmi We are now in the super-active period of electioneering in Nigeria, that is, the volatile period of political or electoral campaigns, beginning with the primary elections of political parties. It is worrisome that the political language, communication or messages of most of the political aspirants and their teeming campaign handlers and supporters

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Job search and potency of a persuasive cover letter

By Goke Ilesanmi Apart from packaging a great curriculum vitae (CV), you also need the reinforcement of a persuasive cover or application letter to boost your chances of being invited for a job interview. A cover letter, variedly called “letter of application”, “letter of introduction”, “transmittal letter” and “broadcast letter” is a letter that no

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Say It in Six

Author: Ron Hoff Publisher: Andrews and McMeel Reviewer: Goke Ilesanmi It is a fact that brevity is one of the essentials of good communication. 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

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Ten Commitments for Building High Performance Teams

Author: Tom Massey Publisher: Religious Broadcasting Inc. Reviewer: Goke Ilesanmi High performance is very critical to the survival of any organisation or individual. This is why I want us to examine this text entitled “Ten Commitments for Building High Performance Teams”. It is written by Dr. Tom Massey, a corporate leadership trainer and coach with

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