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IIM Africa holds 2022 Lagos national conference, investiture, CCDOA symposium

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The Institute of Information Management (IIM) Africa is set to hold the 2022 Lagos edition of its annual national conference, investiture and award ceremony at the University of Lagos, Akoka, Yaba, Lagos on Saturday, April 2. The two-in-one event is billed to also feature the Country Chief Data Officer Ambassador (CCDOA) Nigeria Symposium. Ambassador (Dr) […]

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Enhancing your career and business with effective body language

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By Goke Ilesanmi Failure to send the right messages will often result in loss of business, low morale in the workplace or soured friendships. If you are in customer service section, for instance, you need to think about the message you are giving customers. Do you really try to do everything possible or is your

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Co-opetition

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Authors: Barry Nalebuff and Adam Brandenburger Publisher: Profile Books Reviewer: Goke Ilesanmi   The only thing that is constant in life is change. This means one needs to embrace it to avoid being swept away by its tide. The old concept of competition interpreted as enmity is now outdated. And one of the textual “evangelists”

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Reported speech and communication impacts of mastery (2)

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By Goke Ilesanmi                                      Last week, we said reported speech is the opposite of direct speech. We stressed that reported speech does not necessarily mean past-tense version of direct speech, as it is possible to have present- as well as past-tense reported speech.     We expatiated that what determines the tense of the reported speech is

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Secrets of Power Persuasion for Salespeople

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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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Reported speech and communication impacts of mastery

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By Goke Ilesanmi                                      Reported speech is the opposite of direct speech. Direct speech refers to the original utterance of the first speaker and it is marked off by inverted commas in a written discourse. It may be present or past in tense, depending on what the speaker is talking about. For example, if the speaker

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Driving Growth through Innovation

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Author: Robert Tucker Publisher: Berrett Koehler Reviewer: Goke Ilesanmi                                                                            The target of business people or corporate organisations is to achieve substantial growth and by implication profitability. Yet, it is very challenging to achieve appreciable growth (which signifies productivity) and profitability in the midst of competition. The solution is innovation, that is, conversion of new knowledge

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More on the need for public speaking and presentation skills

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By Goke Ilesanmi                                  Last week, we said there are essentials of good writing that must be applied in speech-writing. We explained that some of these are conciseness, completeness, correctness, clarity and consideration. We added that courtesy, positive language, concreteness and sincerity are also parts of these fundamentals. We said conciseness is about being brief and

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