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Book Review

The Millionaire in You

Author: Michael LeBoeuf Publisher: Crown Business, New York Reviewer: Goke Ilesanmi Inability to discover and maximise one’s latent potential accounts for why most people have not achieved their purpose in life. This also explains why most people have not attained their desired financial independence because they do not realise that they have the millionaire potential […]

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Modern Trends in Sports Administration and Management

Author: Joseph Awoyinfa Publisher: RBPC Reviewer: Goke Ilesanmi The multiplicity of challenges plaguing the Nigerian sports sector today readily inform the choice of this book entitled “Modern Trends in Sports Administration and Management” for review this week. It is written by Professor Joseph Awoyinfa of the Department of Human Kinetics and Health Education, Faculty of

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The Management Bible

Authors: Bob Nelson and Peter Economy Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc Reviewer: Goke Ilesanmi Bob Nelson and Peter Economy, co-authors of this text entitled “The Management Bible”, are brilliant management experts. Nelson is the founder and president of Nelson Motivation, Inc., a management training and consulting firm with headquarters in San Diego. He is

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Co-opetition

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 The old concept of competition interpreted as enmity is now outdated.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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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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Driving Growth through Innovation

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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Promoting Yourself

Author: Hal Lancaster Publisher: Free Press Reviewer: Goke Ilesanmi It is a fact that many people face the challenge of getting promotion in the workplace. They adduce different (wrong) reasons for this. Such people need to read this book entitled “Promoting Yourself”. It is written by Hal Lancaster who spent more than 30 years at

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