Book Review

Author: Alex Okoh Publisher: Kr8tiv Krest Ltd (+234(0)7098008924) Reviewer: Goke Ilesanmi This book is thematically about how managers and leaders can motivate employees in the workplace. The use of the word “Barnabas” in the title is just to stress the need for every organisation to have corporate catalysts that are like the Bible Barnabas. Corporate

Author: Jim Rohn Publisher: African Pastors Literature Trust Reviewer: Goke Ilesanmi   Wealth and happiness are two of the great desires of human beings. In short, they often go together because most people that are financially wealthy tend to be happy because of the attendant financial independence. I am sure this realisation must have informed

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. Like I said in my earlier article “Employing Modern Language of Competition”, the old concept of competition

Author: Ron Hoff Publisher: Andrews and McMeel Reviewer: Goke Ilesanmi   Time, they say, is money. We all have an equal number of hours in a day. However, while some achieve much within the available hours, others achieve less or nothing. At the organisational level, the same thing manifests. It is interesting to know that

Author: Akinlolu Olasupo Publisher: Bottom Line Com. And Marketing Co. Ltd Reviewer: Goke Ilesanmi   One of the things people do at the beginning of every year is to make resolutions. However, having resolutions without being committed to them or knowing how to set them in motion does not guarantee results. That is why we

Author: Barry J. Farber Publisher: Religious Broadcasting Reviewer: Goke Ilesanmi   We are examining another sales book written by Barry J. Farber because selling is very critical to business success. Farber is the president of Farber Training Systems, Inc., and has trained thousands of salespeople, managers and trainers to reach new levels of sales success.

Author: Michael LeBoeuf Publisher: Pastoral Care Publishing Reviewer: Goke Ilesanmi For any business to make profit and survive, it must have enough (loyal) customers. The decision of Dr. Michael LeBoeuf to write this book entitled “How to Win Customers & Keep Them for Life” is therefore commendable. LeBoeuf is an internationally published author, business consultant

Authors: Phillip Hunsaker and Anthony Alessandra Publisher: Simon & Schuster Inc. Reviewer: Goke Ilesanmi   Managing people has always been a challenge everywhere. This is because people are difficult to manage and most managers too lack the skill of effective people management. This is why we are X-raying this book entitled “The Art of Managing

Authors: Paula Martin and Karen Tate Publisher: John Wiley and Sons, Inc Reviewer: Goke Ilesanmi   Project management, the process of guiding a project from the beginning through the middle to the end is indeed very taxing. This is because the project manager coordinates other professionals to achieve results. It is therefore a big intellectual