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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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 Receiving or Receptive Skills because they are about assimilation; while speaking and writing are called Transmitting Skills because they are about articulation or dissemination. And mastery of all
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By Goke Ilesanmi Have you ever taken time to find out the level of commitment of your team as a manager or leader? If you have, what is the result of your findings – low or high? If the result shows their commitment level is low, this may be due to many reasons. One of
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By Goke Ilesanmi When we talk about any form of verbal communication, the issue of tenses is very important because tense is any of the verb forms relating time to action. This time is basically divided into past, present and future. There is actually a problem when we cannot accurately relate time to action and
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By Goke Ilesanmi Effective communication is very critical to career or business success. As such, organisations and people who communicate effectively are more successful and peaceful. One thing that is very critical to effective communication is proficient application of language. Mastery of English Language has become more important in business relationships today, especially that it
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By Goke Ilesanmi Nigerians are very creative. Some years ago, foreign music held our airwaves hostage. But today, local music has taken over and the industry is growing. The comedy/emcee segment of the entertainment industry is growing too. We now have many “talented” comedians and emcees offering great entertainment. Entertainment is critical to effective communication.
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By Goke Ilesanmi A business plan is a formal document that communicates the direction of a business in a bid to accomplish its most important goal, that is, profitability. Profit does not come by accident. So by writing and following a business plan, you can definitely increase the possibility of achieving profitability. Whether you
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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
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By Goke Ilesanmi The concept of mergers and acquisitions has long been considered one of the fastest routes to business growth. Yet, experience has shown that most mergers fail to achieve the expected synergy and are more often counterproductive at the end of the day. Post-merger integration challenges are many.
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By Goke Ilesanmi “SWOT” is an acronym for “Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats”. SWOT analysis, by extension, is a system for examining the way a company is run or how someone works, in order to see what the good and bad features are. SWOT analysis is widely used in strategic planning and can be
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