Business Language and Communication

By Goke Ilesanmi Another area worthy of note is e-mail and job application. There are key strategies for sending email cover letters. We will discuss these strategies. It is noteworthy that you must ensure that you know the rules of a dynamic cover letter. Before you even conceive the idea of sending an email cover […]

By Goke Ilesanmi Last week, we said electronic mail, called e-mail for short, is a system that allows people to send messages to each other by computer. We added that e-mail makes everything easier and faster including making a powerful business impression and establishing positive professional relationships.    We however examined some dos and don’ts

By Goke Ilesanmi Electronic mail, called e-mail for short, is a system that allows people to send messages to each other by computer. E-mail makes everything easier and faster including making a powerful business impression and establishing positive professional relationships. The businessperson who uses the technology effectively and appropriately will see the results of that

By Goke Ilesanmi Persuasion can be variedly defined. At one level of definition, it is conceived as the process by which a communicator tries to influence the attitudes, values, belief system, or action of his listener(s) or audience. In other words, persuasion involves motivating the audience through the power of communication to voluntarily change their

By Goke Ilesanmi Last week, we said communication does not come easily to many managers who throughout most their careers have dealt almost entirely with hard facts and figures, not the soft people issues. We added that these managers may not be good enough as leaders. We stressed that many managers are uncomfortable about giving

By Goke Ilesanmi Last week, we said 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.     We added that post-merger integration

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. Even though nobody expects structural

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

By Goke Ilesanmi Last week, we said as a politician, for instance, you need to master the art of effective public speaking and persuasive communication to succeed because you must be able to convince the electorate and even win opposition over during electoral campaigns so that they can vote for you. We added that research