In this post, Lucille Ossai debunks the most worrisome myth about effective business communication. She also encourages you to take practical steps to hone your communication skills. Video embedded.

Communication Skills Workshops – Lessons For Trainers
As a communication skills trainer, you’d need to be aware of two habits that will strengthen your delivery and ensure the success of your programmes. Use the suggestions made in this post to avoid the curse of knowledge.

Leveraging Business Content For Brand Dominance
Corporate storytelling is now indispensable to your business goals. Learn how to use business content to strengthen your brand and get results. Useful tips from content experts such as Copyblogger and Visually are cited.

Overcoming Our Phobia Of Formal Writing
This article tackles the ‘Goliath’ of all communications woes — the absolute dread of formal writing. As one of the most useful posts published on the blog, it contains tips for writing to different parties in a professional capacity. Free samples provided include emails and memos for CEOs, staff, and top government officials. Although templates are provided for general use, kindly attribute the article in its entirety to Lucille Ossai.
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The Boston Bombings – What We Can Learn From President Obama’s Speech
Written the week the tragic Boston marathon bombings of April 2013 took place, this article highlights key points to note from President Obama’s first speech delivered after the event. All professionals should take cues for this analysis.
A highly recommended post, it received several comments from viewers and ranked in first place in the Google search engine for months. It is still visible on the first page in the Google search engine a year later, under the search description: “What can we learn from Boston bombings? Even though it no longer retains top spots in the Bing and Yahoo search engines, the article can still be found when the same search term is used.