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Communication and Strategy is the theme of this
newsletter. If you cannot communicate your
strategy effectively due to poor understanding
or poor communication, the performance of your
organisation and/or team will be on a downward
slope.
The first two
articles will assist in helping you define your
strategy effectively, as well as how to
communicate to today’s workforce.
Our third article
is the address of US First Lady, Michelle Obama,
at the Regina Mundi Church during her recent
visit. Here is a powerful example of how to
communicate a compelling message and motivate
people to take action and improve their lives.
Quite a contrast to the rabble-rousing speeches
that pervade our media currently!
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In today’s world, we are bombarded with information all the time. It comes quickly in bucket loads and it is often difficult to wade through the words to find the essence. In most companies currently there is a common refrain from the leadership – we communicate, but cannot seem to be taken seriously, or listened to. The common refrain from the employees is – we don’t get ...
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We recently discovered one of those book gems. Small and concise, with wonderful simple, crisp, informative writing. The book is called “Seven Strategy Questions” by Robert Simons, published by Harvard Business Press, 2010. Just asking ...
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Speech by the
first lady of the US at Regina Mundi Church,
Soweto, June 22 2011>
REMARKS BY THE
FIRST LADY DURING KEYNOTE ADDRESS AT YOUNG
AFRICAN WOMEN LEADERS FORUM, Regina Mundi
Church, Soweto, South Africa, 10:16 A.M.
(Local), June 22 2011
MRS. OBAMA:
Thank you. Thank you so much. It is such a
pleasure and an honor to be here with all of you
today.
I want to start by
thanking Graca Machel for that just gracious,
kind introduction. It is overwhelming. And I
want to thank her for her lifetime of service as
a champion for women and children. And from the
bottom of my heart, I want to thank you for all
of the kindness and generosity that you have
shown my family for our visit here. Thank you so
much.
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