Every employer, whether in the church or
mosque; in the military or religion; in school or workplace; in the public or
private sphere; wants me to have certain qualities which will make me useful to
the workplace.
Apart from the specific job skill, the other
most important skill is effective
communication (public speaking, written and oral expression). This is a soft skills or transferable skills or management skills. It can be ‘transferred’ to all other
career opportunities, and jobs. Dale Carnegie, the great American writer and
lecturer and the developer of famous courses in self-improvement, salesmanship,
corporate training, public speaking and interpersonal skills wrote, ‘Financial success is due 15 percent to
professional knowledge and 85 percent to people skills.’ The ability to
communicate effectively is the foundation, wall and roof of people skills; of
influencing people.
Effective
communication is the foundation of successful relationships, both personally
and professionally. To communicate effectively, I can either speak or write,
and of the two, the spoken word is the most powerful. I want to read Talanta – Ojijo’s Guide to Identifying,
Developing and Selling My Talent and Career Skills, which has practical
exercises on interview skills, oral communication; written communication (letters, vitaes, and profiles).
In the
course of my personal and professional life, I will be speaking to groups of
people in a structured, deliberate manner intended to inform, influence, or
entertain the listeners. This is called public speaking. Public speaking
is a powerful tool, and many a politician have made their careers using
skillful delivery of speeches, including Abraham Lincoln, Adolf Hitler, Marcus
Garvey, Hugo Chavez, Barrack Obama and Fidel Castro, to name but a few.
However,
in public speaking, as in any form of communication, there are five (5) basic
elements to be effective, often expressed as,
‘’why’ am I saying
‘what’ to ‘whom’, ‘where’ and ‘how.’’
Public speaking is an art and a skill, and the more I
practice it, the more effective my communication becomes.
The Purpose of this book is to make me a better public speaker.
About the Author
(Ojijo is a lawyer, author, poet, pianist, business coach, career mentor, public speaker, and strategic planning consultant:+256776100059: ojijo@allpublicspakers.com)
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