Business executives and managers have been given a mandate to rethink leadership and imbibe core values that will transform the business landscape, workforce ecosystem and governance across boards in the organisational structure.
According to the experts, critical among the leadership values that will transform any organisation is the mindset of service and the desire to create an enabling environment for a thriving workforce.
The experts made the call during a two-day mentorship programme tagged ‘Niyi Adesanya Leadership BootCamp’ organised by Fifth Gear Consulting in Lagos and was well-attended by business leaders and senior management executives from different organisations across the country.
“There is a wrong cultural influence on leadership in Africa that starts from our homes and families. That thinking that being a leader makes you superior to followers is something we have held on to for too long and it must change,” Sam Adeyemi, an expert on leadership and renowned clergyman in Lagos said.
Adeyemi charged organisations to position themselves for the coming opportunities that Africa is set to witness as a result of renewed interest in the continent as the next big thing.
Similarly, Richard Mofe-Damijo, an actor noted that the entire failure of governance in Africa is a reflection of who we are as a people. He drew parallels between how people are responsible for their families but when elected into public office become irresponsible to the electorates.
While noting that the dynamics of the workspace is changing with the influx of millennials in the system, Ivie Martins Ogbonmwan, human resource manager, charged employers of labours to embrace new cultures.
Josephine Okojie
