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  • Expert: organisational design boosts employee engagement,  performance

    Expert: organisational design boosts employee engagement,  performance

    In today’s fast-paced digital landscape, agile organisational design can be a powerful approach to boosting employee engagement and performance, Oluwatosin Ajewumi, an expert in People and Organisational Development, has said.

    She noted that by adopting agile methodologies, organisations can empower employees, foster collaboration, and drive innovation, leading to improved performance and engagement.

    Ajewumi, in a statement, explained that agile organisational design can transform how employees engage with their work and contribute to organisational success.

    Her research highlights the profound impact of agile frameworks on employee autonomy, collaboration, and motivation.

    She added that by incorporating cross-functional teams, iterative feedback loops, decentralised decision-making, and others, agile organisational design equips employees with tools to adapt to rapid changes and embrace innovation.

    “These methodologies increase employee engagement and enhance creativity and productivity. Key practice, including psychological safety and continuous learning, play a role in fostering an environment of trust, openness, and adaptability. “

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    The expert stressed that by empowering employees to make decisions and providing frequent opportunities for feedback, agile frameworks reduce bottlenecks, accelerate decision-making, and enhance team dynamics.

    “Implementing agile organisational design requires a thoughtful approach and adherence to best practice.”

    Ajewumi also, emphasises importance of leadership support, comprehensive training, and a strong alignment with organisational culture in ensuring success of these frameworks.

    The expert noted that integration of agile organisational design holds promise for enhancing employee engagement and performance, creating workplaces that are more responsive, innovative, and collaborative.

    “By addressing structural and cultural barriers, agile frameworks empower employees to thrive in dynamic environments, driving organisational success in the digital age.”

  • Firm makes case for fostering employee development

    Firm makes case for fostering employee development

    Organisational Learning and Development (OLxD) yesterday said there were methodologies for fostering employee development and driving success.

    The firm said in a statement crafting business cases, establishing career pathways and nurturing collaborations are vital to organisation’s and individual’s growth.

    OLxD said its conference: ‘Repositioning Learning for Business Impact,’ in November 2, in Lagos, would inspire innovation in organisational learning and development.

    Convener, Ademola Johnson, said: “This second edition of OLxD Con signifies our commitment to advancing Organisational Learning and Development and empowering professionals to impact in their organisation We’ll build upon success of last year’s event and foster greater collaboration and learning opportunities.

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    “With keynote addresses, spotlight talks, panel discussions, and networking opportunities, attendees can anticipate an immersive and enlightening experience.

    “The event will feature a discussion focused on methodologies for fostering employee development and driving organisational success. Participants will explore crafting compelling business cases, establishing clear career pathways, and nurturing collaborative learning environments.

    “Attendees will also delve into the evolving landscape of work and learning. Speakers will discuss strategies to adapt learning initiatives to meet the needs of modern workplaces, emphasising flexibility, technology integration, and a culture of lifelong learning.”

  • How to stand out as an employee among others

    How to stand out as an employee among others

    • By Alabi Oluwadare Tunde

    In today’s competitive job market, it is essential to not only excel in your role but also to stand out among your colleagues. 

    Whether you are striving for career advancement, recognition or simply personal satisfaction, distinguishing yourself as an exceptional employee can open doors to new opportunities and contribute to your professional growth.

     Here are some strategies to be adopted that can make you shine and stand out in the workplace:

    1. Deliver consistent high-quality work:

    Strive for excellence in everything you do. Consistency in delivering high-quality work sets you apart as a reliable and valuable team member.

    Pay attention to details and ensure that your work meets or exceeds expectations. 

    Take pride in your contributions and aim for excellence in every task.

    2. Demonstrate proactive problem-solving:

    Instead of waiting for instructions, take the initiative to identify and address challenges proactively.

    Offer innovative solutions and suggestions for improvement. Show that you’re not just a problem spotter but also a problem solver.

    3. Continuously learn and develop skills:

    Stay updated on industry trends, technological advancements, and best practices relevant to your field. Seek out learning opportunities, whether it’s through formal training programs, online courses, or self-directed study.

    Cultivate a growth mindset and be open to acquiring new skills that can enhance your performance and value to the organization.

    4. Communicate effectively

    Master the art of clear and concise communication: Express your ideas articulately and listen actively to others.

    Collaborate effectively with colleagues, demonstrating empathy, understanding, and respect for diverse perspectives.

    Be approachable and willing to share knowledge and expertise with your team members.

    5. Show initiative and keadership:

    Volunteer for challenging projects or tasks that align with your interests and strengths.

    Take on leadership roles within teams or committees, demonstrating your ability to inspire and motivate others to greatness.

    Lead by example, displaying professionalism, integrity, and a strong work ethic.

    6. Build positive relationships:

    Foster positive relationships with colleagues, supervisors, and stakeholders. 

    Treat everyone with respect and kindness.

    Network strategically within the organization, building alliances and connections that can support your career advancement.

    Be a team player, willing to collaborate and support others in achieving shared goals.

    7. Exhibit reliability and accountability:

    Honour your commitments and deadlines.

     Be punctual, dependable, and trustworthy.

    Take ownership of your actions and decisions. Admit mistakes when they occur and take proactive steps to rectify them.

    Demonstrate accountability by learning from failures and continuously striving for improvement.

    8. Maintain a positive attitude:

    Approach challenges with optimism and resilience. Maintain a positive attitude, even in the face of adversity.

    Foster a culture of positivity within your team and the broader organization.

    Embrace change with an open mind and adapt quickly to new circumstances or requirements.

    9. Seek feedback and professional growth:

    Solicit feedback from supervisors, peers, and mentors to gain insights into areas for improvement.

    Actively pursue opportunities for professional growth and development, whether it’s through formal performance reviews, mentoring relationships, or self-assessment.

    Use feedback constructively to refine your skills, enhance your performance, and achieve your career goals.

    10. Promote a culture of excellence:

    Lead by example by upholding high standards of performance, professionalism, and integrity.

    Recognize and celebrate the achievements of your colleagues, fostering a culture of appreciation and recognition.

    Encourage a collaborative and supportive work environment where everyone has the opportunity to excel and contribute to the organization’s success.

    By incorporating these strategies into your daily work habits and interactions, you can differentiate yourself as an outstanding employee among your colleagues.

     Remember that standing out is not just about individual achievement but also about contributing to the collective success of your team and organization. 

    Continuously strive to learn, grow, and make a positive impact, and your efforts will not go unnoticed.

  • Gunmen allegedly kill businessman’s employee

    The last has not been heard in the case of a businessman, Olusesan Aleilo Olatunji, a victim of serial victimisation by  some people over a housing project. Olatunji has since gone into hiding, after the matter was reported to the police and nothing was allegedly done to protect him.

    The Nation had reported on October 20, 2018, how Olatunji, who is the founder of Olas Exquisite Properties Limited, and his family members were subjected to brutality, after he refused to inflate the cost of a housing estate project his company got in 2016.

    A principal partner in his company, Nelson Okunoghae, an architect, who was to join him for a meeting with officials involved in the award of the contract, was also declared missing in February 2018 on his way to honour the appointment in Abuja.

    In a related development, a Senior Site and Evaluation Manager in Olatunji’s firm, Mr Shola Adegbite, has allegedly been killed by suspected assassins. The incident happened along Sagamu-Benin highway, penultimate Friday, while the deceased was returning home in his car.

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    A source, who did not want his name in print, confirmed that Adegbite was one of the aspirants sponsored by Olatunji for an elective position in Ogun State.

    A source, who spoke with our correspondent in Olatunji’s hometown in Ijebu Ode, said he was a strong supporter and financier of the local branch of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN).

    ”I believe Olatunji’s ordeal may be in relation to his support for some politicians including Adegbite which unsettled certain parochial interests in the party and he was warned several times to stop backing them,” the source said.

    Police spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi was not reachable on his mobile phone line while a text message sent to his phone was not replied at press time.

  • Employee ‘kills’ Chinese boss for insulting his mother

    Employee ‘kills’ Chinese boss for insulting his mother

    An employee Amos Okechukwu has been arrested by the police for allegedly killing his Chinese boss, Alice Xu.

    Okechukwu, a casual worker at the victim’s firm, allegedly committed the offence around 8pm on Friday at Tayo Close, Akinola Cole Estate, Adeniyi Jones, Ikeja.

    It was gathered that the suspect sneaked into the deceased residence and suffocated her with a pillow for “ridiculing my mother.”

    Having suffocated the victim, Okechukwu was said to have ransacked her residence, carted away about N800,000 and $2,000 cash he found.

    He was said to have disguised as a mad person to avoid raising suspicions at the estate gate manned by policemen and private guards, but was identified by one of the guards who notified the police.

    It was gathered that the suspect was instantly arrested and the deceased’s residence contacted without response.

    The Nation gathered that guards were sent to the premises and it was discovered that the woman had died, promoting the transfer of the suspect to Man Centre Police Division.

    A source said the suspect claimed he wanted to teach the woman a lesson for the frequent verbal assaults he received from her.

    The source said: “He alleged that the woman had been very insulting and disrespectful and that he felt humiliated. He said the woman even insulted his mother.

    “He entered her apartment when she had slept and tied her up. He covered her mouth and nose. The woman died because she could not breathe properly. He said he only wanted to punish her and did not mean to kill her. N800,000 and $2,000 belonging to the woman were recovered from him.”

    According to a worker in the estate, the house has been shut since Friday.

    He said: “It was when I came to work the following day that I learnt about the incident. I was shocked. The woman was young and usually jogged around the estate. I think it was greediness that made him kill her.”

  • Police arrest man for ‘dehumanising’ employee

    Police arrest man for ‘dehumanising’ employee

    Operatives of the Metro Police and Lagos State Rapid Response Squad (RRS) have arrested an engineer, Wole Odunuga, who allegedly tied his employee and locked him inside Hilux Van marked SMK 707 CA enroute Abuja.

    The suspect was arrested Wednesday night around 7-Up by the Alausa Tollgate, after policemen chased him from Ketu/Ojota Flyover for refusing to stop.

    Odunuga was said to be a lone traveler, whose refusal to obey the policemen, propelled them to check his vehicle when it was forcefully stopped.

    According to the police, the officers were shocked to see the victim, Daniel Dabis, at the trunk of the white Hilux, with his legs and hands tied to his back.

    Upon interrogation, the suspect was said to have claimed that Dabis stole his money at Abuja and absconded to Lagos, adding that he was taking him back to Abuja to answer for his offence.

    He said: “I have been searching for him all over the place, which took me to his village in Plateau State. It was one of his friends that told me he was in Lagos, where he was hiding. Precisely, I was hinted he was staying at Mile 12 Market, Ketu.

    “I drove down from Abuja and I met him at Mile 12 Market, Ketu, where I picked him up. Initially, I had taken him down to Ketu Divisional Police Station, Lagos, to incident the matter, but the officers at the station declined to detain him there. “So, I had no option than to take him back to Abuja. That was what I was trying to do before I was accosted by the police team on routine patrol under the Ketu/Ojota flyover.”

    However, Dabis who denied stealing the suspect’s money said he only took his ladder and barrow.

    He said: “What I took from him were a ladder and a wheel barrow. He is estimating the cost of the wheel barrow at N110, 000 and the ladder, N90, 000, that is all I took from him. Because of that he tied my legs and hands to my back.

    “His plan was to drive me to Abuja in that manner if not for these officers; he would have killed me and dumped my body at the road side.”

     

  • Court restrains Auchi Poly from dismissing employee

    The National Industrial Court has restrained Auchi Polytechnic from suspending or terminating the services of Igbinosun Ese for alleged offence contained in a query from the institution.

    The court also restrained the Institution from interfering with the employment or duties of Ese, pending the determination of the motion on notice.

    The judge, Justice Peter Lifu, gave the order yesterday after hearing the ex-parte motion by V.O. Edegbenin, counsel to the claimant.

    Lifu said that he gave the order since injunction is an equitable remedy because he who come to equity must do so timeously.

    .Lifu adjourned the two cases to July 15 for the hearing of the motion on notice.

  • Family of abducted ex-Mobil employee petitions IGP

    For more than two months after her abduction, the whereabouts of Ms. Eunice Udo have remained a mystery, causing anxiety that she may have been killed.

    Ms. Udoh, a former contract employee with Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited (MPN), hails from Atibe community, Afaha Eket in Eket Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State.

    The victim, 34, according to the family, was allegedly seized and taken to an unknown destination on February 4 by a business associate.

    The suspect, who has since been arrested, it was gathered, is undergoing interrogation at the Zone 6 Headquarters in Calabar, Cross River State, where the case had been transferred.

    Worried by the slow pace of the investigation, the family has petitioned the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Solomon Arase.

    The two-paragraph petition entitled: “Re-Case of Abduction of Eunice Eno Udo”, stated that the suspect abducted her in the process of transacting a business.

    The elder brother to the victim, Akpan Udo, said her sister may have been killed. He urged the IGP to use his good offices to unravel the mystery surrounding the disappearance of the woman, whom he said “was our bread winner”.

    He recalled that when her sister was dropped as a contract staff of Mobil, she took some of her vehicles, including a bus to the car stands in Uyo, for sale, but ran into the suspect, who offered to buy the vehicle.

    The suspect, who hails from Omuogba in Onyigbo Local Government Area of River State, was said to have been connected to the business by another suspect who is still at large.

    According to Udo, the suspect was taken to Ikot Ekpene Road to see the vehicle before the transaction.

    The sister was said to have driven to the place with her car from her residence at Nnung Obio Enang on IdoroRoad, Uyo, for negotiation.

    “After the agreement to sell the bus had been reached by both parties, my sister parked her car at the stand and was driven in the bus by the suspect to pick the vehicle documents in her house. After fetching the particulars, the suspect drove my sister with the bus to an unknown destination,” he said.

    The following day, the suspect, according to him, disguised in Navy kits, went to the stand, picked his sister’s car and drove to the house, where he ransacked and carted away other vital documents of lands and vehicles.

    The Hausa man at the gate to the victim’s house, it was gathered, had revealed that the suspect  made phone call in Hausa language to alert some people that he was bringing the person.

    “When he (the suspect) made the conversation on phone to intimate his accomplice that he was bringing somebody to them, he did not know the gateman was a Hausa man, who also understood the language. This revelation forced us to report the matter at Itam Police Station.

    “The case was later moved to the State Headquarters before we made effort for the matter to be transferred to Zone 6, Calabar, because of shoddy handling of the case”, Mr. Udo explained.

    Her father, Chief EnoUdo Unanaowo, lamented that her daughter was the major bread winner in the family and urged the Police to expedite action in the matter.

    “Her seven-year-old daughter has been in tears since her mother was abducted,” he said, adding that only her rescue would safe the child from the trauma.”

    Part of the petition reads: “Due to the shoddy investigation process at the Akwa Ibom State Police Command, IkotAkpanabia, Uyo, we wrote a petition for the case to be transferred to Zone 6, Calabar, for proper investigation and prosecution of the culprit.

    “We therefore appeal to you sir, to use your good offices and prevail on the AIG Zone 6, to carry out a thorough investigation that can lead to discovering the whereabouts Ms Eunice Udo, as the whole family is in turmoil since her abduction. We sincerely believe that with your zero tolerance for criminals of this kind, justice will surely prevail.”

     

  • Employee nabbed for ‘stealing’

    An employee of Pathway Financial and Consultancy Services Limited Joesph Esemogie has been arraigned before an Isolo Magistrate’s Court, Lagos, for allegedly stealing N1,175,000 belonging to the company.

    Esemogie is facing a one count charge of stealing.

    Prosecuting Sergeant Oje Uagbale told the court that Esemogie committed the offence in March at Remilekun Street, Surulere, Lagos.

    Uagbale said the accused was employed to collect funds and loans from customers, but decided to convert the money to his own personal use.

    The accused pleaded not guilty.

    Magistrate Joy Ugbomoiko granted the accused N20, 000 bail with two sureties in the like sum.

    She adjourned the case till September 14.

  • Sacked but pardoned employee injures boss in robbery attack

    Sacked but pardoned employee injures boss in robbery attack

    A bakery owner has been critically injured while trying to stop his employee from carrying out a robbery attack on his home.

    Sunday Olufemi a.k.a. Omoga allegedly attacked his boss, Abel Kayode Ogunsakin, at the latter’s residence in Shagamu, Ogun State at about 11.30 pm on June 30, 2015.

    It was alleged that on the day in question, Ogunsakin sighted Olufemi sneaking into his residence at No 5, Okedeji Street, Shagamu.

    Our correspondent learnt that Olufemi allegedly beat up Ogunsakin when the latter made to raise the alarm in a bid to apprehend him, but he suffered a bloody face and lost a tooth while Olufemi escaped.

    Bystanders, who were attracted to the scene by the alarm Ogunsakin raised, were said to have taken him to a nearby private hospital for treatment when they noticed that he had lost a lot of blood.

    It was gathered that Olufemi had worked in Ogunsakin’s bakery for three years before he was sacked for misconduct and later reinstated.

    Our correspondent learnt that Olufemi allegedly continued to engage in stealing money from his colleagues and boss shortly after he was reinstated.

    An impeccable source who asked not to be named told our correspondent that “Ogunsakin, who owns Timmy Bakery Ltd, had sacked Olufemi not long ago for engaging in unwholesome acts but reinstated him after some people had pleaded on his behalf.

    Ogunsakin was said to have taken him back when he explained that he had no money to feed his family because he was jobless.

    “Olufemi however continued to engage in all kinds of misconduct, including stealing from his boss and colleagues at work. He narrowly escaped being arrested in April last year when he was caught by his boss inside one of his rooms but he lied that he was taking refuge there to avoid being caught by some assailants who were pursuing him.”

    “Ogunsakin did not know that Olufemi had entered the building through the ceiling and was hiding in the corridor of the house. It was while Ogunsakin was trying to know where Olufemi was hiding that he landed several blows on his face, leading to the loss of his tooth and the blood that covered his face.”

    It was learnt that the incident was first reported to the men of the MTD Station at Sagamu before it was transferred to a police division opposite Awolowo Market, also in Sagamu.

    Our correspondent contacted the spokesman of Ogun State Police Command, Mr Muyiwa Adejobi for comments, but he had not responded at press time.