Imbibe culture of self development, Abidoye urges OPL employees
Imbibe culture of self development, Abidoye urges OPL employees
By Babatunde Olorunleke
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A would be successful employee must imbibe the culture of self development, ethics and critical values of his organisation.
A guest lecturer and life coach, Mr. Jeffrey Olu’ Abidoye made the assertion in his lecture at a capacity building and seminar organised by the management of Owena Press Limited, publishers, of The Hope newspapers, for its staff .
Abidoye averred that for an employee to perform optimally, he must improve on his competence and self confidence.
He said: “The true mark of competence is complimentary remarks from your colleagues, boss and above all your employer. Seek every opportunity to learn new ideas and skills, put them into practice quickly and have an undying culture of reading daily and researching” he emphasised.
According to him: “The spirit of impunity is on the prowl and that Nigerians seem to have lost the sense of what is proper and honourable.”
While saying that Nigeria is suffering from a severe shortage of integrity, honesty and faithfulness, he noted that it has become the constant rule of engagement in public life and private living for many people to cheat and lie, as if it is an acceptable norm and tradition in our society.
Abidoye said that the place of character, skills, and integrity in work place cannot be over emphasised.
Abidoye explained that organizational ethics came from the historic tradition of professional code of ethics, adding that the media has a long tradition of code of ethics which include fundamental honesty, fairness in selling, financial reporting among several others.
He therefore highlighted the visible weak links in many work places today to include lateness, excellence, passion and energy lack of speed ideas, initiative for the smallest task, lack of commitment and ownership.
Earlier, the Chairman/Editor in Chief of the company, Sir Ademola Adetula said training and retraining of staff is one of his cardinal principles, and therefore enjoined all staff to always be committed and efficient in service delivery.
He charged them to maximize their time for better output and think outside the box by coming up with ideas that will benefit their existence.
Adetula also urged them to key into his agenda of rebranding the company for enhanced productivity and performance while assuring them series of training programmes, workshops, empowerment and pep talks lined up for all the staff.