In furtherance of its commitment to promote and drive sustainable Culture Change, Oduá Investment Company Limited organized a Change Management retreat titled “Oduá Culture Transformation Awareness’ for all cadre of staff from top Management down to the junior staff.
The objectives of the retreat which was facilitated by Excel Professional Services were to re-energize the corporate culture and institutionalize best work practices that align with OICL core values and to assess the extant corporate culture, ascertain the extent to which “we live our values” and determine the changes that we need to make in institutionalizing a groupwide corporate culture.
The Odu’a Group Managing Director/CEO, Mr. Adewale Raji at the retreat charged staff on the need to inculcate corporate culture and institutionalize best practices in the discharge of their duties towards the attainment of SRC 2025 objectives.
The retreat which commenced on Tuesday, October 10, 2023, with top Management staff from the Group and Subsidiary Companies continued on Thursday, October 12 with managerial cadre and Friday, October 13, 2023, with Junior staff. It focussed on the imperatives of change management and what OICL must do to survive in its markets.
Syndicate Group discussions were held to address where the emphasis should be in creating change awareness in the different OICL strategic businesses. The elements of corporate culture and the impact of corporate culture on business performance were also learned.
The Company’s Group Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Abdulrahman Yinusa at the retreat spoke on the role of the Manager in embracing corporate culture, with emphasis on efficient leadership, leading by example, employee engagement for unified purposes, and modeling staff behaviour.