Success Damian:
The Managing Director of Jumia Travel, Omolara Adagunodo, has urged Nigerian employees to
embrace organizational awareness in order to guarantee personal and career
growth.
Adagunodo made this call at the first edition
of the Young Manager's Summit organised by the Nigerian
Institute of Management (NIM)
(Chartered) held recently at the Management House, Idowu Taylor Street,
Victoria Island, Lagos.
Presenting on the topic: 'Harnessing the
Power of Organizational Awareness’, Adagunodo stated that organizational awareness
is about employees having a holistic understanding of their organization from
top to bottom, and being aware of the external forces that impact their
organization.
"Today, we
have a lot of employees with an indifferent approach to the happenings at their
place of work. But as employees and young managers, you have to show
inquisitiveness and curiosity, identify influencers and get to know them and
how they operate, go the extra mile, work hard, play hard, dig deep and fly
high. Have informal conversations with co-workers and get their perspectives on
how things get achieved,” Adagunodo said.
On the benefits of being organizationally
aware, she highlighted that it helps to improve staffing decisions, promotes
team building, communication, culture and leadership effectiveness. It also
ensures that managers understand the strengths and weaknesses of all employees
and give them an opportunity to think outside the box and learn new things.
In his opening remarks, the Director,
Capacity Building, NIM, Mr Jude Iheanacho MNIM, FCA said: "The aim of the Young Manager's Summit
is to refocus attention on young Nigerians who aim to become future managers in
their various fields of endeavours and equipping them with the right knowledge
and mindset.”
Iheanacho reiterated the NIM's commitment to
nurturing the development and growth of young managers reeling out initiatives
such as the NIM-NYSC partnership that allows corp members to be graduate
members of the NIM and the Young Managers' Competition to celebrate young
competent managers among other initiatives
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