Workforce Group, a foremost HR and business consulting firm has urged organisations to start investing on their employees to inspire the necessary skills required to thrive in the future marketplace.
This declaration was given at the Workforce Group third annual learning and development leaders’ conference in Lagos.
Speaking on the topic ‘building a future-fit workforce through organisational learning agility’, the Chief Executive Officer of Avon Healthcare, Adesimbo Ukiri emphasised that organisations must be prepared enough to equip their employees with a variety of skills for jobs that do not exist today if they are to thrive in the future of work.
According to her, “A knowledge-enabled learning-based workforce offers a unique competitive advantage in today’s rapidly evolving marketplace.”
Lending his voice to the discussion, the Deputy Managing Director, Workforce Group, Foluso Aribisala, shared a few tips on the best and next practices for organisations to optimise the return from their leadership development investments.
He underscored the importance of leaders developing next leaders by deliberately cascading the leadership philosophy across their organisations.
The 2-day event themed: The Future is Now: Learning and Development as a Catalyst for Shaping the Future of Work and Organisational Performance attracted learning and development heavyweights across a broad spectrum of industries and sectors. The impressive gathering of CEOs and learning and development professionals discussed how forces of disruption and innovation are reshaping the world of work and the pivotal role of Learning and Development in building competencies required to drive high performance and long term competitiveness.
Other notable speakers at the forum include the CEO of CARS45, Etop Ikpe; Regional Head, Learning & Talent Management, PZ Cussons, Temitope Adedayo-Ojo; Head, Learning & Development, Ecobank, Ayotunde Opeoluwa; Head, Learning & Development, Sterling Bank, Adewunmi Oluremi and Head, Talent Management & Career Development, Airtel, Tonye Boham.
Others include Learning and Development Manager, FrieslandCampina WAMCO, Omonike Charles-Binitie; Head, Human Resources, FMDQ, Funlola Akintonde amongst others. The speakers and delegates also shared valuable insights and proffered solutions to common learning challenges experienced by organisations.
The conference adopted a multi-format approach which included expert panel discussions, interactive knowledge sharing sessions, business simulations, learning solution exhibitions and professional networking sessions.
The annual event, which is Nigeria’s first Practitioner driven Learning and Development (L&D) focused conference took place recently at the Mandela Conference Hall of Zone Tech Park, Gbagada, Lagos.
DANIEL OBI
