Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Strategic Retreat for Air Separation Limited

Air Separation Limited, a medium sized manufacturing firm with factories in Lagos and Jos, specializing in the manufacture of oxygen for industrial and hospital use, as well as in the installation and running of oxygen plants in leading hospitals throughout the country held its Strategic Retreat at ikeja Lagos for three days between 08 and 10 march, and Learning Impact NG CEO and Founder, Gbitse Barrow facilitated the session. The company's executive and senior managers spent the three days crafting a new Vision and Mission Statement, a set of Values, articulating the critical success factors for the business, and coming up with a strategy document with Key performance indicators and responsibilities. CEO of Air Separation Mr Sosan Akpieyi began the sessions with an insightful and thought provoking journey into the history of the Company, which we all found very informative and inspiring. The Learning Impact Faculty applied a number of group facilitation techniques - brainstorming, peer review and feedback, group and individaul projects and powerful story telling to get delegates to pay for their seats and contribute to building a strategy for the next few years. The quality of participation was very high - a testimony to the level of leadership in the Company, and an open work culture. We also used a number of business analysis tools to achieve our results. Overall, we did achieve tangible results. As usual our cameras were on hand, and below are a few memorable pieces from the retreat.


















Monday, March 21, 2011

Leadership Training in Kano - March 2011

We were back to the bustling city of Kano again on the weekend of 12 March with our critically accaliamed - "Winning witrh People" Workshop for Middle Managers of Unity Bank in the Northern Region. We got off to a great start, and particularly enjoyed the activities with the different personalities and the thought provoking conversations about authentic Leadership. One great learning point was that no matter how bad our leaders are - they often have one great moment of servanthood which stands out and counts in their favour, and provides a learning point for the rest of us. Abioye led the opening introductory activity which allowed participants get to know each other better and focus on the learning objectives for the say, while Gbitse led the other sessions on the Think-Say-Do Model. Our camera crew was on hand as usual and captured these great moments, amongst others:
























Saturday, March 12, 2011

The Winning with People Train Arrives Lagos in February

Middle-level managers of Unity Bank in the Lagos and South-West Region had a taste of Learning Impact NG's Winning with People Workshop on Saturday, 19 February 2011. As usual, the participants had a great time with the experiential learning content and delivery put together by the faculty of Gbitse Barrow & Abioye Oke. Participants obviously got more than they bargained for, especially in the thought provoking exercises on personality preferences. With all the politics in the air, Participants spared some thoughts on the concept of servant leadership also, and practiced their listening skills as well.

As usual, our cameras were on-sight to catch the inspiring moments from the workshop.