Wema Bank Launches Leadership School to Re-skill and Groom Leaders

<h4>Wema Bank Launches Leadership School to Re-skill and Groom Leaders<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p>OpenLife Nigeria reports that Nigeria’s most innovative bank&comma; Wema Bank Plc&comma; has launched the Leadership Development School as an addition to its Purple Academy to help in the overall development and transformation of its workforce&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Speaking at the formal opening ceremony of the leadership school&comma; the Managing Director&sol;CEO of the bank&comma; Mr&period; Ademola Adebise&comma; said organisations have a huge task to optimise performance and deliver value in contemporary times&comma; pointing out that leadership is key in driving organisational success&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Adebise said we need good leaders to blend the various skills of the employees for the advancement of an organisation and its business success&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Speaking about the increasing complexity of the financial services industry&comma; Adebise said both local and external macroeconomic dynamics have changed business models&comma; and we need strong leadership to direct the workforce and lead the people to deliver&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He assured the public that the bank would continue to leverage local and international partnerships to make the leadership school the home of excellence&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Chief Human Resources Officer of the bank&comma; Mrs Lolade Ogungbenro&comma; described the leadership school as a rich&comma; inclusive&comma; and innovative portfolio with an unrivalled ability to equip the bank’s diverse workforce with skills for the future of work&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We have designed business and executive education for impact&comma; and the academy is exploring new experiences and diverse perspectives that translate to significant returns on investment for the business&comma;” she said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The bank’s Head of Learning and Development&comma; Oluwaferanmi Owolabi&comma; corroborated Mrs Ogungbenro&comma; saying continuous learning is essential because of the changing nature of work&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Purple Leadership School is at the pinnacle of our Corporate University that seeks to fuel our current leadership&comma; build resilience&comma; drive succession with a high-performance pipeline and groom the next generation of leaders to thrive and excel in business in an ever-changing world&comma;” Oluwaferanmi said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;