- Firms to Collaborate on Global Best Practices
The new Country Director for Great Place to Work Nigeria, an affiliate of Peoples Productivity Solutions Africa, Dr. Gonzalo Shoobridge, has said the company will partner with Nigerian companies on global best practices.
Great Place to Work is a global research, consulting and training firm, which helps organisations identify, create and sustain great workplaces through the development of high trust workplace cultures, according to a statement.
Shoobridge, who replaced Michael Thomas as country director, said Great Place to Work UK would “bring to bear on Nigerian organisations global best practices that conform to the UK and other European companies where the firm has operations.”
Speaking at the fifth award ceremony of Great Place to Work Nigeria in Lagos, he said, “We are bringing best practices here so we can share them with Nigerian organisations that want to become the best workplaces. If we improve the workplace, we are going to improve the society as a whole.”
“It doesn’t happen in one or two years; it is a continuous improvement process, because the bar is very high. That is why we are going to partner with Nigerian organisations in that journey to becoming best workplaces.”
Forty-five companies across Africa were recognised as great places to work in various categories at this year’s award by Great Place to Work Nigeria, according to the statement.
The Group Managing Director, PPS Africa, Mr. Kunle Malomo, said the companies were recognised for demonstrating the main attributes of a great workplace.
“These companies have the courage and confidence to build the kind of workplace where you achieve organisational objectives with employees who give their personal best and work together as a team or family – all in an environment of trust,” he said.
Apart from Best Companies to Work For (large corporates and small and medium-size businesses), which was the star category of the awards, the 2018 edition of the awards, which was the 5th in the series, also included Certified Companies 2018.
