The governing council of the Chartered Institute of  Personnel Management of Nigeria (CIPM) said it has commenced a rebranding process that may see the institute  drop the ‘personnel’ in its name for ‘people’  to enable it reflect the present realities in today’s HR space.

Giving the hint in Lagos, at the annual CEO/CHRO/HRD, organized by the institute, its President, Mallam Ahmed Ladan Gobir, noted that all around the globe, institutes regulating Human Resources practice are beginning to embark on name-change to reflect how people-centred the practice has become.

He however cautioned that the process to achieving that in Nigeria  might not be as fast as it  is in other climes, since  the institute was set up by an Act, and would, therefore,  require a repeal and re-enactment of the Act, to achieve that.

The CIPM boss also explained that the decision to organize the annual forum was informed by the need to ‘tear’ down the wall between the CEO’s  office and the HR office, and  forge strategic partnership between the two, arguing a strategic synergy between the two has become critical to organizational success.

 

While stressing the importance of a strategic alliance between the CEO and the HR Director, the Managing Director, Cadbury Nigeria Plc, Mrs. Oyeyimika Adeboye , in her Keynote Address, argued that such partnership has become imperative to engender growth within the company.

“The alignment is so important because if that alignment is not there, we would not be able to achieve our organizational goals,” she stated.

The Cadbury boss harped on the need for HR Directors and managers to know the business, understand the company’s goals and embrace new ideas to enable win the trust of their CEOs.