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University Don Wants the Enthronement of Transformational Leadership to Engender Sustainable Development

Professor Catherine Oluwatoyin Chovwen
Professor Catherine Oluwatoyin Chovwen
Professor Catherine Oluwatoyin Chovwen
Professor Catherine Oluwatoyin Chovwen

Professor Catherine Oluwatoyin Chovwen, a Professor of Industrial and Organisational Psychology, University of Ibadan, has sought for transformational leadership. She said such leadership must be characterised by team building, innovation, brainstorming, and training for organisational performance. The don added that this leadership style is capable of fostering an ownership culture, promotes productivity, innovation, and strategic direction, thus ensuring sustainable development.

Professor Chovwen disclosed this while delivering the 553rd Inaugural Lecture of the University of Ibadan on behalf of the Faculty of the Social Sciences, with a lecture entitled “The Workplace: Epiphany and Reality of Betterness.” She said “leaders should develop strategies to enhance employees’ commitment in both the private and government sectors. The affective commitment involves positive emotional attachment through cultural alignment and team building activities.”

She advised organisations to enhance leader-member interactions by training leaders to foster trust, respect, and appreciation.

Professor Catherine Oluwatoyin Chovwen
Professor Catherine Oluwatoyin Chovwen

She further said regular feedback on organisational climate and citizenship behaviours can be used to continuously improve the work environment.

She charged organisations to incorporate personality assessments into hiring and training processes; focus on job design and enrichment strategies to improve roles for women, while regular surveys should be conducted to assess life and job satisfaction among the employees.

Professor Catherine Oluwatoyin Chovwen (3)
Professor Catherine Oluwatoyin Chovwen

“The epiphany of the Nigerian workplace calls for the provision of a better and more realistic work context that will require Organisational Psychologists to analyse events, situations, practices, processes and behaviour for optimal employee performance, organisational growth and sustainable development,” Chovwen added.

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Written by Aleem Murtala

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