Experts Urge Young Professionals to Leverage Strength, Stay Accountable

Oluchi Chibuzor

Industry leaders have urged young professionals to identify their unique strengths, pursue bold goals, and embrace accountability as core drivers of personal and professional transformation.

Speaking at the fourth edition of the CLEAN Conference held in Lagos, convener, Olayinka Oyetunji disclosed that the event is held to inspire career growth among young professionals, while helping to shape their careers by learning from experienced achievers.

She noted that CLEAN, an acronym for Connect, Learn, Energise, Achieve, and Network “is designed as a platform to reach younger professionals through storytelling to encourage transformative and behavioural change.

According to her, “And honestly, it’s a place where people get to learn a lot. It’s for all professionals, whatever stage they are in their careers. It’s also a place where you network, meet with people, build friendships, and build relationships. And through the stories that these professionals share, they enable them to energise, and so everybody to achieve their goals.”

For the key speaker and Partner at Sahel Capital, Tosin Ojo, spoke on Turning Audacious Goals to Strategic Wins, emphasising the importance of self-awareness and consistent movement toward clear objectives.

Commenting, Deputy Chief Executive of Geregu Power, Julius Owotuga, stressed the importance of accountability, noting that “Anything that you are not accountable for, in most cases, you abuse it or you don’t do it well.”