jonah

back end developer || JavaScript || nodeJs || php....crazy and funny🤣.. Wizkid Fc/chelsea..

[Crazy Kennar @crazy_kennar]

WHEN YOU KNOW YOU ARE A 10 SECONDS GUY😂😂😂😂😂

[5STAR💈 @5starbarber_1]

guyyyy, see aesthetics 😭🤯
I LOVE PEPSI😭❤️💙

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[Wizkid @wizkidayo]

Having so much fun making this next one ! I can’t wait to share 😇❤️😇🦅 #album

[TONY🍫❤️ @melanietonii]

POV: You are trying to bounce back and your phone got stolen.

[Intern gbogbo HR @tundeskie]

The Tony Elumelu First-Name Debate

I have been following the conversation around the young lady who called Tony Elumelu by his first name, and honestly, I think a lot of us are looking at the issue purely from a social and cultural standpoint, when there is actually an interesting workplace policy question underneath it.

Let me explain where I stand.

If a company’s policy says employees should address one another by their first names, and that policy does not specifically exclude the Chairman, CEO, directors, executives, or any other level of the organisational hierarchy, then technically, I don’t think the girl was wrong for calling him “Tony.”
Simple.

If that is the policy, then that is the policy.

The question I would actually ask is:

Does the policy recognize cultural context?

Was there a provision saying,

“Employees may address one another by their first names, except members of the board, the Chairman, CEO or certain senior executives”?

If there wasn’t, then we have to be careful about creating an exception after the fact simply because the person involved is Tony Elumelu.

However, this is where I think the girl could also have exercised some workplace wisdom and contextual judgment. Because the reality is that not everything that governs workplace behaviour is written in the employee handbook.

There are formal rules, and then there are informal organizational norms.

Personally, my position has always been:
Don’t address people by their first name unless the organization’s policy or culture clearly gives you the basis to do so. If there is any ambiguity, I would rather err on the side of professionalism and respect.

So, would I have called him “Tony” in that situation?

NO.

I would have said “Chairman.”

Not necessarily because I believe the girl violated any policy, but because wisdom at work is not always about proving that you are technically right. Sometimes, it is about understanding the room.
And this is where the African context becomes important.

Tony reacted, in my opinion, as an African man.

Again, I’m not saying that to justify the reaction or excuse anyone’s behaviour.
I’m saying it because our understanding of hierarchy, age, status, titles and respect is deeply influenced by our culture.

You can create a modern corporate environment where everyone is encouraged to use first names, but that doesn’t automatically erase decades of cultural conditioning around how we address people who occupy certain positions.

That is why I think both sides of this conversation can actually have a point.

From a policy perspective: if there was no exception, the girl may have been completely within the rules.

From a cultural and contextual perspective: calling him “Chairman” would probably have been the wiser move.

[Ozedikus Nwanne @Ozedikus]

According to religion, hell is a place for people who reject the doctrine, not bad people. Meaning it doesn’t matter how good of a person you are, if you don’t believe, you will go to hell

[jonah @biig_jonah]

@Emarged

[jonah @biig_jonah]

@Urchilla01

[Uncle Ruckus @Emarged]

Was this your wedding?

[Neo Officiall @neo_officialll]

There was really no need to insult him. He did not even abuse you or attack you.

All he said was "free and fair" elections bro.

Speak about animals long enough and you eventually start acting like one.

[𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕟𝕪👾 @gmltony]

Your father and mother that birthed you are stupid

[Annabelle🌻🌻 @Annabelleofenu1]

@gmltony Instead of you to insult him back, you’re busy stating only facts.

[DON PAPASITO 🖤💎 @WANDECOAL]

Carry song come give you as how?
Song wey been get release plan and date!!!

Song wey no be your own you wan dictate release plan

That song fuckin did well without you on it bruv!!!

[kayz3d @kay_z67]

when the homeless guy is following you for money but you're lowkey in the same situation buh with a good outfit.

[El Chapo 🥷🏾 @justtemi__]

me watching that primary 4 scholar define weed as “an unwanted plant in an unwanted location”

[Allie ✞ @allie__voss]

Just realized 50-year-olds were 25 in the year 2000 and that ruined my whole day

[ثيو @egybest_1]

دهون جسمك ما راح تختفي إذا ما غيّرت أكلك.

ابدأ بهالأطعمة:

١. البيض.

[Fola Olatunji-David @folasanwo]

Nigerian doctors are saying we’re coming to them too much…

Skipping:
More hospitals and PHCs
More doctors per citizen
Better pay for doctors.
Appointment based bookings
Better working hours/conditions
Etc.

…and landed at “maybe be sure you’re actually dying before coming”.

But if you knew ahead the 3 families wearing Ankara for family checkup were:

Davido and family
Tuface and family
Okocha and family

ALL of you would iron your coat extra and spray perfume and attend to them. 🤷🏽‍♂️

[THE KINE 🌕🖤 @asher_kine]

one day you sef go… 🤩