The Dutum Culture and Enterprise Transformation Experience
Dutum Company Limited is a nearly 4-decade-old family construction company with legacy footprints across Nigeria.
Background
Dutum Company Limited is a nearly 4-decade-old family construction company with legacy
footprints across Nigeria. Built by a passionate father and sustained by a generation of believers
in nation-building through infrastructures that mark landscapes, Dutum Company Limited
maintains offices in Ibadan (its founding place), FCT Abuja, its northern coordinating office and
Lagos, its office in the South West.
The Challenge
As a legacy business, Dutum required a transformation of its business model, operating structure
and leadership. Whilst Temitope Runsewe, the now MD of Dutum had inherited a legacy brand.
The requisite systems, processes and policies, and procedures required for it to compete and
become a known name amongst indigenous construction firms were lacking. This was a concern
as the leadership of Durum must ensure its sustainability. At the time, the brand barely had a
functional office space and just about 9 members of staff.
Solution
Dutum engaged Caladium Consulting at the recommendation of a happy client. The nature of
this engagement covered a 360° enterprise transformation which covered extensive internal and
external diagnostics, culture change, rigorous strategy deliberations and planning, the design of
organization structure, corporate image rebranding, performance management, financial
modeling, staff competency assessment, overhaul, strategy execution, policy and process
development and more.
The Results
Since commencing the transformation project with Dutum Company Limited, the brand has evolved from a legacy heritage to an entity that competes toe-to-toe with any other indigenous construction firm. With standardized systems, policies, processes and procedures, its capacity for
engineering management has expanded from its former place as one man-led firm managing a pool of artisans to an engineering management expert-led organization driven by a savvy suite of leaders across different cadres.
Dutum’s portfolio of projects has grown significantly with no less than 14 consecutive projects per time and an influence across all the regions in Nigeria.
For the value Caladium Consulting brings, the leadership of Dutum Company Limited has sustained its engagements expanding its consultation engagement towards other interests relevant to Dutum beyond its initial engagement 3 years ago.