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incurable hunger for excellence. This has also
become the dogma on which every day is lived and
every task is accomplished by its employees. This is
the real 'Fidsonian Spirit'; the mystical seal which
other organizations sought fruitlessly to
understand.
ou may have heard it countless number of
Ytimes or read about it in several books and
articles, but what you may not know about
Excellence is that it is not just a word, neither is it
just an act or a feat to be attained one-off.
Excellence has gotten a soul and now lives like you
and I in this world, breathing in air of the celestial
splendor, yet walking tall amongst men who know
its worth, ready to smile at you and live with you;
only if you recognize and welcome it.
Aristotle once wrote “Excellence is an art won by
ACE 2014:
The Day Excellence
Took Centre Stage
training and habituation. We do not act rightly
because we have virtue or excellence, but we
rather have those because we have acted rightly.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is
not an act but a habit.” As right as this philosopher
is about the subject, what he did not tell us is the
superlative power of Excellence, is that which
makes the strong stronger; turns mere men to
super-humans and makes legends out of lowly
beings.
Excellence is that inner soul that drives its bearer to
find the core of his existence far beyond where
others are placed. It is the part of his existence that
constantly asks him to ride to the pinnacle of aweinspiring
height; to make him see before others and
even see farther than them. Excellence is
persistent, tenacious and dependable. It is this
tenacity and dependability that made Fidson as a
corporate organization to build its fulcrum on
Excellence. As a leading pharmaceutical company
in Nigeria, Fidson has been able to carve a niche for
itself as a company that thrives on a habitual and
In describing this dogma, Managing Director,
Fidson Healthcare Plc, Dr Fidelis Ayebae stated that
“Excellence has been the enduring essence on which
this great organization is built. For almost two
decades of our existence, Excellence has been the
core of our values. What differentiates us as an
institution is our three-fold grip on Excellence.
Undoubtedly, even the meanest of men desire
excellence. We drive our people to pursue Excellence,
when they attain it, we acknowledge it; this is
perhaps where superior people stop. At Fidson, we
treat Excellence beyond mere recognition; we make
Excellence feel good about us. We celebrate
Excellence.”
George Orwel wrote in 'Animal Farm', “all animals
are equal, but some are more equal than the
others”. As a norm in Fidson Healthcare Plc, every
staff exhibits the Fidsonian Spirit in them by
delivering excellently on given tasks and
responsibilities; but of a truth, some demonstrate it
more than the others unapologetically. These are
men whose commitment to service and incredible
abilities are engaged in establishing the company's
industry leadership; men who personify excellence
by doing even the very little things in a great way.
They are dream- chasers. They make dreams come
true.
Obliged to acknowledge and celebrate these gems
and of course customarily, Fidson Healthcare opted
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for the 9 of January, 2014 to once again set
excellence at center stage. The company scored
a n o t h e r m i l e s t o n e i n t h e N i g e r i a n
healthcare/pharma industry with the laudable
decision to hold the second edition of its staff
awards for Acknowledging and Celebrating
Excellence- ACE, in Dubai, the commercial nerve
centre of the United Arab Emirate.
The ACE which was inaugurated and had its maiden
edition in January 2013, derived its name from the
acronym of its rationale, which is to Acknowledge
and Celebrate Excellence as parts of effort to ignite
the true Fidsonian Spirit , among its members staff.