Personality Development
Confidence, poise and professional presence, the organised pattern of behaviours that makes a person distinctive, credible and trusted.
A Nigerian Professional Institute · Est. under CAMA 1990
Develop the Person.Strengthen the Professional.Transform the Organisation.
IPDCRM is a professional institute dedicated to developing people, strengthening professional relationships and advancing the standards that drive organisational excellence, across Nigeria and beyond.
Registered by CAC·Federally Approved·Globally Connected
Registered Professional Body
Corporate Affairs Commission · CAMA 1990
Federally Approved
Federal Ministry of Education · Federal Ministry of Justice
Globally Connected
Int'l Council of Customer Service Organizations
Standards Driven
World Personality Development Council
What IPDCRM Does
One institute at the intersection of who you are and how you serve.
IPDCRM was established to bring about synergy between personality development and customer relationship management, because organisations grow when their people do.
Customer Relationship Management
Customer focused thinking, service excellence and long term relationship management across every sector and stakeholder.
Leadership
Developing professionals capable of leading people and organisations, with authority that is earned through character.
Professional Excellence
Discipline, competence and ethics. We examine, license and regulate standards for practising PD–CR professionals.
Knowledge & Research
A growing body of research, publications and professional knowledge, created for the dynamic needs of members and industry.
Community & Influence
An interdisciplinary community of executives, professionals and leaders, and a collective voice for the profession.
Why IPDCRM
More than membership. A professional identity.
Your academic qualification can take you far. Acquired life skills and expertise in personality development take you farther.
Professional development that compounds
Structured programmes from poise and communication to relationship recovery, skills that appreciate for a lifetime.
A community that opens doors
Intellectuals, executives, diplomats, bankers, engineers, clergy and leaders from every walk of life, one professional family.
Recognition you can verify
Grades, designations and credentials employers and organisations can confirm in seconds.
Licensure & standards
IPDCRM examines and licenses career oriented professionals as PD–CR Managers, and regulates the standards of the practice.
Global exposure
Business roundtables and international affiliations connect members to practice beyond Nigeria's borders.
Identity, not just certificates
Members carry a professional image and presence that complements their competence, in the boardroom and beyond.
“Your academic qualification can take you far, but acquired life skills and expertise in personality development can take you farther in life and career.”
Dr. Ayobami Owolabi, FPD-CRPresident, IPDCRMMembership
A progression, not a plaque. Earn your way to Fellow.
Four individual grades, each with defined requirements, benefits and a professional designation, plus a Corporate category for organisations.
Corporate Membership
Corporate Membership equips organisations to institutionalise personality development and customer relationship excellence across their people, supported by the Institute's training, standards and advisory resources.
Professional Development
Not a course. A journey.
IPDCRM develops professionals along a continuous arc, from first seminar to sector influence.
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Learn
Seminars, workshops and professional development programmes grounded in the Institute's body of knowledge.
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Develop
Poise, communication and impression management, deliberate practice that reshapes presence.
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Practice
Apply relationship skills in real organisational settings, guided by professional standards.
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Connect
Roundtables, inductions and conferences that build lasting professional relationships.
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Lead
Take responsibility for people, service and standards within your organisation.
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Influence
Shape institutions, sectors and national development as a licensed PD–CR professional.
Explore the programmes behind each stage in Professional Development.
Flagship Property · Corporate Charisma Conference
Where presence meets performance.
The Corporate Charisma Conference is IPDCRM’s flagship gathering, bringing executives, entrepreneurs, professionals and emerging leaders face to face with the ideas, people and standards that define organisational excellence.
- Theme
- To be announced
- Date · Venue
- To be announced
- Speakers
- Roster forming
Details for the next edition are released first to members and the Institute briefing list.
Explore the ConferenceEvents
Where the Institute gathers.
Conferences, executive roundtables, webinars and induction ceremonies, in Nigeria and around the world.
Business RoundtableAnnounced
IPDCRM Cape Town Business Roundtable 2026
An executive roundtable convening IPDCRM members and partners in Cape Town for high level exchange on leadership, relationship capital and global business practice.
- Dates to be announced
- Cape Town
Business RoundtablePast
IPDCRM Qatar Business Roundtable 2025
A transformative experience in leadership, people management and corporate growth, bringing members together with global executives for dialogue and development.
- 1 January 2025 · 2025
- Doha, Qatar
Leadership
Guided by scholars, executives and statesmen.
A governing council of professors, doctors, directors and traditional leadership, accountable for the Institute's standards and direction.
Prof. Jide Owoeye
Chairman, Board of Trustees
FPD-CR
Dr. Ayobami Owolabi
President & Deputy Chairman, Governing Council
FPD-CR
Prof. Lambert Ihebuzor
Registrar & Secretary to Governing Council
FPD-CR
Knowledge & Insights
Ideas at the intersection of person & profession.
Articles, publications and research from the Institute and its members, written for people who take their development seriously.
Our members are the evidence.
From boardrooms to classrooms, IPDCRM members practise what the Institute teaches. We are currently curating verified member stories for publication, real people, real outcomes, in their own words.
Gallery
Moments from the Institute.
Conferences, inductions, development sessions and the everyday work of building Nigeria's professional standards.
Membership
Your professional identity is worth investing in.
Join the professional institute where personality, professionalism and relationships create lasting influence.