Stanbic primes employees for leadership excellence
BUSINESS REPORTER
Stanbic Bank has embarked on a series of training programmes aimed at equipping its employees for the future requirements of the business as the leading financial services institution transforms into a platform concern.
The bank has been intentional about capacitating its employees and to date has already set this ball rolling by taking its key people through a series of learning programmes, CE Solomon Nyanhongo said.
“We are currently running a People Manager Programme and have just launched a leadership and management programme, aptly titled “Blue Excellence Leadership and Management Programme” and is being run in conjunction with the Zimbabwe Institute of Management,” Nyanhongo said.
The Blue Excellence Leadership Programme was conceived in alignment with the fact that every member of staff is a leader in their own right- leading self, leading strategy, leading culture.
“In all our interventions, we noted that we needed to expand our support for leadership growth across all segments to drive productivity, resilience and growth in business. This is why we are focusing on both line leaders, and ‘informal’ leadership who play a significant part in leading performance, culture and strategy across the organisation,” Nyanhongo said.
He said Stanbic recognises that the key to its success is its culture and leadership behaviours.
“We believe we are all leaders; some are leaders of teams but all of us are leaders of self. Our leadership behaviours will determine whether we reach our aspirations,” Nyanhongo said.
The programme has been accredited by the Zimbabwe Institute of Management (ZIM), an institution well known for its Management Development Programmes.
The Programme, which has 13 modules—some co-created by ZIM, Stanbic Bank Zimbabwe and Standard Bank Group—will run for seven months culminating in a graduation ceremony.
Nyanhongo said the intention for all these programmes is for all Stanbic employees to speak the same leadership language and hence, be able to deliver their results more efficiently as well as motivate and drive performance.
ZIM chief executive Godfrey Sunguro said the programme would equip the participants with practical skills and competencies to find new ways of responding to the everchanging business environment.
The “Excellence Leadership and Management Diploma Programme” is aimed at providing a well-rounded leadership and management experience that equips participants with practical skills and competencies to find new ways of responding to the ever-changing business environment,” Sunguro said.
