Nedbank empowers employees
Fifteen Nedbank staff recently graduated from an in-house Management Development Programme (MDP), bringing the total number of staff trained through the programme to just over 30 since its implementation last year.
The MDP initiative is a collaboration between Nedbank Namibia and the Stellenbosch University Business School, with the purpose to build leadership and management effectiveness. It covers relevant subjects and competencies for today's manager to thrive in an increasingly complex environment.
Richard Meeks, Nedbank's chief operating officer, said the MDP was part of the Nedbank's human capital development programme whose core purpose is to provide young Namibian professionals with learning and development opportunities in banking. He added that the programme also fed into the identification, development and retention of talent within Nedbank.
“As we build Nedbank's employees to become 'money experts who do good', continuous learning and staff skills development remains an important part of the equation.
“We know the world of banking is becoming increasingly complex, and therefore it's paramount that we improve our leadership capabilities and knowledge in order to navigate this growing complexity.
“This is our flagship development programme and only a small group of staff is selected annually. The programme is distinctive because it is customised for our unique Nedbank Namibia environment.
“Besides developing leadership capabilities, the MDP affords Nedbank an opportunity to identify and implement real business opportunities through the Business Development Learning projects,” Meeks said.
In addition, the comprehensive MDP equips trainees with the necessary competencies to implement their organisations' strategic objectives and helps to develop a basic understanding of the different fields of management to ensure that managers do not perform their own management functions in isolation. It also provides a broader understanding of management and leadership and in this way brings real business benefits to participants and their organisations.
“Growing and investing into strong influential managers is part of our people strategy and essential for us to win in 2020 as an employer of choice. Good managers ensure we successfully engage our staff, grow a winning high-performance culture and provide lasting support to our people,” Meeks said.
“Since the inception of MDP in 2016 only positive feedback has been received from participants. Numerous interactions, constructive debates and collaboration between delegates stretching over all the departments and geographic locations have enhanced our innovation and execution capability,” said Meeks.
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The MDP initiative is a collaboration between Nedbank Namibia and the Stellenbosch University Business School, with the purpose to build leadership and management effectiveness. It covers relevant subjects and competencies for today's manager to thrive in an increasingly complex environment.
Richard Meeks, Nedbank's chief operating officer, said the MDP was part of the Nedbank's human capital development programme whose core purpose is to provide young Namibian professionals with learning and development opportunities in banking. He added that the programme also fed into the identification, development and retention of talent within Nedbank.
“As we build Nedbank's employees to become 'money experts who do good', continuous learning and staff skills development remains an important part of the equation.
“We know the world of banking is becoming increasingly complex, and therefore it's paramount that we improve our leadership capabilities and knowledge in order to navigate this growing complexity.
“This is our flagship development programme and only a small group of staff is selected annually. The programme is distinctive because it is customised for our unique Nedbank Namibia environment.
“Besides developing leadership capabilities, the MDP affords Nedbank an opportunity to identify and implement real business opportunities through the Business Development Learning projects,” Meeks said.
In addition, the comprehensive MDP equips trainees with the necessary competencies to implement their organisations' strategic objectives and helps to develop a basic understanding of the different fields of management to ensure that managers do not perform their own management functions in isolation. It also provides a broader understanding of management and leadership and in this way brings real business benefits to participants and their organisations.
“Growing and investing into strong influential managers is part of our people strategy and essential for us to win in 2020 as an employer of choice. Good managers ensure we successfully engage our staff, grow a winning high-performance culture and provide lasting support to our people,” Meeks said.
“Since the inception of MDP in 2016 only positive feedback has been received from participants. Numerous interactions, constructive debates and collaboration between delegates stretching over all the departments and geographic locations have enhanced our innovation and execution capability,” said Meeks.
STAFF REPORTER
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