Fidelity Bank managers graduate from Harvard programme

Fidelity Bank has held its maiden graduation ceremony for the Harvard Manage Mentor programme. 

Forty-three middle managers successfully completed the 12-month programme, which is purposed to provide leadership training for managers.

The programme, “The Fidelity Certified People Manager Programme (FCPMP)’’, is part of the bank’s employee development  programme through its partnership with the Harvard Manage Mentor Programme from the Harvard University, USA and the Learning Resource Management Group (LRMG) Pty Ltd, South Africa.

 At the graduation event, the Deputy Managing Director of the bank, Mr Jim Baiden, indicated that as a fast growing bank, leadership development had become a key focal area in the bank’s people management strategy. 

He added that Fidelity Bank placed premium on the quality of its human resource and as such offered all levels of staff adequate training to equip them with the requisite knowledge and skills to deliver great services to customers. 

The facilitator of the programme and Director of Lead Strong, Dr Alan Bougardt, was full of praise for the depth and experiences of the participants. He also challenged the participants to bring the skill sets acquired to bear on their work and to strive for continuous learning. He further applauded management of the bank for their commitment to investing in people development.

Participants lauded the management of the bank for their commitment and investment in them, and added that some of the courses covered,  Goal Setting, Career Management, Feedback Essentials, Team Leadership and Developing Employees, had proven very beneficial to them.