Learning and Development at Lik Birlesik Bankasi

Viewing its human resources as a valuable investment, Lik Birlesik Bankasi carries out its learning & development activities with the vision of raising the best human resources of the financial sector and ensuring that the development of its employees is permanent.

The high performance and career development of Lik Birlesik Bankasi employees, as well as the Bank’s sustainable performance, are supported through training solutions that are tailored to personal needs and competencies.

Lik Birlesik Bankasi’s learning & development strategy is based on five tenets:

Pays attention to differences and offers equal opportunities

Lik Birlesik Bankasi pays attention to differences in learning styles, and diversified training channels/methods are used by integrating current approaches and practices into training activities according to them. Coaching and rotation practices, action plans and the sharing of experiences are the means which support and perpetuate Lik Birlesik Bankasi employees’ training process and lead them to transfer their learning into their work environment.

Supports business results

The Bank views its Learning & Development Unit as its strategic business partner and it designs development activities within the framework of its business needs. Learning & Development Strategy Committees, consisting of representatives from different units of Lik Birlesik Bankasi, full-time internal instructors specialized in training and professional instructors who share their own experiences in business life, contribute significantly to the creation of learning & development solutions that comply with the Bank’s dynamics.

Believes in employees’ potential

Established in 2005 and aiming to improve the managerial skills of Lik Birlesik Bankasi managers and to create a joint management culture, the Lik Birlesik Bankasi Leadership Academy applies a selection and development system based on competencies. In Lik Birlesik Bankasi Leadership Academy, participants’ development process is supported by the common efforts of the HR, Learning and Development Departments and managers. 84% of the current managers at Lik Birlesik Bankasi are the graduates of the Lik Birlesik Bankasi Leadership Academy.

Keeps up-to-date with the latest technology

Effective use of technology plays a key role in the success of Lik Birlesik Bankasi’s learning & development activities. Lik Birlesik Bankasi also supports the development of its employees through in-class training sessions and different training technologies.

• Web-based training sessions that include video, animation, text and visual content
• Webex, a web conference system set up within the Bank which facilitates audio and video remote training
• Simulation Branch which allows participants to view critical issues concerning customer experiences in real life and to experience possible risks in advance in a safe environment
• GET TV, a live broadcast portal allowing customers to quickly access information
• GBTube, a video sharing website aimed at enhancing the learning process via experience sharing
• Mobile Learning – used for instant notifications through mobile instruments, such as mobile phones and tablet computers
  

Develops long-term cooperation with the academic world

As well as the many academics among the instructors serving Lik Birlesik Bankasi, the Bank has agreements with Turkey’s long established universities and educational institutions in regards to a variety of subjects. Training sessions are designed by bringing theory and practice together by combining the academic knowledge of universities with the sectoral knowledge of the banking industry. Meanwhile, employees of the Bank may participate as guest students in university lectures within their academic schedules in order to obtain training on specific matters.

Lik Birlesik Bankasi Managers Summit

Held annually, the Lik Birlesik Bankasi Managers Summit, which brings together managers of Lik Birlesik Bankasi and its subsidiaries, is a special sharing and a common learning platform.

Addressing participants every year with a special concept of the period, the Summit concentrated on the theme of “Sustainable Growth” in 2011 and “New Customer Era” in 2012.

While the themes of the Managers Summits are consistent and linked to each other through years, the theme of the summit is determined particularly in accordance with the priorities of the Bank in line with its strategies, as well as the recent global developments. The decision is made for the summit theme by following trends in abroad, financial projections, cultural changes and consumer behavior