A culture of service excellence in the retail banking group

A Large Bank in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

The bank launched a strategic drive to instill a culture of service excellence in the banks 164 branch managers across KSA. The effort aims to develop the abilities needed to be effective and consistent and build a unique Customer Experience. The aims were divided into four important pillars: developing character to be presentable, developing skills to be engaged, developing knowledge to be knowledgeable, and developing ability to act. The newly established Service Culture required exciting and engaging communication. With the option to switch between live and virtual modes as needed.

Geographical Coverage
Geographical
Coverage

Across different locations in KSA

Employees Impacted
Employees
Impacted

Branch Managers

Situation
Situation
  • Analysis of JD’s, Mystery Shop Reports, Internal Survey and the bank’s Competencies and the output to be foundation of the required modules and skills
  • Sessions to be based on SPIKE methodology and capable of inspiring and engaging thought multiple points of practice, feedback, evaluation and reporting
  • Delivered as fully Arabic modules ranging across 20 different subjects
  • Ability to integrate a digitally enabled experience using a customized LMS as the backbone for all engagement and interactions throughout the journey
  • Need for multitude of facilitators including for a select number of all female batches
  • Detailed reporting and analysis based on pre defined ROI criteria
Key Touch Points
Key
Touch Points
Talent Pool Involved
Talent Pool
Involved
Project Scope
Project
Scope
Impact
Impact

Over 95 % satisfaction across 150 + participant and multiple interactions over the 6 months Journey

Behavioral competency development

Behavioral competency development

Merging two cultures, developing new values, and embedding them into the DNA

Merging two cultures, developing new values, and embedding them into the DNA

Exciting and inspiring management on the new leadership capabilities

Exciting and inspiring management on the new leadership capabilities

A journey to develop the future leaders of a bank

A journey to develop the future leaders of a bank

Developing the RMs and Private Bankers on service excellence

Developing the RMs and Private Bankers on service excellence

Building a unique client experience by building a caring culture

Building a unique client experience by building a caring culture

Building a culture of conversations in between hierarchy and peer-to-peer

Building a culture of conversations in between hierarchy and peer-to-peer

A culture transformation to vitalize an aggressive strategy

A culture transformation to vitalize an aggressive strategy

Building leadership cohesion and alignment and a common clarity

Building leadership cohesion and alignment and a common clarity

Aligning management to the leadership clarity to build cohesion

Aligning management to the leadership clarity to build cohesion

Developing a service excellence mindset as a competitive advantage

Developing a service excellence mindset as a competitive advantage

Aligning a community on a common charter – cohesion through clarity

Aligning a community on a common charter – cohesion through clarity