NBK holds webinar titled ‘How to Lead in Turbulent Times’
KUWAIT: National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) organized a live webinar for its executives and future leaders titled “How to lead in turbulent times and develop high performing teams”, which was delivered by Scott Miller, one of the world’s leading experts in leadership and development of work teams.
The webinar aimed to shed light on the guidance that leaders need to be successful, including support, strategies and tactics that help in the process of developing themselves as successful leaders, in addition to stimulating the potentials of team members to reach optimal performance.
Miller demonstrated the ways to increase the participation and interaction of team members, as well as effective ways to better understand the problems facing them through individual simulations that effectively contribute to solving these problems. The webinar, which witnessed remarkable interaction of 200 virtual attendees, focused on the need for leaders to learn the skills of creating clarity regarding team goals and desired results. It also tackled the subject of delegating responsibilities to team members, while providing the appropriate level of support, as well as utilizing good planning to focus on the key priorities that help boost their capabilities to be effective in their organizations.
During the webinar, Miller shed light on how to create the culture of receiving feedback and comments, which contributes to building confidence and efficiency, and, at the same time, boosts the performance of both the leader and the team. Scott Miller is one of the world’s leading experts in the areas of leadership and development of business leaders’ skills. He is an author of many books, most notably his best-selling book according to The Wall Street Journal, “Everyone Deserves a Great Manager”. In addition, Miller writes a weekly column on leadership for the reputable Inc. magazine. He also hosts the largest and fastest podcast in the world about leadership development.
On this occasion, Najla Al-Sager, Talent Management Manager in Group Human Resources at National Bank of Kuwait, said: “Organizing such events comes in line with NBK’s commitment to continue developing its human cadres, considering that they are its key asset and most valuable resource.”
NBK has been providing the best development and training opportunities for its employees to unlock their innovative potentials, which is reflected in the bank’s leadership in providing top-notch banking services and products, locally and regionally, added AlSager. Al-Sager emphasized that NBK considers its human cadres the cornerstone of its excellence, so it is working to develop and train them with a view to prepare talented individuals for key roles in the future, thus ensuring continuous improvement of the bank’s service quality and meeting its customers’ needs. It is worth mentioning that despite the exceptional circumstances wrought by the pandemic, NBK continued to enhance the efficiency of its employees by providing them with online programs and courses developed in cooperation with the most reputable universities around the world, which cope with the needs of labor market. This was carried out thanks to the relentless efforts of Group Human Resources to upgrade the bank’s training and development platforms infrastructure by introducing the latest technological solutions and interactive digital tools, as well as making substantial changes to the methodology of the training programs provided to employees.