Experiential learning at Nations Trust Bank

Nations Trust has earned a reputation for being one of the most dynamic Banks in the Industry.

The staff members of Nations Trust Bank are predominantly in their early twenties. Keeping them actively engaged is one of the most exciting challenges that the Human Resource department faces. The Learning and Development unit have scheduled four different Bank wide events over the year to provide learning opportunities forums for networking and self development. The popular quiz program “Nations Master Minds” and the “Nations Debates” are organized to stimulate the intellect and widen their knowledge and business.

Recently they concluded a totally out of the box event “Nations Amazing Race “This was the 1st time an event of this magnitude was organized in Sri Lanka and the enthusiasm among the staff was great. Thirty Teams commenced the Race. The Amazing Race tested the Teamwork, Out of the box thinking, innovative skills, communication and leadership and also the knowledge of the history and culture of the city of Colombo and Sri Lanka. The underlying theme of the event was “Proud to be Sri Lankan”. Each team comprised of 6 staff out of which at least 2 were of the fairer sex. When the race began the teams were given a clue in the form of a riddle and they had to make their way to the correct location. There were 12 pitstops – some of which were merely points at which they received the clue to your next destination and others were activity stations at which the Team had to perform a mentally, physically or even socially challenging task! Pushing the carts of the ‘Natamis” in Pettah and looking for coke bottles in the Wellawatte Beach were some unusual tasks they performed. After a full day of activity the team “Sonic” from the Central Operations Unit of the Bank emerged winners.

On March 4, the L&D Unit conducted “Nations Motor Rally 2012 “. The Ceylon Motor in the Sports Club provided technical expertise in running this Mega event across several towns and villages within Western Province..

The objective was to develop, practice and showcase and test the core value of the Bank through this fun filled program. Fifty branded cars carrying 200 staff took off from a specially constructed Ramp at the Nawam Mawatha, Millennium square opposite the Nations Leasing building commencing at 7.00 am.