Wema Bank Builds Training Academy to Enhance Innovation, Performance
Wema Bank Plc has built a new training school, Wema Purple Academy, with the multi-purpose function of providing quality training for staff as well as a space for innovators to collaborate.
The Academy which was formerly at Oba-Akran Ikeja is now located at Town planning way Ilupeju Lagos and serves as a pathway for new staff to join the bank.
As well, the lender said the learning centre also serve as platform for current staff to increase individual and organizational productivity.
It assists the management to identify and develop talents and prepare a structured career progression for the superior performers thereby guaranteeing a sustainable performance culture in the future.
According to the lender, the newly built Academy will also house an innovation hub which will bring together technologists,
…tech enthusiast and creators alike to collaborate and create innovative solutions targeted at critical business and human needs.
“This is to serve as one of the numerous channels through which the lender fosters creativity, instill the bank’s work ethics, culture and high-professionalism”, the management explained.
The management stated that by building the Academy to include an innovation hub and state-of-the-art learning software and systems, the bank continues to deliver on its promise for innovation and creativity through digitization and twenty-first century technology.
“Trainings offered at the Wema Purple Academy are of relevant world-class curricula in skill areas that correspond with the requirements to achieve the Bank’s strategic pillars in a more structured manner”, the statement reads.
Wema stated that through the Academy, the Bank ensures that staff focuses on the vision, mission and goals that makes the future of the Bank an exciting one.
It will help drive and entrench the much-desired performance and innovation culture within the Bank – employees across different levels will be equipped with competencies required for now and future, geared towards achieving superior performance needed to deliver innovative solutions to customers, Wema Bank explained.
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Commenting on the project, Mrs. Ololade Ogungbenro Chief Human Resources Officer at the Wema bank said, “Our overall goal is to see our staff grow constantly both personally and career-wise, and in turn use the knowledge from these trainings to deliver top-notch ideas that can translate to innovative solutions across all areas of the bank”
She stated that this will also enhance employee morale and satisfaction.
“We are committed to training bankers that will reflect the true value of the profession, help to strategically position Wema Bank amongst the market leaders, set the standards for excellent performance and significantly enhance the perception of our strategic partners and shareholders through the application of innovative strategies”, Ogungbenro explained.
Wema Bank Builds Training Academy to Enhance Innovation, Performance
