Learning and development at Garanti BBVA
Learning and Development at Garanti BBVA
Viewing its human resources as a valuable investment, Garanti BBVA 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 Garanti BBVA employees, as well as the Bank’s sustainable performance, are supported through training solutions that are tailored to meet professional training needs and competencies.
Garanti BBVA’s learning & development strategy is based on following pillars:
Pays attention to differences and offers equal opportunities
Garanti BBVA pays attention to differences in learning styles and training needs and offers equal opportunities for professional growth. Diversified training channels/methods are used to integrate current approaches and practices into training activities to accommodate training needs.
Guidance and share of best practices through Senior Advisor program, specialized trainings to increase expertise, on the job trainings and tailored training and development programs are the means which support and perpetuate Garanti BBVA 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 Team, consisting of representatives from different units of Garanti BBVA, full-time internal trainers specialized in training and professional trainers 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 2014 and aiming to develop potential of Garanti BBVA talented people, Talent Management Program applies a selection and development system based on competencies. In Garanti BBVA we believe that our organization can beautifully grow by focusing on its most talented people. When we align the aspirations of our talent with company’s vision, results are amazing. We always have in mind this question: how do our future leaders reach their true potential? As a response, we designed Talent Management Program, an innovative, modular program that supports our people to accelerate their growth.
Supports personal and professional growth
There are many reasons why organizations need to be thinking about career development and succession planning. The most important reason, of course, is that we rely on staff to fulfill our mission and provide excellent services to our customers. We believe this can be done only by nurturing and developing our people.
Our Development for Succession Program is a milestone to the next career step. A six-month intensive training with in class sessions, on the job experience and assessments, aiming at transferring the know how needed for our people to be prepared to assume new roles as they become available to forward move their career.
Focuses on resources to sustain continuous learning
Garanti BBVA supports the development of its employees through in-class training sessions and different training technologies:
- Dedicated Learning center, fully equipped to facilitate learning experiences
- WebEx, a web conference system set up within the Bank which facilitates audio and video remote training
- Training on applications which allows participants to view critical issues in real life and to experience possible risks in advance in a safe environment
- Online Learning – used for sharing materials and content for learning
Grows the new generation of bankers
We are growing the next generation of bankers: Learn 2B a Banker Program – a 4 month training program designed to prepare universities graduates to be fully prepared to perform in the banking system. Our experts from specialized departments together with our network colleagues share their experience through in class and on the job training, testing and evaluation. Training sessions are designed by bringing theory and practice together by combining the theory with practice from the banking industry. Meanwhile, students can apply for internship in our HQ or network of agencies.
Encourages continuous learning
Libraries are portals to all of the world’s knowledge.
Garanti BBVA Book Corner – Internal library for our colleagues, with books to borrow for personal and professional development.
We happily wish our colleagues to enjoy their learning journey!
