Our People

 
We are highly regarded as a people-centred bank. Performance management, reward programmes and shareholding are just some of the ways in which we encourage and motivate our people to develop to their full potential.

 
Our vision recognises that people are our competitive advantage. Consequently ongoing focus is given to building stronger and deeper teams of talented people. We recognise that continual improvement is required in our people management processes to ensure we attract and retain talent.

 
Material employee ownership of shares in the bank fosters commitment to excellent performance, enhancing productivity and the nurturing of long-term relationships with customers.

 
Our culturally diverse staff reflects the richness and uniqueness of the countries we do business in.
 

Developing Our People

 
We encourage and help our people to develop to their full potential, and measure our leaders on how well they grow and challenge the people they lead.

 
Mentoring is also widely available to accelerate career development and ensure smooth transitions within the business.
Our widely admired development and training programme promotes global best practice and strengthens our leadership philosophy across all of our activities. Our Global Leadership Centre, based in Johannesburg, is a state-of-the-art facility that presents leadership development programmes featuring academics, industry experts, and business leaders from South Africa and the international business arena. This keeps us all abreast of best practice and emerging trends, not only in your specialist field, but also in the crucial areas of people management and team leadership.
 

Employee Wellness

 
Standard Bank Group has developed and implemented one of the most comprehensive Workplace Health and Wellness Programmes in the world – offered in 17 countries across the African continent, covering 5 time zones and reaching more than 45 000 employees and their immediate families.
 

Standard Bank is committed to harmonising access to equitable support, healthcare and treatment in all of the African countries in which it is represented. The group’s award-winning HIV/Aids Workplace Programme has been rolled out to all of its African operations, including the confidential telephonic counselling service provided by the ICAS group. ICAS provides employees and their immediate families with a 24-hour, 365-days-a-year professional support and information service – whether it’s assistance with an overwhelming domestic or workplace situation, or a physical or emotional crisis. Since the service was launched in 2001, ICAS has assisted over 37 000 Standard Bank employees. 
 

ICAS and Standard Bank also provide a comprehensive web-based portal that includes a wealth of health and wellness information as well as interactive tools, calculators and quizzes. An email advice service offers a same-day reply from qualified health professionals, including dieticians and fitness instructors.