Best Results Based Training:

HNB wins Asia's Overall Award for fourth time

Hatton National Bank (HNB) PLC was awarded the 'Excellence in Training and Development - Overall Award for Best Results Based Training' at the Asia's Training and Development Excellence Awards 2015 recently in Singapore.

The Asia's Training and Development Awards is organized by the Human Resources Development Management Committee of the World HRD Congress and hosted by the Employer Branding Institute, the World HRD Congress and Stars of the Industry Group and is endorsed by the Asian Confederation of Business.

Australia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Turkey, Taiwan, the United Arab Emirates and Vietnam were also represented. The awards recognize successful employer brand-building initiatives and achievements in training and development.

Chief Human Resource Officer, HNB, Mrs L Chiranthi Cooray said the Bank's HR function has transformed from an administrator to a synergistic business partner further augmenting the Bank as a learning organization.

"We take a long-term view of our investment in people and commit resources to provide professional and quality programs for our staff, to meet their growing aspirations and our business needs. The programs extend beyond job training to capacity building for leadership, supporting career progression and personal development," she said.

"Our's is a predominantly grow talent model. Over 95% of our talent is developed internally. We build our own talent by recruiting schoolleavers at entry level positions who later progress to senior management levels.

There are opportunities for staff at every level to progress in their careers periodically on acquiring skills, levels of performance and service tenures," Cooray said.

"The Bank has invested in a three-tiered leadership development program for high potential young managers and mid-career professionals to strengthen the leadership Top 100 and aid succession planning," she added.