National Development Bank PLC was recently felicitated as the “Company with Great Managers” with thirteen individuals of the senior management of the bank winning awards under various categories at the Great Manager Awards 2022 hosted by the Colombo Leadership Academy for Leadership Excellence.
National Development Bank PLC was recently felicitated as the “Company with Great Managers” with thirteen individuals of the senior management of the bank winning awards under various categories at the Great Manager Awards 2022 hosted by the Colombo Leadership Academy for Leadership Excellence.NDB’s Managers were felicitated under four categories – Driving Results and Execution Excellence, Aligning Organisation Vision, Coaching Others For Growth, and Leadership Integrality & Holistic Approach.
Needra Fernando, Kasun De Silva, Kasun Balasooriya, Kumudari Peiris, Indika Tennakoon, Niroshan De Silva were awarded the Great Manager award for Driving Results and Execution Excellence. Deepa Edirisooriya and Ronali Kumarasinghe were among the managers felicitated with the Great Manager for Leadership Integrality & Holistic Approach while Darine Fernando was awarded the Great Manager for Coaching Others For Growth. The Great Manager award for Aligning Organisational Vision was awarded to Indika Gunawardena, Ranisha Perera, Dilhani Piayasena, Nadeesha Watapotha.
NDB Director/Group CEO Dimantha Seneviratne, commenting on the “Company with Great Managers” award said that the Bank is proud to have committed leaders at many levels within the organisation thanks to very good HR practices adopted which is recognised by the facilitators of the Great Manager Awards.
The Company with Great Manager award recognises the organisation for its credibility and best practices in nurturing great managers through a culture of high performance where career paths & road maps for growth are provided with great clarity, alignment of learning & development to drive performance and execute strategy, a culture to challenge the status quo and instigate creativity & innovation and where more managers are nurtured through a well-structured programme that ensures sustainability.
'The Companies with Great Managers and ‘The Great Managers Awards’ is an initiative taken towards identifying, assessing and recognising organisations with ‘Great Managers’ benchmarking with the best of best in the arena. Through a set of stringent leadership competency evaluations, the Great Manager awards strives to define and build an eco-system and culture that nurtures great managers in Sri Lanka.
The hosts Colombo Leadership Academy stated that this year a substantial number of nominations were received to contend and validate true leadership and managerial excellence benchmarking the best practices among Sri Lankan corporate entities.
NDB Bank is the fourth largest listed commercial bank in Sri Lanka. The Bank emerged as the Most Awarded Corporate in Sri Lanka in 2022 for the second consecutive year, as per the annual rankings of Sri Lankan publication LMD. The Bank was adjudged as the Best Bank in Sri Lanka 2022 by Global Finance USA and Euro money in their annual best bank awards programmes. Additionally, The Bank was named one of the "Top 50 Best Workplaces in Sri Lanka 2022" by Great Place To Work, USA. NDB is the parent company of the NDB Group comprising NDB capital markets subsidiary companies, together forming a unique banking and capital market services group. The Bank is committed to empowering the nation and its people through meaningful financial and advisory services, powered by digital banking solutions.