London School of Strategic Management & Best Practices in Banking

London School of Strategic Management & Best Practices in Banking

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The overall aim of this 5-day, top-level school is to explore how leading banks are led and managed strategically, how they deploy best-practices to boost performance, and how delegates' banks could upgrade their own approaches to world-class standards. This course gives delegates the opportunity to: Explore the best-practice leadership of banks: - Setting objectives and creating a vision - Establishing “winning” strategies - Allocating resources optimally - Reorganising banks to implement strategy - Preparing future leaders - Motivating the workforce - Corporate governance Examine how to improve the performance of key banking businesses: - Retail banking - SME banking - Corporate banking - …

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The overall aim of this 5-day, top-level school is to explore how leading banks are led and managed strategically, how they deploy best-practices to boost performance, and how delegates' banks could upgrade their own approaches to world-class standards. This course gives delegates the opportunity to: Explore the best-practice leadership of banks: - Setting objectives and creating a vision - Establishing “winning” strategies - Allocating resources optimally - Reorganising banks to implement strategy - Preparing future leaders - Motivating the workforce - Corporate governance Examine how to improve the performance of key banking businesses: - Retail banking - SME banking - Corporate banking - Asset & liability management - “ALM” - Treasury Review how leading banks advance essential management processes: - Marketing - Sellin - Credit risk management - Strategic planning and action planning - Budgeting and financial control# Set priorities at their banks for strengthening leadership, upgrading strategic management capabilities, and establishing best-practices that are key to boosting bank performance Learning Level This is an advanced school for senior bankers and their management teams who are ambitious to ensure that their banks are led well, are adopting the correct business strategies, and implementing best-practice management methods. Methodology The school is intensive and participative. Various methods are used: Formal presentations, including many real case histories with discussion Case studies that illustrate the application of the approaches examine Group work in which delegates discuss improvement priorities for their own bank “Question & Answer” plenary discussions with the school director Target audience: Who Should Attend This school is for top bankers, senior managers who are expected to reach this level soon, those who support directly the top management teams of their banks, and “high-flyers” with the potential to rise to the top: Owners and main board directors CEO’s and members of boards of management and top executive committees General managers, executive vice presidents, executive directors responsible for "profit centre" divisions, involved in Retail Banking, SME Banking, Corporate Banking, Treasury and ALM, plus subsidiary companies involved in these businesses Senior executives responsible for support divisions, including Strategy, Marketing, Sales Support, Risk Management, Credit Risk, Market Risk, Operations, Finance, Human Resources, Information Technology and Internal Audit
Day 1 The Best-Practice Strategic Leadership of Banks The Roles of Leaders in World-Class Banks The meaning of “leadership” in banking Identification of a bank’s leaders The roles of different types of leader Setting Objectives and Creating an Exciting Vision Setting objectives for owners, customers, personnel, regulators and society Creating an exciting vision: - The nature and purpose of a vision - Examples of successful visions Group Work - Choosing High-Level Key Performance Targets for Banks Key performance targets - “KPT’s” – for bank boards and top teams Discussion: implications for KPT’s and best-practices at delegates’ banks Establishing an Overall 'Winning' Strategy The importance of strategy to profitability: - Main elements of strategy in leading banks - Importance of linking the elements of strategy Framework for strategy & profit improvement: - Strategies for boosting income - Strategies for increasing cost-effectives - Strategies for reallocating resources Strategies for boosting income at acceptable risk: - Focusing marketing on to the best businesses - Intensifying selling & cross-selling - Advancing credit risk management - Managing asset & liability management (ALM) as a business Strategies for ensuring high cost-effectiveness: - Reorganising to serve the market cost-effectively - Reengineering processes and centralising operations - Eliminating wastage Optimising the allocation of scarce resources: - Moving people into income-generating activities - Reallocating capital to the best and most promising businesses - Extracting maximum value from IT investment -Upgrading planning & control and management information Fostering strong corporate governance and a progressive culture Group Work - Setting Initial Development Priorities for Delegates' Banks Assessing the strengths and weaknesses of delegates’ banks Formulating ‘winning” business strategies and developing essential support strategies Fixing priorities for upgrading management methods Discussion: redefining the visions of delegates’ banks Day 2 Case Study - Optimising the Allocation of Bank Capital Measuring the profitability of Major Strategic Business Units – “SBU’s” Impact on profitability of reallocating capital across SBU’s Key factors for success in reallocating capital in practice Discussion: reallocating capital in delegates’ banks Organising Banks for Excellence Reorganising Banks to Implement Strategy Design principles for effective bank organisational structures: - Leadership principles - Business principles - Management principles Organisational options for modern banks: - Territorial and product structures - Segment and functional structures - Matrix organisational arrangements Organising banks’ business divisions and support divisions Examples of how banks reorganised successfully Discussion: priorities for reorganising delegates’ banks Increasing the Effectiveness of Banks' Top Executive Teams The use of top executives’ time in leading banks How leading banks coordinate activities across their divisions The focus & features of top committees: -Top committees formed by leading banks - Main missions and responsibilities of top committees - Main priorities and targets of top committees - Memberships and modus operandi of top committees Preparing Future Leaders of Banks Overview of “high-flyer” schemes Identifying and classifying “high-flyers” The crucial roles of “mentors” in “high-flyer” schemes Privileges and responsibilities of “high-flyers” Advantages and disadvantages of “high-flyer” schemes Discussion: key issues for delegates’ banks to consider Motivating the Workforce to Perform Well Overview of modern reward systems Different types of incentive scheme: pros & cons Achieving success Discussion: ways delegates’ banks could strengthen staff motivation Upgrading the Corporate Governance of Banks The nature of, and need for, strong corporate governance in banks Overview of corporate governance codes and laws Main board governance committees Codes of ethics and conduct Day 3 Improving the Performance of Key Banking Businesses Boosting Retail Banking Profitability Introduction to the case history bank Best-practice calculation of retail banking profitability The “drivers” of retail banking profitability Impact on profitability of individual and combined best-practices Priority actions for boosting retail banking profitability World-Class Standards and Examples of Retail Banking Main elements of retail banking: - Key sub-segments of retail banking - Main management functions, e.g. marketing, selling, credit, operations World-class standards of retail banking Case histories: examples of world-class retail banking Discussion: priorities for upgrading retail banking in delegates’ banks Best-Practices in SME Banking Main elements of SME banking: key sub-segments and management functions World-class standards of SME banking and the “drivers” of SME profitability Case histories: examples of world-class SME banking Discussion: priorities for upgrading SME banking in delegates’ banks Setting SME Product Priorities Deposit, savings and investment services Loans and mortgages Insurance services International banking services Business and support services Discussion: SME product development priorities for delegates’ banks World-Class Standards and Examples of Corporate Banking The challenge of achieving high profitability in corporate banking today Main elements of corporate banking: - Key sub-segments - Main management functions World-class standards of corporate banking Examples of successful corporate banking Discussion: priorities for upgrading corporate banking at the bank Best-Practice Relationship Management The objectives of best-practice relationship management Choosing key customers and organising relationship teams Focusing relationship managers on to sales and service Planning and controlling key customer relationships Assessing and training relationship managers The “12 Rules” of best-practice relationship management Discussion: priorities for upgrading relationship management in delegates’ banks Day 4 A Quick Look at Asset & Liability Management The fundamental nature and purpose of ALM in leading banks Modern methods for measuring ALM profits and risks Case Study: Measuring the Profits from ALM Understanding the case study bank’s balance sheet and profit & loss account Choosing the best transfer rates for defining profitability Calculating ALM profits: “gapping” profits and “structural” ALM profits Calculating customer profits: deposit profits and lending profits Restructuring the case study bank’s balance sheet to balance profits and risks Centralised-Active ALM & Treasury Management – The Role of ALCO How leading banks use ALM to increase profits at acceptable risk World-class standards of ALM and treasury management Case histories: using ALM to increase and smooth bank profitability The role of ALCO in progressive banks and the support they need Discussion: priorities for advancing ALM and treasury in delegates’ banks Advancing Essential Management Processes Case Histories: Focusing Marketing on the Best Businesses Market segmentation in banking The nature and contributions of good marketing strategy World-class standards of marketing strategy in leading banks Examples of “winning” and “losing” marketing strategies: - Case history: a medium-sized European domestic bank - Case history: a major corporate banking group based in a former soviet country - Case history: a large Scandinavian retail bank - Case history: a medium-sized international bank based in the EU - Case histories: overview of some other banks around the world Important practical lessons Discussion: priorities for upgrading marketing strategy across delegates’ banks Exploiting Modern Sales Channels in Banking Pan-European perspectives on sales and delivery channels New sales channels for banks: - Segmented branches - Point-of-sales offices - “POS offices” - Mobile sales forces - Outbound call centres - Direct mailing: post, e-mails and SMS selling Case history: how one bank is modernising its channels Discussion: assessing alternative channels Case History - How One Bank Intensified Selling and Cross-Selling The meaning of “true selling” as used by world-class banks How selling intensity drives cross-selling and profitability World-class standards of selling and cross-selling Case history: steps taken by one bank that intensified selling greatly Day 5 Group Work – Intensifying Selling by Delegates' Banks Estimating the banks’ current selling intensity Increasing the number of existing types of selling job Creating new types of selling job Increasing selling time in all selling jobs Reengineering banks to reach world-class standards of selling intensity Advancing to World-Class Credit Risk Management The 250 elements of credit risk management World-class standards of credit risk management The Credit Risk Assessment Methodology – “CRAM” Case histories: how illustrative banks became world-class at credit management Discussion: advancing credit policy and processes in delegates’ banks Case Study – Target-ROE Risk-Adjusted Pricing of Loans – “TRAP” Explanation of target-ROE risk-adjusted pricing of loans Calculating margins needed to meet the bank’s target return on equity Estimating margins to cover funding and opportunity costs Building in margins to pay for credit operating costs Calculating margins needed to cover bad debts Adjusting margins to exploit competitive dominance Best-Practice Strategic Planning, Budgeting and Financial Control Overview of market-focused planning and control Building superiority with strategic planning Action planning: translating strategy into practical action Market-focused budgeting, financial control and key performance targets Market-focused performance appraisal Key challenges to overcome Examples of world-class planning & control systems Group work:choosing the best key performance targets: - Measuring profitability success - Tracking selling success - Controlling cost-effectiveness - Monitoring bad debt performance - Assessing adherence to policies and procedures - Determining customer satisfaction - Appraising development of human resources Discussion: establishing best-practice planning and control at delegates’ banks Priorities for Progress at Delegates’ Banks Group Work - Priority Actions for Delegates’ Banks Setting priorities for upgrading leadership & strategic management, and establishing best-practices Defining the actions to be taken Proposing timetables for moving ahead Course summary and close
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