Gamified Leadership Accelerator for Banking Professionals: Leading with Accountability, Innovation and Human-Centred Leadership - Leadership

As a result, leaders in financial institutions are expected to demonstrate strong ethical judgement, accountability, communication, collaboration, and people management skills beyond technical expertise. This programme is designed to strengthen practical leadership capabilities among managers in banks and financial institutions. Using a gamified and experiential learning approach, participants will engage in simulations, role-plays, peer coaching, and decision-making exercises based on real banking scenarios.

The programme focuses on key leadership values such as accountability, customer-centricity, innovation, ethical leadership, and empathy. Participants will develop practical skills in managing performance, resolving conflicts, coaching teams, and leading through operational challenges while maintaining professional integrity and regulatory compliance. By the end of the programme, participants will be better equipped to apply effective leadership behaviours that enhance team performance, strengthen trust, and support long-term organisational success.

Programme Outline

Learning Objectives

By the end of the programme, participants will be able to:

Apply modern leadership values when making managerial decisions in banking environments.
Deliver clear and constructive feedback that improves employee performance.
Demonstrate empathy and people-centred leadership when addressing workplace challenges.
Use structured questioning techniques to coach employees and encourage problem solving.
Collaborate effectively across departments to resolve operational challenges.
Translate leadership values into practical action plans that strengthen team performance.

Programme Outline

Module 1: Leadership in Modern Banking Environments
Leadership challenges in contemporary banking
Balancing performance, ethics and customer outcomes
Core leadership values in financial institutions: customer-centricity, accountability, integrity, empathy, innovation and collaboration
Leadership reflection exercise
Module 2: Courageous Communication and Constructive Feedback
Why managers avoid difficult conversations
The cost of unclear communication in banking organisations
Structured feedback framework for leadership conversations
Leadership feedback simulation based on workplace scenarios
Module 3: Empathy and Human-Centred Leadership
Relationship between employee engagement and organisational performance
Distinguishing performance symptoms from root causes
Role of empathy in leadership effectiveness
Empathy mapping exercise based on staff performance scenarios
Module 4: Coaching for Innovation and Problem Solving
Difference between directing and coaching leadership styles
Questioning techniques that stimulate deeper thinking
Avoiding premature problem solving
Peer coaching exercise using real workplace challenges
Module 5: Cross-Functional Collaboration and Decision Making
Organisational silos in banking institutions
Managing conflicting departmental priorities
Aligning decisions with customer outcomes and organisational objectives
Cross-functional leadership decision game
Module 6: Leadership Action Planning and Reflection
Personal leadership reflection
Development of individual leadership action plans
Commitment sharing and accountability discussion

METHODOLOGY

The programme adopts an experiential and gamified learning approach designed to strengthen practical leadership capabilities.

Training methods include:

Facilitated leadership discussions
Role-play leadership simulations
Case-based scenario analysis from banking environments
Peer coaching exercises
Cross-functional decision-making simulations
Gamified leadership challenges
Structured reflection and action planning

This approach ensures that participants move beyond conceptual understanding and practise leadership behaviours relevant to real workplace situations.

Participant profile

This programme is suitable for professionals working in banks and financial institutions, particularly:

Assistant Vice Presidents
Managers and Senior Managers
Branch Managers
Relationship Managers
Product Managers
Operations Managers
Risk and Compliance Managers
Emerging leaders preparing for leadership roles

Trainer

Dr. Paramsothy Vijayan

Director of Digital Banking & Leadership

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Dr. Paramsothy Vijayan

Director of Digital Banking & Leadership

Dr Vijayan Paramsothy is the Director of Digital Banking & Leadership at the Asian Banking School. He started his career working in one of the big 8 Chartered Accountants and Management Consultancy firms in the UK. He has over 20 years of banking experience working in local and foreign banks up to a senior management level, ranging over a diverse range of disciplines.

He is currently involved in structuring bespoke technical and soft skill programmes for banks. In addition, he is involved in the curriculum working committee for professional qualification programmes such as the Chartered Banker and Bank Risk Management. He is also a designated Chartered Banker trainer, bringing a fresh approach to self-directed learning using mind-mapping techniques, case studies and problem-based learning. Dr Vijay has published banking and finance related text books and journal articles internationally, including, “Success Factors for the Implementation of Entrepreneurial Knowledge Management in Malaysian Banks” (Journal of Information & Knowledge Management, 2013).

Dr Vijay holds an Honours Degree in Accounting and Finance from Scotland, a Master of Science Degree in Multimedia Technology (Banking), a Doctor of Business Administration (Banking Strategy and Marketing) from Australia, and a Doctor of Philosophy (Knowledge Management in Banking) from Malaysia. He recently successfully completed his Chartered Banker MBA from the Bangor Business School, Wales together with his Chartered Banker status awarded by the Chartered Banker Institute in Scotland. He is also a Certified Training Professional (ARTDO) and a Certified HRD Corp trainer.