Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Banking Group is a leading UK-based financial services group, providing a wide range of banking and financial services, focused primarily on retail and commercial customers.
Years awarded: 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2024
Region: Various locations
Size: 1000+ employees
Sector: Banking, insurance and finance
Accelerating career progression for women in tech roles
Theme: Culture; Diversity, Equity, Inclusion; Leadership and Management; Talent pipeline / Career pathways; Upskilling
Topics: Bespoke training; Coaching and mentoring; In-house; Neurodiversity; People with barriers; Women focus
This leading financial services group launched the Elevate programme in January 2021 to support and accelerate career progression for women in tech, data and security roles. The programme is delivered annually and to-date over 500 tech professionals have completed it. 28.7% have since been promoted and the programme is seen as a catalyst for boosting confidence and breaking down barriers across the group.
Bringing innovation to workplace practices
Themes: Culture
This large financial services organisation wanted to facilitate culture change through a programme designed to be accessible, inclusive and challenge accepted thinking. Amongst those who have completed BE training, in addition to greater engagement, there has been an uplift of 19% in their People Focus, 10% in their strategic approach and 23% in their ability to multi-task.
Your Best – Believing its people make the difference
Themes: Culture; Upskilling
Lloyds Banking Group believes its people sets it apart from the competition, so its performance management approach must be outstanding. Following a year of research, transformational culture change programme Your Best was introduced. To date more than 65,000 have participated in the programme out of a workforce of approximately 70,000, the programme has been transformational and the business feels better equipped to achieve its long-term strategy.
LAMA – Providing structured learning for aspiring leaders
Themes: Leadership and Management
The UK’s largest retail bank created the Leadership and Management Accelerator to provide a structured learning solution for aspiring leaders. The programme has resulted in high levels of engagement with ample evidence of successful application of learning in the workplace. Over 7000 staff have accessed at least one module of the programme and many have accessed over twenty modules.
Developing personal resilience
Themes: Leadership and Management; Upskilling
Topics: Coaching and mentoring
Against a backdrop of political and economic instability, this bank recognised the need to develop the resilience of its leaders who in turn could develop the resilience of their teams. The Resilient Leader one-day training programme was launched focusing on a top-down approach and over 5000 employees have been trained. Evaluation has shown a 32% increase in personal resilience levels following the training.
Equipping leaders for the future
Themes: Leadership and Management
This banking organisation is offering exceptional training and development opportunities for leaders whilst facing challenging circumstances including large-scale staff redundancies. Over 7,000 leaders have been trained and have joined a 30-day development challenge across the last two years and staff motivation and productivity is high.
News and case studies featuring Lloyds Banking:
Royal recognition for employers who invest in training and development in the UK and Ireland
On Thursday 21 November, 52 recipients from the UK and Ireland were recognised by Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal through the Princess Royal Training Awards held at Goldsmiths’ Hall in London. Over the past nine years, The Princess Royal Training...
52 organisations receive royal recognition for tremendous training and incredible impact in 2024
15 August 2024: City & Guilds has today announced the 52 training programmes that will be recognised by the 2024 Princess Royal Training Awards. Now in its ninth year, The Princess Royal Training Awards continue to recognise organisations who demonstrate...
Celebrating 46 UK organisations who have outstanding workplace training programmes with HRH The Princess Royal
London, Thursday 8th December: On Tuesday 6th December, Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal, welcomed 46 organisations to Banqueting House in London to celebrate successfully achieving a Princess Royal Training Award for their commitment to training and...
Outstanding workplace training programmes recognised in HRH The Princess Royal’s training awards
HRH The Princess Royal, President of City & Guilds, awards employers with outstanding training and skills development programmes which have been proven to have significant positive impact on their business or their staff More apprenticeship programmes have been...
48 recipients celebrate the Princess Royal Training Awards with HRH Princess Anne
On Thursday 28th April, Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal, welcomed 48 recipients to Mansion House in London to celebrate them receiving Princess Royal Training Awards for their commitment to training and development in 2021. Currently in its sixth year, The...
46 businesses across the UK recognised by HRH The Princess Royal for excellence in training and development in 2021
HRH The Princess Royal, President of City & Guilds, awards employers who have created outstanding training and skills development programmes which have resulted in measurable business impact over the last 12 months Recipients include those that...
Virtual coffee: 5 ways to take care of yourself while working from home
Though working from home is common, it’s a whole different kettle of fish when you’re forced to work remotely. And for some, that kettle of fish is literal. ‘My partner cooked fish for lunch today – very inappropriate as my office area is the kitchen/dining table.’...
Royal recognition for 44 UK organisations delivering outstanding workplace training
From leading banking groups to local businesses and charities, HRH Princess Royal and the City & Guilds Group recognise inspirational employers for their commitment to learning and development. London, 31st October 2019 – 44 UK organisations including IBM, The...
The Princess Royal and City & Guilds Group honour outstanding workplace training in 2019
HRH Princess Anne, President of City & Guilds Group, recognises 44 organisations with 2019 Princess Royal Training Awards Recipients shared compelling, irrefutable evidence of how training has directly influenced business results Multiple winners across areas...
In the press: 2018 recipients’ August news roundup
It has been a busy couple of weeks since we announced the 48 Princess Royal Training Awards recipients on HRH The Princess Royal's birthday. Since then the recipients have been featured in local and national news articles talking about their successful training...
