Retail and Commercial Banking Delivery Channel Masterclass This course can also be presented in-house for your company or via live on-line webinar

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1 Retail and Commercial Banking Delivery Channel Masterclass This course can also be presented in-house for your company or via live on-line webinar The Banking and Corporate Finance Training Specialist

2 Course Overview By the end of the course, delegates will be able to: Explain the strategic elements comprising Retail and Commercial Banking Define and understand in detail the integrated strategy requirements of: Premises location and design Delivery Channels the different ways that customers can interact with the bank Product creation, marketing and selling Customer segments and experiences Staff recruitment, Course Overview training and performance development Understand the process for developing new Products from need-identification through to delivery to clients Explain the vital importance of all creating, developing and enhancing all relationships particularly: The relationship between the bank and its customers The relationship between the Bank s management and staff in delivering excellent customer service linked to achieving targets Apply the universally-accepted Change Management principles Appreciate the International Dimension of Retail and Commercial Banking which customers demand in today s highly flexible market-place Attendees The course is suitable for all Senior Managers who require an in-depth, strategic understanding of: Retail and Commercial Banking Delivery Channels Relationship Management: Bank to Customer; Management to front-line staff Change Management Methodology: The course is delivered using a stimulating combination of: Slide presentations Facilitated Discussions and Exercises and Case Studies Course Content Module 1 What is Retail and Commercial Banking? Preparing a definition covering: Premises Products Customers Staff Discussing how Retail and Commercial Banking also includes aspects of retail activity: taking ideas from shops, supermarkets etc. Discussing how Retail and Commercial Banking Strategy Management applies across all delivery channels Module 2 Forward Planning to create a Strategy for Retail and Commercial Banking: Understanding the logical process for creating a Strategy: What we want to do; when we want to do it; and how we want to do it What information do we need to gather on the As Is the current position: What is the bank s existing Strategy (if any)? How do we know how successful this existing Strategy is? How can we identify the gaps where is the shortfall in performance

3 What information should be gathered on the To Be the preferred position in the future: What might the constraints be the limiting factors to achieving success: How is a Business Case prepared which helps justify the emerging Strategy to the company s Senior Management? This will focus on: Budgets Critical Success Factors (CSFs) Measurement Continuous Management and Assessment Module 3: Delivery Channels How do customers access our products and services? How do customers want to access our products and services? Are we flexible in meeting customers access needs? What does the future look like for delivery channels? The challenge created by the emerging involvement of Telecoms companies and Mobile Money and the radical change this may make (in fact, is already making in certain parts of the world) to the execution of retail payments Module 4 Branch Premises Location of the branch Physical location Size Competition Customer traffic Other factors such as availability of public transport and of car-parking Module 4 Branch Premises (continued) Design of the branch: What should be included what can be excluded? What factors will entice customers in what will turn customers away? How should we move customers around inside the branch? What is customer traffic management? How can we display our goods in the outlet our products in the most advantageous way Module 5: Other Delivery Channels What other Delivery Channels do our customers expect us to offer to them What are the strategic issues around providing this access to all our customers? What will happen if we choose not to make one (or more) of these channels available to our customers? Module 6: Products What are the factors in creating a product portfolio? Understanding all the costs related to a product: Production costs including the effect on the bank s balance sheet Marketing costs getting the product to the customers Selling costs persuading the customer to buy the product Maintenance costs after-sales service Enhancement costs making an existing product even better Understanding the profit element linked to each product. How to know: Which products make the most money and should be retained Which products make the least money or make a loss and should be deleted from the portfolio What are the factors in defining a target market for each of our products and then linking that to the Premises decisions on location and design?

4 Module 6: Products (continued) Marketing How do we tell our customers what we sell? Creating a Marketing Plan including factors such as: Our product portfolio differentiating between target markets Branding making our bank identifiable in a consistent way Advertising using all available (or required) advertising media such as: TV, Radio and Cinema Newspapers, Magazines and Flyers Billboards, Posters and Direct Marketing Merchandising linking all the advertising and product literature consistently Module 7: Campaign Planning and Merchandising Creating and Integrating Campaigns Ensuring that each Campaign complements activity and doesn t compete with it Creating and publishing (internally) an integrated Campaign Plan Developing a process whereby departments use their Business Cases to bid for space and time to attract customers attention Building the Campaign for maximum effect using the media outlined previously Merchandising: Again building on the learning to ensure: Consistency of message Conformity to company standards for literature and language Uniformity helping customers to navigate our literature Legality ensuring no contraventions of any customer protection legislation Module 8: Relationship Management: Bank to Customers Who are our customers and what do they expect from us? Different types of customers and their separate requirements: Mass Retail want fast, efficient and error-free access to products and services Mass Affluent in addition to fast efficient and error-free access to products and services want a more-personal service: a feeling that they are special Small / Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) a more-personal service feeling that their non-personal business is important to the bank Module 8: Relationship Management: Bank to Customers (continued) How do we differentiate between the different types of customers? Actually Should we differentiate between different types of customer or should we treat them all the same? Defining the experiences we want our customers to enjoy when they contact us How do we deliver these different experiences? What differences in staff and staff training are required? Module 9 Customer Relationship Management: The importance of Customer Relationships The benefits of developing a Customer Relationship Management Strategy A Customer Relationship Management framework Integrating People, Processes and Technology The Service : Profit Chain Obtaining and Handling Customer Information Module 10 Customer Demands: Stakeholder (Customer) Management Stakeholder Engagement Satisfying Stakeholders Demands

5 Module 11 People Management Creating and delivering an excellent Customer Experience Understanding Ourselves and Others Effective Communication Motivation at Work How do I get the very best from each customer interaction? What do I need to do differently to ensure that my customers only want to deal with me? Team Building The stages of Team Building The inevitable effects on performance levels through these stages Module 11 People Management (continued) Coaching Ensure clarity on what exactly Coaching is and how it is used Link Coaching as a discipline to improving individual and team performance (or analysing and rectifying under-performance) Understand how learning shared can easily be transferred into a commitment to action Coaching Introduction to the GROW model Consideration of all the factors required in effective Coaching Introducing the House of Change: understanding the need sometimes to make things worse before they can get better Building Rapport Handling Conflict What causes conflict? The Phases of Conflict Handling Thomas-Kilmann s Five Conflict-Handling Modes and how to apply them Bridging the Gap Module 12: Selling Skills Understanding the product(s) Spotting a customer s buying signals Upselling Skills: what else do my customers need? Negotiating When is not selling anything at all the best thing to do? Module 13 Staff Performance Management: Creating Goals and Objectives Managing Under-Performance Performance Discrepancies Managing Performance Standards Feedback as a tool of Performance Management Module 14: Relationship Management: Managers to Staff What is a Way of Working? What does it include? How do we measure Staff Performance? Goal and Objective Setting Managing against those Goals and Objectives Staff Development and Performance Management Motivation: how do we get the best from our staff? Delegation: how can we give our staff the chance to develop their own initiative to deal with customers

6 Module 15: Change Management Understanding Change as a concept The 9 Change Principles and putting them into practice Embedding the change The emotional responses to change: how do staff receive, understand and implement the required change Module 16: The International Dimension Who are our International Customers? Do we (should we?) treat them differently from our domestic customers? Extra issues of Know Your Customer (KYC), Identification & Verification (ID&V) and the international aspects of Financial Crime legislation International aspects of: Customer Service Overseas Premises Product Development Money Transmission Foreign Exchange and Import / Export for SMEs Tailored Learning All of our training courses can be tailored to suit your company s exact training needs. We will work closely with you to help develop a training programme with content that is unique for your organisation. Please us on enquiries@redcliffetraining.co.uk for more information E-Learning This course can also be presented as a bespoke e-learning programme created by you to fit your exact requirements. enquiries@redcliffetraining.co.uk +44 (0)