DFCC Bank recognised as ‘Company with Great Managers for 2021’ as CEO inducted into ‘CLA Hall of Fame’

From left: DFCC Bank CEO Lakshman Silva, Guest of Honour Hemaka Amarasuriya, DFCC Bank Deputy CEO Thimal Perera, Colombo Leadership Academy CEO/Director Riaz Hassen 

 From left: Chandana Wanigasena, Chaminda Gunawardena, Charith Rodrigo, Duminda Silva, Wajira Punchihewa, DFCC Bank Chairman J. Durairatnam, DFCC Bank CEO Lakshman Silva, Harshani Samaradiwakara, Sonali Jayasinghe, DFCC Bank Deputy CEO Thimal Perera, Kaliratnampillai Kohula Krishnan, Dinesh Jebamani, Pavithra Dias

DFCC Bank, a premier commercial Bank in Sri Lanka, participated in the Great Managers Awards program for the first time, and was recognised as a ‘Company with Great Managers for 2021’.  Additionally, 10 managers from across the bank received awards and recognition across several categories, including ‘Driving Results and Execution Excellence,’ ‘Aligning Organisational Vision,’ ‘Coaching Others for Growth,’ and for the ‘Great Millennial Manager’ award.

DFCC Bank Chief Executive Officer Lakshman Silva was the recipient of a coveted, exclusive award. He received the famed ‘CLA Hall of Fame Award’ for Leadership Excellence for 2021. The award highlights Silva’s efforts as a CEO that have contributed to exemplary business performance, demonstrating leadership, effectiveness, humility, diversity, people development and inclusiveness. The awards were presented at a ceremony held recently at the DFCC Bank Auditorium in stringent adherence to established COVID-19 health and safety protocols.

The accolades highlight the bank’s strong talent management and leadership development initiatives, and the positive impact the bank has had on all employees in furthering their career growth. The initiative recognises the bank for its credibility and best practices in nurturing great managers through a culture of high performance where career paths and road maps for growth are provided with great clarity, alignment of learning and development to drive performance and execute strategy, a culture to challenge the status quo and instigate creativity and innovation and where more managers are nurtured through a well-structured program that ensures sustainability.

The ‘Companies with Great Managers’ and ‘The Great Managers Awards,’ driven in Sri Lanka by the Colombo Leadership Academy, and strategically partnered by People Business, Leadership Circle USA and Hofstede Insights – Finland, is an initiative taken towards identifying, assessing and recognising organisations with ‘Great Managers,’ benchmarking them with the best of best in the corporate world. The awards, through a set of stringent leadership competency evaluations, strives to define and build an ecosystem and culture that nurtures great managers in Sri Lanka. The spectrum of measurements included five pillars: ‘Driving Results & Execution,’ ‘Aligning Organizational Vision,’ ‘Coaching Others and Enhancing People Performance,’ ‘Building Team Effectiveness (Cross-Functional Collaboration)’ and ‘Sustaining Individual Leadership Credibility’.

Commenting on the bank’s achievement, Silva stated: “DFCC Bank is extremely proud to have won multiple accolades at ‘The Great Managers Awards’ and to have been identified as a ‘Company with Great Managers for 2021’. This is testament of the impactful array of talent development initiatives implemented by the bank and showcases the brilliance in leadership displayed by the many employees who were highlighted as great managers. We look forward to continuing our journey as a leader in sustainable banking, led by the highly skilled management team we have built over the last decade. I am also deeply honoured to have been inducted into the distinguished ‘CLA Hall of Fame’ and hope my contributions have secured a pathway to achieving the bank’s future-looking goals.”

As the ‘Bank for Everyone,’ DFCC Bank’s comprehensive training and development initiatives, supported by its newly introduced, comprehensive, future-looking sustainability strategy, have notably succeeded in having a significant positive impact by empowering employees to aspire to newer and greater heights, thereby setting the stage for achieving these accolades.