Today IBQ held yet another full day employee event, The Arabian Market, further underlining the Bank’s commitment to the development of its employees, their values and skills.
The event took place at the Diplomatic Club and saw over 140 IBQ employees enthusiastically take part. The Arabian Market is a game of influencing skills that encourages the participants to communicate, trade and make profit, whilst keeping the IBQ values; Integrity, Collaboration, and Enthusiasm in mind.
“Our employees are key to our success. That’s why we are committed to providing them with constant training through workshops and team building exercises, throughout the year. This activity will ensure that employees take the lessons learned in values and behaviours back to the workplace and use them in their day to day activities and in helping us further enhance our customer services. IBQ has witnessed an impressive growth since early 2006, increasing its branches and more than doubling the number of employees, it is therefore essential that all IBQ employees fully understand the importance of corporate values in sustaining a positive and open corporate culture.” commented Michael Williams, CEO of IBQ.
The game took IBQ employees back in time to 1820, when it was a time of great opportunity in Arabia, but with dangers for the ill-informed. Each team, started with a few possessions but had to increase them while acquiring the most important element of information. The lesson learned was the need - to communicate effectively and to understand each others’ needs.
IBQ’s last internal event was the “Big Picture”, which saw employees collaborating to finalise a huge painting portraying the Bank’s values. Many new employees have joined the bank since then, and the main objective for the Arabian Market event is to reinforce the same principles of teamwork and co-operation, while ensuring that the bank’s corporate values are adhered to and incorporated into the daily workplace.
About the International Bank of Qatar (IBQ)
The International Bank of Qatar (IBQ); a well established and rapidly growing financial institution, previously known as Grindlays Qatar, celebrated its 50th year anniversary in 2006. IBQ today is a joint venture fully managed, with 20% owned, by the National Bank of Kuwait (NBK); the largest bank in Kuwait and one of the leading banks in the Middle East. The remaining 80% is owned by influential Qatari entities, whilst the bank is Chaired by Qatar's First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affair's H.E. Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jabor Al-Thani.
Taking half a century of extensive experience in service-based private and corporate banking, IBQ has been and continues to expand its retail banking business with a parallel strategy, based on that experience, which accentuates its high quality service-based approach. IBQ today, offers its customers a full range of retail, private and corporate banking solutions with a strong commitment to excellent quality service, and a focus on building long-lasting relationships. With a total of 4 branches and 9 ATMs located in strategic locations throughout Qatar, IBQ is an increasingly prominent local player that benefits from an international network as a result of its affiliation with NBK.
