ISFB Certificate
Banking Management and Adaptability

• 9 non-consecutive days 
• In person at the ISFB premises
• Weekdays, from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm
• Language : French

The certificate is composed of 10 one-day modules:

Module 1: General management culture

Review of the body of knowledge in management. Discussions on classical, human relations and modern management theories, as well as more recent topics related to the discipline of organizational resilience. Exercises to discover one's own professional preference profile and ability to interact with others, based on the Insights Discovery model.

Module 2: From history to financial technology

Discovery of digital issues in the financial sector, so as to be able to identify the main challenges and to form an opinion without having extensive knowledge in computer science. Review of the history of finance, in order to provide participants with a general historical financial culture, part of which focuses specifically on the history of finance in French-speaking Switzerland.

Module 4: Recruitment

During this module, participants practice the art and craft of good recruitment, from identifying key skills to the final selection, including the drafting of specifications. Recruitment techniques are worked on as a team, and exchanges of practice enrich individual and collective experience.

Module 5: Banking and labor law

Review of the essential notions of banking law, with the aim of developing general knowledge. Awareness of labor law, more specifically the legal themes most useful to the manager in his or her role as an executive.

Module 3: Art and inspiration in leadership

Management is sometimes presented as a science, other times as a discipline. It can also be seen as an applied art. In this module, participants will reflect on their role as managers using musical metaphors and practical activities that focus on the elasticity of their relationship to time and their managerial posture.

Module 6: Foresight & analysis techniques

Discovery of the world of strategic foresight, allowing the identification of possible future scenarios and awareness of simple statistical analysis techniques.

Module 7: Immersion in an uncertain environment 

Discover management techniques used in other industries and professions that can inspire banking executives on a daily basis.

Module 8: Improvisation and Communication

Improvisation and personal communication exercises in front of a group (elevator pitch, etc.) and role plays specific to difficult managerial situations.

Module 9: Stress prevention and performance

Discovering techniques for managing one's performance over the long term, inspired by practices used in high-level sports, under the instruction of a sports psychologist.

Module 10: Mediation

In this module, led by an attorney-at-law and FSA mediator sworn in by the Geneva courts, the notion of "conflict" will be approached from a legal point of view through the lens of mediation. This module is both theoretical and practical, with the aim of giving participants concrete tools for amicable dispute resolution, so as to maximize the chances of finding solutions to everyday disputes.

Price

CHF 5'950.00 (member price)

Special FFPC rate for Spring 2025 session:

CHF 1,785.00 (applicable to bank employees in the canton of Geneva)

CHF 7'935.00 (non-member price)

The member prices apply to all ISFB member institutes and their employees.

Registrations

Please complete the online application form.

Your registration will be considered firm and definitive if it meets our criteria (see registration form). 3 weeks before the start of the course, you will have access to our ISFB collaborative space, then a few days before the start of the course to the space specifically reserved for participants in this course.

ISFB general terms and conditions apply.

Opening of the next session

The next session starts on March 6, 2025 at 8:30 a.m.
The full training schedule is available here.

Examination information

Oral presentation.