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Where would you like to begin?

Four rooms, one coach, made for Standard Bank's managers and private to you.

Your conversations are private. The pilot counts usage, never what you say.
What your coach is built on

Ten years of manager insight,
in one coach.

Your coach is built on the World Class Manager method and the real experience of managers around the world, and tailored to Standard Bank. The technology simply makes that experience available to you, whenever you need it.

Made for Standard Bank. It speaks your language.

Your coach knows Standard Bank's purpose, the five values and the habits behind them, and the group's 2026 to 2028 strategy. It talks about clients the way you do, and it never assumes which of the 21 countries you lead in.

In Your Standard you can see how you lead through the lens of the values, then talk the strategy through and work out what it means for your team next month.

Open Our Strategy

Our purposeAfrica is our home, we drive her growth.

Our values
Deeply CommittedBoldly PioneeringTrusted StewardsGuided by EmpathyUnfailingly Honourable
Our strategy, 2026 to 2028
  1. Excellent experienceSolutions that meet client needs
  2. Focused executionThe right business, the right way
  3. Maximise valueFor shareholders, society and the planet

Drawn from Standard Bank Group's public reporting, as at October 2026.

250,000+managers whose insight shapes the method
50+countries where managers have used it
500,000+manager reflections analysed
24CPD accredited modules behind every answer

A proven method

The World Class Manager programme: CPD accredited, used by more than 1,000 organisations and built around the three traits of a world class manager.

Real manager experience

What managers have actually tried, struggled with and changed, drawn from a decade of reflections, so the advice is grounded in practice, not theory.

Shaped by people

Designed by the team behind World Class Manager, who have developed managers with organisations including the BBC, the NHS and HSBC.

What it is
  • A thinking partnerReady whenever you are, to help you think, decide and act.
  • Grounded and practicalEvery answer draws on the method and what has worked for other managers.
  • Private to youA safe space to work things through, at your own pace.
What it isn't
  • A replacement for peopleIt helps you get even more from your manager, your mentor and People & Culture.
  • A generic chatbotEvery answer is shaped by the World Class Manager method and real manager experience.
  • A testNothing is scored, and what you say is never recorded or shared.

The technology is the engine. The World Class Manager method and the experience of 250,000+ managers are what it runs on.

World Class Manager® · a Global Growth Institute programme · prepared for Standard Bank Group Created by World Class Manager and powered by Anthropic
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Room 01 · Coaching

Your Challenges

Think through what's on your plate, grounded in the World Class Manager method.

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Room 02 · Practice

Your Stakeholders

Rehearse the conversations that matter, before you have them for real.

Door closed · nothing leaves this room
Common challenges

Which conversation do you need to have?

Choose one and I'll play the other person. They stay in character until you step out.

Set the scene

How will they play it?

Start gentle, or practise the version you are dreading.

Step out at any moment for a debrief, or ask for a whispered hint.

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Room 03 · Career

Your Career

Where you want to be, and the moves that get you there.

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Room 04 · Insight and strategy

Your Standard

The standard you set, and the strategy you lead.

10 questions · about 10 minutes · private to you

Get clear on who you are as a manager, and what you want.

A short conversation with your coach, built on the three traits of a world class manager and read through Standard Bank's values. No forms and no right answers, just honest reflection. The more you share, the more useful your profile will be.

Your profileStrengths and growth areas across the World Class Manager method, and what you want next.
Your Standard Bank lensThe value you already live, the habit to build next, and your team's line of sight to the strategy.
Your next stepsChoose whether to share it, so every room, Our Strategy included, starts from where you are.
You can pause and come back. Your answers are saved in this browser.