Fleming Gulf’s inaugural Kingdom Human Asset Management Summit was officially opened today at the Novotel Riyadh Al Anoud where over 60 participants gathered to gain insights and leverage the knowledge of breakthrough HR strategies and solutions that are driving the development of HR function in a highly dynamic and robust market. This summit aims at addressing the new roles HR is taking on, from building competitive advantage to developing and retaining talent management & building diverse teams. HR professionals from across the region are attending to learn about current best practices and inspiring case studies which will guide them to re-align their strategy with the evolving corporate strategy.
The 2 day summit that will take place between 28 & 29 May, will host industry leaders such as Dr. Edrward Shelton from Competency Consultant, Saudi Aramco, Thamer Shaker from NESMA Holding Co, Mahmoud M. Alturkistani from The National Commercial Bank, Abdallah Al Slaim from BAE Systems, Eng Saalem S Baabdullah from Saudi Arabian Airlines, to name a few, orate on HR success in their organizations in the midst of trying times in the current market scenario. Presentations, panel discussions and case studies that will feature across all 2 days include – Innovating strategies: Kingdom‘s HR development, driving organizational effectiveness, developing the young Saudi nationals mindset for private sector culture, the shift from traditional to the contemporary: the required approach to engage today’s human resource, controlling attrition in the view of Saudization and transferring local talents from traditional to non-traditional jobs – Creating a “Career Basket” within a diversified group.
Sponsors of the summit: FranklinCovey Middle East, Protential Human Capital Development, MEGA Training and PA Consulting Groupwill showcase their solutions being implemented successfully across the globe and concluding the summit on Day 2 will betwo exclusive workshops on “ A sustainable nationalization strategy” and “Talent management ” which will be conducted by Carel Oberholzer, Director, Organization Design & HR Strategy, HR – Organization Development from MA‘ADEN and Satish Kini, Business Unit Manager from Business Ventures Division NESMA group respectively.
Not to be missed, these workshops will throw light on the importance for any company in the Kingdom to have its own Saudization strategy. These workshops shall endeavor to cover a framework for clear Saudization strategy which will enable local companies to work towards getting into the preferred zone in the Ministry of Labor‘s Nationalization Program (Netaqat). While strategy plays an important role, an implementation plan to roll out the process in line with company’s growth objectives is of vital importance.