RIYADH – The two-day Fleming Gulf's inaugural Kingdom Human Asset Management Summit was officially opened on Tuesday at the Novotel Riyadh Al Anoud. 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. The 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 summit hosts 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 Group will showcase their solutions being implemented successfully across the globe and concluding the summit on Day 2 will be two 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. – SG
