Mark your calendar for 29th & 30th April to meet your industry colleagues at the Talent Management Conference, being held at the Westin Abu Dhabi Golf Resort & Spa. Work with your industry peers from Unilever MENA, Etihad, Department of Economic Development – Government of Dubai, Abu Dhabi Center of Excellence, KPMG, Schlumberger, Shell, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Voltas, Qatar Chemical Company, Alghanim Industries and many more at this high profile forum to unleash the full potential of your employees.

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6 Great Reasons To Attend This Key Event The Westin Abu Dhabi Golf
Resort & Spa, Abu Dhabi, UAE
1. Engage your employees by effectively managing their expectations
2. Create a culture of learning and excellence within your own organizations
3. Examine what successful organizations are doing to retain their top talent
4. Learn about best practices in the important area of non monetary reward strategies
5. Network with the key strategists taking talent strategies to the next level in the region
6. Discover the key drivers of performance and unleash the untapped potential of your entire talent pool
PLUS! Do not miss this exclusive opportunity to receive hands-on training
Career Planning and Talent Management
Certificate Program
OR Type Mapping Using TDI®, MTR-I™ and ITPQ
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2. Talent Management
Assessment l Development l Retention
About The Event
What is the difference between good companies and
good engagement strategies v/s great companies with
great engagement strategies? 94% companies are
reported to have placed the same or more emphasis on
talent retention strategies in 2011 in comparison to 2010.
Join HR experts and thought leaders at the Talent
Management Conference, being held on 29 April -
3 May 2012, and define strategies that will take your
organization from good to great, with a focus on best
practice strategies for employee development, engage-
ment and retention. This high level forum brings together
leading HR experts in the region to debate the key
strategies which will boost your organization by investing
in your human capital.
This high profile forum incorporates significant network-
ing and knowledge sharing opportunities through intense
interactions with key strategists leading the development
of human capital in the region.
Sponsorship Opportunities Who Will you meet
Demonstrate Your Expertise in Delivering C-Level Executives, Vice Presidents, Directors,
Strategic HR Solutions Deputy Directors, Managers and Team Leaders
Only at the Talent Management Conference will you be with responsibilities in:
able to network and discuss your products and
solutions to a highly qualified audience with extensive • Talent Management
buying power. By being a key sponsor at this high profile • Engagement & Retention
forum, you will: • Human Capital Strategy
• Strengthen your market position by demonstrating • Learning & Development
your commitment to providing effective tools and • Executive Coaching
strategies for talent assessment and development • Executive Assessment
• Increase your brand recognition and company profile • Succession Planning
through targeted association with market leaders in the • Talent Acquisition & Recruitment
national and international press • Organizational Development
• Demonstrate your leadership on talent development
and retention strategies in front of government officials
and senior HR professionals from semi-government
and corporate organisations
To explore how you can promote your company and
services at the forum, please contact:
Adham Sharkawy
Aim Events
Email: adham.sharkawy@aimevents.net
Direct: +971 2 5015 468
Mobile: +971 50 8500 740
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3. Join HR thought leaders and strategy experts:
Jassim Ray Gammell Yasir Ahmed Rabei
Ahmed Al Ali Al Naqbi A. Wazzeh
Director of Human Resources Chief People and Performance Officer Director
Office of Abu Dhabi Excellence Executive Director
Department of Economic Development Etihad
Program The Knowledge Group
- Government of Dubai
Khaled Reda Osama Nic Cutts Roy Childs
Abdelmola Al-Hussaini
Learning Program Manager – Iraq Recruiting & Training Manager – Director of Organizational Psychology Managing Director & Occupational
Shell Middle East & Asia The Knowledge Group Psychologist
Schlumberger Team Focus
Andrew Finch Samantha Kishan Dutta Robin Ulrich
Kemsley
Director of Organizational Associate Director – Vice President – Training & Development
Development & Operational Excellence Head of Nationalization Human Resources Superintendant
Alghanim Industries KPMG Voltas Qatar Chemical Company
Bruce Declan Ball Sanjiv Mehta Anurag Kumar
Runnfeldt
Co-Founder & President Human Capital Director – Middle East Chairman Vice President HR / CPO
InnerChange Inc. PricewaterhouseCoopers Unilever MENA Pepsico International MEA
Organized by
Abu Dhabi University Knowledge Group has been created Aim Events is the conference, training and exhibitions
to be the united face of a new and growing collection of division of the Abu Dhabi University. We are dedicated to
knowledge orientated institutes and entities. These creating and delivering high quality events which are
organizations are dedicated to offering wide-ranging training business critical to Abu Dhabi, the UAE and the Middle
and development solutions across the UAE and the region. East. Our mission is to produce knowledge based events
We look to provide a single point of call for all of the specific that contribute to the growth and development of human
training and development needs of businesses, government potential in the community. Our events make the link
institutions and individuals. Our vision is to be the leading between theoretical ideas and the real economy, present
provider of education and training solutions in all of its core a focused programme of international and local experts
areas, and to be known for our sustainable contribution to and are designed to add to the knowledge capital in the
the social and economic development of the region. region.
Venue
The Westin Abu Dhabi Golf Resort & Spa
The Talent Management Conference will be held at The Westin Abu Dhabi
Golf Resort & Spa, which is the hospitality heart of the Abu Dhabi Golf Club –
a 27 hole championship course, home to the PGA European Tour Abu Dhabi
HSBC Golf Championship. Meeting facilities at The Westin Abu Dhabi Golf
Resort & Spa are well above what groups have come to expect in terms of
style, service, amenities, technology and functionality offering guests a vast
assortment of meeting function and event spaces, each richly appointed with
natural materials and architectural integrity.
Phone: 00971 2 616 9999
www.westinabudhabigolfresort.com

4. Main Conference Day One - Sunday, 29th April 2012
08:00 Registration & Refreshments 12:15 Talent Sustainability Strategy:
Case Study from Pepsico MENA
09:05 Welcome Keynote Address
• Leveraging the power of insights
Ray Gammell, Chief People and Performance
Officer, Etihad • Delivering success by playing a strategic
business partnership role
09:25 KEYNOTE Presentation: Creating a powerful • Measuring and quantifying the success of
culture of excellence within organizations talent strategies
through business led HR strategies Anurag Kumar, Vice President – HR / CPO,
• Enhancing effectiveness of a multicultural Pepsico International MEA
workforce by correctly aligning human
resource strategies within the broader 12:50 PANEL DISCUSSION: Employee
organizational framework engagement through continuous and
• Promoting synergy between teams with the on-going employee education and
right attitude and behavior to rebuild development
organizational culture within diverse and • Integrating career paths with inbuilt
multicultural teams performance indicators
• Creating better facilities for employees by • Encouraging employees to study for
understanding key components involved self-development by incorporating required
executive development programs and man-
Dr. Jassim Ahmed Al Ali, Director of Human
agement development programs
Resources, Department of Economic
• Analyzing how to match the process with
Development, Government of Dubai
employee needs v/s employee expectations
09:55 Promoting talent development amongst Samantha Kemsley, Associate Director –
young achievers by facilitating strong Head of Nationalization, KPMG
graduate entry programs Robin Ulrich, Training & Development
• Creating a job ready workforce with the right Superintendant, Qatar Chemical Company
attitude and skills by identifying key areas of Osama Al-Hussaini, Recruiting & Training
corporate involvement in grooming young tal- Manager – Middle East & Asia, Schlumberger
ent within universities
• Bringing new recruits up to the mark with 13:30 Networking Lunch
specific targets over a performance cycle by 14:30 INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP A:
implementing effective on boarding strategies “Understanding & Implementing Internal
for the right duration Talent Mobility”
• Analyzing the key drivers of performance and
Most organizations are already challenged
motivation of your young performers
when it comes to acquiring talent and the
Khaled Reda Abdelmola, Learning Program challenge becomes even more acute if they
Manager – Iraq, Shell are not able to retain the talent that they
10:30 Morning Break already have. This workshop will illustrate
the need for more dynamic processes for in-
11:05 Is your organization ready for ternal talent movement, which will help your
psychometrics? organization:
• Ensuring we know ‘what good looks like’ • Implement a talent mobility strategy to
• Gaining credibility and buy in from enhance employee careers
stakeholders • Manage talent mobility with a focus on
• Cultural assessment issues and how to best increasing engagement and boosting
deal with them retention levels
• Proving return on investment • Save costs associated with recruiting as a
Nic Cutts, Director of Organizational result of attrition
Psychology, The Knowledge Group Workshop Leader
11:40 Why You Need Better Assessment Andrew Finch, Director – Organizational
• Better vision – much talent is undiscovered Development & Operational Excellence,
and unused Alghanim Industries
• Better communication – we need a language 16:00 Closing Remarks from the Chair
for describing talent and providing quality
feedback 16:10 Close of Day One
• Better deployment – we need to use the talent
available to us
Roy Childs, Managing Director &
Occupational Psychologist, Team Focus
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5. Main Conference Day Two – Monday, 30th April 2012
09:00 Welcome Back Message 14:15 INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP B:
Career coaching solutions: Equip your
09:10 Does your organization have what it takes
managers to have purposeful career
to attract and retain the best: Case Study
conversations that benefit the
from Unilever North Africa and Middle
organization as much as they benefit the
East
person being coached
• Developing a strong pipeline of leaders
• Investing in talent from a long term Career development is a top engagement
perspective driver, yet often one of the lowest scoring
• Creating a culture that attracts and retains items on most engagement surveys. In many
talent organizations it is the #1 reason people give for
leaving, especially in industries where
Sanjiv Mehta, Chairman, Unilever MENA
competition for talent is fierce. Most managers
10:00 Creating an effective succession planning understand this, yet struggle with career
framework coaching because of a number of
• Let’s agree on terminology: What is misconceptions around the needs of their team
succession planning? members.
• Understanding the key steps involved in Managers will gain:
succession planning • A new perspective on career development
• Learning the key steps involved in getting and the manager’s role in it
started • Steps for successfully preparing for and
Declan Ball, Human Capital Director - Middle participating in career coaching
East, PricewaterhouseCoopers conversations
• Strategies for supporting the career
10:45 Morning Break
development of employees who hold a wide
11:15 Compensation Benchmarking in the variety of aspirations, capabilities, and
Middle East attitudes
• Understanding competition Workshop Leader
• Effective strategies for job clustering and Rabei A. Wazzeh, Executive Director –
positioning Talent Management, The Knowledge Group
• Coming up with a market aligned Grading/
Salary structure 16:00 Closing Remarks From The Chair
Kishan Dutta, Vice President – Human 16:10 End Of Conference
Resources, Voltas
12:00 Reality vs rhetoric: Translating theory into
practice to develop and grow talent
12:45 PANEL DISCUSSION: Increasing employee
satisfaction through effective non
monetary rewards strategies
• Exploring best practices in non monetary
benefits through reward and recognition
systems
• Linking recognition systems to reward
policies by examining options for appropriate
awards
• Identifying solutions for rewarding and
engaging employees with a higher share of
variable pay
13:15 Networking Lunch
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6. Career Planning And Talent Management
Certificate Program
Build the business case for talent management in your organization
1 – 2 May 2012
Registration for this course is at 08:30 on the first day and the course starts at 09:00 prompt.
Lunch and refreshments are provided and the course finishes at 17:00 each day.
Course Description Who Should Attend?
Now more than ever, managing the talent you have is an This program is for professionals who want to understand
essential requirement of your business. Employees need the key responsibilities and challenges of aligning individual
to have the right skills to meet the strategic challenges of employee skills and talent with organizational needs, and
the organization and employee career-paths need to align who want to implement a fully-integrated career planning
with these objectives. This two-day certificate program will and talent management approach in their organization. In
explore processes essential to achieving an optimal match particular, this course would benefit professionals who are:
between individual and organizational needs; and promote • Training and development practitioners
individual growth and organizational renewal. • HR and HRD practitioners
• Consultants, coaches and career guidance professionals
Career planning and talent management are key functions
of learning and performance professionals. Participants will
learn how to ensure that employees have the right skills
Course Facilitator:
to meet the strategic challenges of the organization; align Bruce Runnfeldt, Co-Founder & President,
individual career planning and organization talent InnerChange Inc.
management processes to achieve an optimal match Bruce is the co-founder and President of InnerChange,
between individual and organizational needs; and promote Since 1987, he has provided creative solutions to talent
individual growth and organizational renewal. The content management needs including recruiting and selection, on-
of this program is based on the ASTD Competency Study boarding, performance management and career planning.
and helps in preparation for obtaining the CPLP credential.
Prior to 1987, he served as Corporate Director of Training
and Development for Hyatt Hotels Corporation, Corporate
Learning Objectives Manager of Training and Development for Helene Curtis
After this workshop, you will be able to: Industries, and worked as a Training Consultant for Abbott
Laboratories and Organizational Consultants Inc.
• Use a six-step ASTD model to identify areas for
improvement and create a fully-integrated career Bruce has also served as a member of the adjunct
graduate faculty in Management and Organizational
planning and talent management process that aligns
Behavior at Benedictine University and the Lake Forest
various functional areas
Graduate School of Management.
• Conduct job/competency analysis for roles in their
organization
• View employer branding, attracting, recruiting, selecting,
on-boarding, and performance management as critical
components in a fully-integrated talent management
approach
• Assess their organization’s career planning process and
use an ASTD model to improve it
The American Society for Training & Development (ASTD) is
• Develop a pipeline plan to ensure a steady stream of
the world’s largest association dedicated to workplace
talent to fill key vacancies and create a succession plan
learning and development professionals. ASTD’s members
for mission-critical positions
come from more than 100 countries and connect locally in
• Implement, evaluate, and sustain career planning and
more than 125 U.S. chapters and with more than 20
talent management efforts in their organization
international partners. Members work in thousands of
organizations of all sizes, in government, as independent
consultants, and suppliers.
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7. Type Mapping Using
TDI®, MTR-I™ and ITPQ
Learn how to unleash the power of Type Mapping
1 – 3 May 2012
Registration for this course is at 08:30 on the first day and the course starts at 09:00 prompt.
Lunch and refreshments are provided and the course finishes at 17:00 each day.
Course Description Who Should Attend?
Type Mapping recognizes that we do not exist in isolation • Career and guidance professionals
– we live and breathe in a system or network of interac- • Coaches
tions. It has extended Jung’s ideas to map four important • Mentors
domains – personal preferences, contextual challenge, • Consultants
current behavior and personal aspirations. Type Mapping • Facilitators
provides a way to chart the important elements that con- • Psychologists in training
tribute to personal performance, and team and organiza-
tional performance, using a powerful and integrated model.
It effectively becomes a process in which each intervention
builds on what went before, thus maximizing and extending Course Facilitator:
learning over time. Roy Childs, Managing Director & Occupational
Psychologist, Team Focus
This course does much more than teach you to use a sin-
Roy Childs is a Chartered Occupational Psychologist and
gle questionnaire; it helps to bring the whole approach alive
Managing Director of a leading British psychometric test
and will assist you in applying Psychological Type to the
publisher. Roy places an emphasis on relationships in
broader issues of motivation and self-development, as well
business and has over 20 years experience applying talent
as its implications for work and team issues – the basis of management, executive coaching, and psychology based
‘Type Mapping’. You will learn approaches and techniques business solutions to an international audience.
which link theory to practice and use different ‘lenses’ Having designed several leading psychometric
such as Learning Styles, Life Functions, Team Roles and assessments (including the Type Dynamics Indicator ®),
Temperament. You will also obtain access to online and Roy is a well respected figure in the professional world of
paper based Type assessments and a suite of easy-to-use psychometrics and is a regular speaker at conferences and
computer generated reports. events, as well as a very experienced senior level assess-
ment specialist.
Learning Objectives
By attending this training course, you will:
• Learn how different instruments add depth and richness
by their different approaches
• Link Type to Learning Styles, Life Functions and
Temperament
Founded in 1989 and specializing in business psychology,
• Learn to use MTR-i™ - a rich Team Role model to
Team Focus combined applying psychology to business in
enhance team performance and analyze the gap
its assessment and development work with becoming one of
between individual behavior and team needs
the leading trainers in psychometric testing. Closely involved
• Take away unique and useful notes, guides and manuals
in the development of the standards for training advocated
• Get free materials and questionnaires for your immediate
by the British Psychological Society (BPS), Team Focus
use
quickly built a reputation for independence and rigor. Today
they offer one of the widest range of training programs in the
major personality questionnaires and are now recognized
test publishers offering their own series of tests and ques-
tionnaires branded under Profiling for Success.
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8. Talent Management
29 April - 3 May 2012 • The Westin Abu Dhabi Golf Resort & Spa, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Event Titles Dates Early Bird Discount Final Price
(book and pay before 25 March 2012)
Talent Management
29 – 30 April 2012 US $800 US $950
Main Conference (Save US $150)
Career Planning and
Talent Management 1 – 2 May 2012 US $1,450 US $1,700
Certificate Program (Save US $250)
Type Mapping Using
1 – 3 May 2012 US $1,900 US $2,200
TDI®, MTR-I™ and ITPQ (Save US $300)
Talent Management Main Conference
PLUS Career Planning and Talent 29 April – 2 May US $2,200 US $2,500
Management Certificate Program 2012 (Save US $450) (Save US $150)
Talent Management Main Conference
PLUS Type Mapping Using
29 April – 3 May US $2,650 US $3,000
TDI®, MTR-I™ and ITPQ
2012 (Save US $500) (Save US $150)
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