HR Summit and Expo 2015

BUSINESS UNUSUAL.
DISRUPTING HR
AND LEADING INNOVATION
www.hrsummitexpo.com
#hrSe15
15 – 19 November 2015
Sheikh Maktoum Hall
Dubai International Exhibition and Convention Centre
3 GuruS. 15 keynoTeS. 80+ educaTional SeSSionS. 1 GreaT eXperience.ram
charan
James
kouzes
Fons
Trompenaars

BUSINESS UNUSUAL.
DISRUPTING HR
AND LEADING INNOVATION
The new world of work is evolving at an unprecedented pace with changes in technology,
multi-generational workforces and global competition for talent. For the first time HR has
the opportunity to lead this wave of change.
Developing leadership, engaging staff and managing talent are now business priorities
that you hold the key to. As an HR leader, your strategic imperative is to meet the
intense pressures of today’s business environment and play a leading role at the highest
levels of business strategy.
HR needs to raise its game by re-investing itself. This means a radically new way of
organising HR by revisiting the required capabilities of the HR function, building HR
influences and modernising relationships with internal business partners.
For 2015 we have engineered the HR Summit and Expo to be the centre of the new
HR transformation in the region. With heavyweight gurus, handpicked sessions,
international experts and leading thought leaders, this is your best chance this year to
kick-start your HR innovation.
Are you ready?
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Monday
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The Address Hotel Dubai
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Sheikh Maktoum Hall | Dubai World Trade Centre
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Pre-Summit
Masterclasses
HR Summit and Expo
Post-Summit
Masterclasses
Guru Morning
Ram Charan
Guru Morning
Fons Trompenaars
Guru Morning
Jim Kouzes
15+ Exclusive Keynote Sessions • 60+ Concurrent
Sessions • Networking Activities • The HR Expo
HR Excellence
Awards and Gala
Dinner
The Address Hotel
Downtown Dubai
NOTJUSTANOTHERCONFERENCEYour experience at the show this year goes beyond learning.
hr aWardS Gala
You are invited to join HR’s
most lavish night in the region
at the HR Excellence Awards
Gala. Come to celebrate the
best talent in HR.
evenT app
Start networking and interacting
with other delegates before the
show even begins. Look for our
app in the app stores and start
engaging.
neTWorkinG
SeSSionS
Take part in facilitated and fun
networking activities on the
floor and meet industry peers.
Book SiGninG
With over 10 book signing
sessions scheduled at the show,
you now have the opportunity
to have a book signed by your
favourite author.
pre-arranGed
MeeTinGS
Book meetings with any of our
exhibitors in advance to better
organise and plan your visit so
that they can give you their full
attention.
producT launcheS
and deMoS
Watch out for exclusive new
HR solutions announced at the
show and try some of the most
innovative solutions in HR on
the exhibition floor.
THE Show at a glance
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raM
charan
Talent is no longer an HR issue. It is now at the epicentre
of business focus. CEOs and business leaders now realise
that in a global and increasingly competitive market, top
talent is the leading indicator of whether a business is going
up and down. Smart leaders put people before numbers
and prioritise nurturing talent as a business imperative. it is
time for HR to see talent from a different perspective;
one that involves the business.
Ram Charan is a highly sought after business advisor
famous among senior executives for his uncanny ability
to solve their toughest business problems. For more than
thirty-five years, Dr Charan has worked behind the scenes
with top executives at some of the world’s most successful
companies, including GE, Verizon, Novartis, Dupont,
Honeywell, KLM and Bank of America. Over the past
decade, Ram Charan has captured his business insights
in numerous books and articles. In the past five years,
Dr Charan’s books have sold more than 2 million copies
including his best-seller The Talent Masters.
THE ROAD TO
TALENT MASTERY
IN THE NEW ECONOMY
Guru Morning | Monday 16 November 2015

ANEWWAVEOFCULTURE,
ENGAGEMENT AND
INNOVATION
In today’s markets and business realities, the famous
saying “culture eats strategy for breakfast” has never
been more relevant. Business and HR executives
now appreciate that highly engaged organisations
attract the best talent, have the lowest turnover rates,
and are strategically more innovative and profitable.
Driving engagement calls for the right corporate
culture and HR has the key.
Fons Trompenaars is known all over the world for
his work as consultant and author of many books on
the subject of culture, innovation and change. He has
spent over 25 years helping Fortune 500 leaders and
professionals manage and solve their business and
cultural dilemmas to increase global effectiveness and
performance, particularly in the areas of globalisation,
HR and leadership development. Fons wrote Riding
the Waves of Culture, Understanding Cultural Diversity
in Business. This book sold over 120,000 copies and
was translated into over 10 languages. Recently he
published “Riding the Whirlwind”, a dynamic new take
on innovation.
FonS
TroMpenaarS
Guru Morning | Tuesday 17 November 2015

In the rapidly evolving world of work, organisations must
continuously develop a robust pipeline of leaders who
are ready to engage employees, push forward growth
strategies and drive innovation. Companies that fail to
invest continuously in the leaders of tomorrow may find
themselves falling behind their competitors. hr is now at
the helm of the leadership building wave.
The Leadership Challenge framework grew out of rigorous
research that first began in 1982 when Jim Kouzes and Barry
Posner set out to understand those times when leaders
performed at their personal best. Now known worldwide as
the most practical model of leadership development, The
Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership® continues to prove
its effectiveness in cultivating and liberating the leadership
potential in anyone—at any level, in any organisation—who
chooses to accept the challenge to lead. Learn how you
can implement these practices in your organisation and
overcome your own leadership challenge.
THELEADERSHIPCHALLENGE:
HR SHAPING
EXEMPLARY LEADERS
Guru Morning | Wednesday 18 November 2015
JaMeS
kouZeS

Monday 16 November 2015 – 14.30 | Keynote Theatre
The Future of hr in a Fast changing World
The CIPD (Chartered Institute of Personnel Development) is the voice of a
worldwide community of more than 135,000 members committed to championing
better work and working lives. Peter will unveil the key trends in the changing
nature of both work and the workforce in a global and regional context. He will
share the challenges and opportunities this presents for the HR profession. This is
your glimpse into the new thinking and innovation in people management as seen
by one the world’s most influential HR thinkers.
Peter Cheese, Chief Executive Officer, CIPD, UK
Flexible Working and Workforce Productivity: Delivering on
the promise
In many sectors, despite considerable investment in technology and skills as routes
to high performance, labour productivity remains low. Flexible working practices
have long been thought to have the potential to support productivity growth but
have, perhaps, been too employee-centric. This session looks at how the needs of
business, customers and employees can be balanced by the adoption of flexible
labour utilisation patterns which can make a sustained contribution to increased
productivity.
Stephen Bevan, Director - Centre for Workforce Effectiveness, The Work
Foundation, uk
Wednesday 18 November 2015 – 16.15 | Keynote Theatre
Inclusion 2030: How Global Disruptors Redefine Work, the
Worker and the Workplace
The work, workers, and workplace of the future will continue to undergo dramatic
transformation. Research suggests that by 2030 workers will be older and younger
at the same time, more educated and less skilled, hyper-connected through new
technologies, and working from locations around the world. Shirley details the
megatrends and business implications that will shape the workforce of the future.
She will provide practical strategies that HR professionals and business leaders
should start employing today if they are serious about achieving sustainability, a
competitive advantage, and greater inclusion by 2030.
Shirley Davis, President and CEO, SDS Global Enterprises, USA
Exclusive Keynote Sessions | 16 – 18 November 2015
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The Future of Work
In addition to guru mornings, we bring you 15 keynote sessions presented by international HR
directors, heavyweight thinkers and disrupting innovators – exclusive to HR Summit delegates.

Rocking the Boat: How HR Helped Penguin Transform its
Business Model
As one of the world’s most established publishing groups went through a wave
of disruption caused by a fundamental change in the way technology enabled
content consumption, HR had a critical role to play. In this keynote session Neil will
discuss how their new business direction mandated HR to reinvent and change the
way it viewed skills, organisational structures and talent in the business. Neil will
share where HR started with its transformation, their success stories and lessons
learnt to date.
Neil Morrison, Group HR Director, Penguin Random House, UK
Tuesday 17 November 2015 – 15.15 | Keynote Theatre
Global HR Transformation: How Moody’s Corporation
reinvented its hr organisation
Moody’s is a leading Fortune 500 company at the forefront of credit opinion,
ratings and research. The HR department embarked on an ambitious
transformation changing its global HR organisation structure, how it executed key
processes, how it built a trusted advisor model to the business, and implemented
new HR systems. The session demonstrates the importance of building a business
case and having an active, engaged stakeholder group of business leaders to
ensure there is full support during the time of transformation.
Milan Makwana, Managing Director - EMEA HR, Moody’s Corporation, UK
Talent and Diversity Unlocking Innovation and Driving
Market Growth
For today’s leaders innovation is the Holy Grail. Nothing impacts the bottom
line more powerfully than a product that levers open a whole new market. But
what—or who—drives innovation? Talent management professionals have long
suspected that diversity plays a pivotal role. Yet what they haven’t been able to get
from any of the business gurus is hard data showing how diversity kicks in. Brand
new research from the Center for Talent Innovation shows precisely how diversity
unlocks innovation and drives growth. Findings quantify, the “diversity dividend”
that inclusive leadership reaps from a diverse workforce: greater market share and
a competitive edge in accessing new markets.
ripa rashid, Svp, center for Talent innovation, uSa
HR Transformation
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Becoming an Engaging Leader: How 400,000 Employees View
Their 40,000 Leaders
The case is well made, we all need to engage our people to enhance the bottom
line. In engaging people the leader is a decisive factor; if the leader is engaging then
there’s a better chance of engaging people, but if not, then it really matters little
what you do, you’ll never reach the gold standard of high employee engagement.
Profiles International surveyed 40,000 leaders through the eyes of their 400,000
employees and identified the behaviours that make a leader engaging – behaviours
that any leader can learn to embody. Deiric will outline the key behaviours of the
engaging leader – and offer some advice on how to become one.
Deiric McCann, Executive Vice President, Profiles International
Happiness at Work: Creating an Engaged Connected
Workplace
Happy employees create happy customers. Happy employees are more productive,
collaborative and creative than their disengaged co-workers. Scott reveals the
great need for transformation in today’s fast-paced, stress-inducing workplace.
You will learn how you can create a culture of innovation and celebration at work
and how to develop engaged, passionate employees through gratitude, play, and
surprise. You will learn how to create fun, innovative rituals which foster a more
open and engaging workplace, and how to make the “celebration mindset” become
a permanent way of thinking at your workplace.
Scott Friedman, Author of “Celebrate: Lessons Learned from the World’s
Most admired organisations”, Singapore
Lethal Leadership: The Myths of Modern Management
For the past 100 years we have developed management principles that have
increased our efficiency and lead to enormous growth. But these principles
have been shown to have a scary lopsidedness. Today we can lead and engage
employees so much so that they put aside morality and their own health to
reach goals and deadlines – and while ever more people die of stress each year
our creativity, innovation, and human balance plummet. The question is no
longer if we will fall over the edge. The question is when it happens and what
we can do to avoid it. We still have to be efficient and create results. But we also
have to change focus from short-term solutions to sustainable management
that ensures long-term productivity.
Christian Ørsted, Author of “Lethal Leadership”, Denmark
LeadershipandEngagement
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 eMployee enGaGeMenT (neW)
A Toolkit Approach to Employee Communication and
engagement
As John Powell said: “communication works for those that work at
it.” As HR professionals, you probably spend 85%+ of your time
communicating – with new recruits, employees, and their
managers. Likely, you will find that certain things are easier to
communicate than others; talking about public holidays is easier
than speaking about new parking restrictions or changes in
policies and procedures. This ‘regulation and compliance’ aspect of internal
communication is often neglected, but is the foundation of any effective employee
engagement initiative. Learn how to use toolkits to bridge this communication gap
and support effective orientation, engagement and change management.
Brenda O’Neill, Managing Director Right Consultancy
Engaging the Middle East Workforce: Insights and
opportunities
Gallup research has found that companies with highly engaged
employees outperform their peers by 147% in earnings per share
and they have 37% less absenteeism – however - only 13% of
employees worldwide are engaged at work. This session will
reveal global and regional trends from Gallup’s employee
engagement research, and best practices from leading Middle
East and global organisations to help participants understand the factors that
influence employee engagement, how to create a best practice organisation-wide
engagement strategy, and the potential barriers to achieving an engaged workplace
culture.
vipula Gandhi, Managing Consultant, Gallup Singapore
Truth Beyond the Hype: What Truly Engages Your
Workforce and What to Do About It
This practical session goes beyond the jargon of employee
engagement, to provide real-life practical insights, research and
local case studies on how you can truly motivate and retain your
employees, both nationals and expatriates. Further, though many
organisations have an employee survey, many struggle with
identifying meaningful actions year-on-year and in making
engagement a business priority. Attend this session for an understanding the
distinct triggers for engaging national talent, especially youth and women. Plan for a
move beyond the traditional and popular approaches, where the responsibility for
engaging employees rests solely on the employer, using powerful talent analytics to
predict and manage attrition risk.
david Jones, Managing Director, The Talent enterprise
 learninG and developMenT
Using Neuroscience to Ensure Leaders Thrive and Survive
in a volatile World
When the world is round, don’t pretend it’s flat. Based on over a
decade of Ashridge research, hundreds of senior leaders were
asked two fundamental questions. First questions was “picture
yourself 10 years ago, what do you know now that you wish you’d
known then?” and the second was “what have been the most
critical incidents during your career that have truly shaped and
developed you as a leader?”. In this session Vicki will share with you the results of
this research and the ‘fight or flight’ element that explores participants’
physiological response to critical leadership incidents. Join Vicki and find out how
you can also shape your leaders for success in a volatile world.
Vicki Culpin, Dean of Faculty and Director of Research,
Ashridge Business School
Learning for the Future: Practical Strategies to Boost
Organisational Creativity and Innovation
Innovation involves doing something differently rather than the
same thing better. This session will describe how to conduct a
valid organisational ‘screen’ to identify enablers and catalysts of
innovation. It will then equip delegates with practical knowledge
and strategies to develop learning interventions that target the
factors that precede, constrain or catalyse creative performance
in organisations, the essential ‘raw’ ingredient to innovation. This project was
completed by the author as part of doctoral studies in organisational creativity and
innovation and will include organisational case studies, results and best practice
learnings.
Natalie Francis, Psychologist and Founder, WeSee innovation
 TechnoloGy and analyTicS
An Evolution of HR Analytics: A Middle East Perspective
This presentation will showcase the findings from the recent
CIPD HR Analytics research undertaken in the region. The
research was a combination of 10 organisational case studies
and an online questionnaire. The session will provide you with
insights into the extent to which HR analytics is being
embedded in organisations across the Middle East and what
the barriers and enablers to HR Analytics success are. Matt will
also share CIPD’s recommendations for the future of this important HR discipline
and the metrics currently being measured by organisations across the region to
help you with your analytics journey.
Matthew Mee, Managing Director - Middle East, cipd
 recruiTMenT and acquiSiTion
10 Killer Interview Questions to Differentiate Top Talent
from the pool
Behavioural interviewing technique (e.g. describing a situation,
one’s action and subsequent outcome) is a popular
competency-based model used by many companies over
decades. Pejman will discuss the limitations of this technique in
the face of 21st century workplace complexities and
over-saturation of highly competent applicants, especially the
millennials. You will then learn about a fast-paced hybrid model
of competency-personality assessment to be used for any interviewing situations.
Finally, a sample of 10 questions that were used in over 200 job interviews will be
presented as a take away for participants to be used at their organisations.
pejman azarmina, Founder, Thinkocrats
Transform Recruitment with Developing Employee
Advocates
Employee advocacy can transform your recruiting efforts. By
empowering your employees to share their stories – and yours
- and connect with talent, you can reach and influence
candidates far beyond traditional recruitment and marketing
efforts. How do you start? What stories do you share? What are
the key steps to doing this? This session provides practical
steps to building an advocacy programme for organisations of
all sizes. You will leave with key insights into the power of employee advocacy and
practical steps to implementing.
Henry Davies, Communications Consultant, 106
Communications
Learning Tracks and Sample Sessions
To truly give you a personal learning experience this year, you will have access to over 60 concurrent
sessions across 8 tracks and 3 platforms covering everything under HR.
60+ Concurrent Sessions | 16 – 18 November 2015

 coMpenSaTion and BeneFiTS
Using Analytics to Gain Buy-In from Your CFO for Your
Compensation Projects
Finance and C&B are often perceived as “frenemies”. In this
session, you will discover why both departments are much closer
in reality and share common goals. You will then explore some
tactics on how to get buy-in from the CFO, and see how to use
analytics in order to build the credibility of your proposals.
Besides a conceptual framework, the session will include a
number of real-life examples and a quick case study based on the presenter’s
extensive experience, so that you can leave with practical tools to use in your own
conversations.
Sandrine Bardot, Total Rewards Trainer, The Bardot Group
Market Pay Benchmarking and Designing Total
Remuneration Policies
This interactive seminar will cover the four main ingredients for
pay benchmarking, pay strategy and pay philosophy. You will be
able to define grade structures using the three approaches of
“single”, “double” and “hybrid” and how to use market pay surveys
and definitions of remuneration levels in your policies. You will
have a practical exercise on building a spreadsheet to analyse
“total remuneration” and the calculation formulae for determining minimum-
midpoint-maximum of pay-scales. You will get hands-on experience on using
ranges within ranges, different options for managing “pay premium” for specialist
roles and the opportunity to ask Robert any compensation questions you may
have.
Robert Mosley, CEO, Lemon Pip Consulting and Former SVP
Human Resources, emirates
 proFeSSional developMenT
Communicating and Leading Across Cultures
The world has been fast-flattening for decades now and the rules
of the game are becoming even yet challenging for the global
leader. Global leadership knowhow now is not just a trend but a
necessary set of tools and techniques that a leader needs to use
to work on his beliefs and also make an impact on their
organisations. Beliefs and behaviours, as we all know, have a
direct correlation with business results. In this research influenced interaction,
discover and employ rules of thumb that will help you unlock performances from
people from across the world.
Raju Mandhyan, Chief Facilitator, inner Sun consultants,
Philippines
The Case for a Chief Capacity Officer: View from the
outside in
CEOs have been waiting for HR to become a stronger and more
capable partner.
According to Deloitte 2015 Global HR Trends, 40% of CHRO hires
now come from outside of HR and Business leaders rate HR 20%
lower than HR rates itself, when it comes to how effective HR is.
HR needs to focus on managing the capacity - the lifeblood - of a
growing organisation. Rita will share a framework to think differently about not just
the HR function, but also about what it will take to lead HR activities in the future.
You will learn that by becoming more business centric, the function focuses on
the business opportunity first and then seeks to apply functional expertise to the
problem at large.
rita Trehan, Chief Capacity Officer, rita Trehan llc, USA
 TalenT ManaGeMenT
Maximising your Talent in Global Multinational
organisations
We often here that our people are our best asset, yet many
organisations fail to identify, develop, progress, retain and attract
their talent. This session will outline how you can manage talent
through times of economic downturn and be better positioned
for when the market improves. You will learn how talent
management adds value to any business and why it cannot only
be undertaken in the ‘good times’. You will explore the important linkage of talent
management to recruitment, learning and development, and performance
management.
Stuart Jenner, Executive GM – People Capabilities, Emeco
Group, australia
Effective Talent Management Strategies To Facilitate
organisational change
In 2010, Cafcass was declared ‘not fit for purpose’ by the Public
Accounts Committee; high sickness rates, low compliance from
staff and ineffective use of technology was crippling the
organisation. Four years later, following its first national
inspection by Ofsted, Cafcass has been assessed as ‘Good’ with
‘Outstanding’ national leadership. Discover how the
transformation took place by creating an innovative, engaged organisation that
strives for continuous improvement and by adapting organisational culture to
build trust, self-regulation and increase productivity. Talent was critical in ensuring
that the organisation has the ongoing capability and capacity to adapt to changing
future contexts.
Jabbar Sardar, Director of HR & OD, Cafcass UK
 BuSineSS and leaderShip (neW)
From Aspiration to Achievement: How Strengths
Accelerate Performance
The session introduces a powerful new approach that supports
line managers to achieve high employee and team performance
in today’s hypercompetitive and uncertain environment. The
session is based on the latest theory, research, and practice from
the fast-growing field of positive psychology. You will develop a
clear roadmap for applying the strengths-based approach to
accelerate employees’ energy, performance and confidence. You will discover
refreshingly new ways of understanding and addressing performance blockers,
risks and weaker areas in a way that is both empowering and effective. Lastly, you
will find out how culturally a positive psychology approach enables feedback that
leads to high performance.
Michael Moran, Founder and CEO, 10Eighty
How to Manage a Multigenerational Workforce in the
Gcc
GCC business leaders will find themselves managing three
generations: Baby Boomers, Generation X, and Generation Y. As
each generation cohort has different leadership style then
others, the leader has to equip himself/herself with tools that
assist in managing the multigenerational employees in a
motivated manner. During this session, the presenter will provide
up-to-date leadership styles that would be used to manage each generation of
employees by concentrating on their values and characteristics in the workplace.
Raed Almubarak, Chief of Training, Electricity and Water
Authority, Bahrain
Learning Tracks and Sample Sessions
To truly give you a personal learning experience this year, you will have access to over 60 concurrent
sessions across 8 tracks and 3 platforms covering everything under HR.
60+ Concurrent Sessions | 16 – 18 November 2015

choose Between 5 Sessions
Masterclasses are held at the address hotel dubai Mall.
They start at 8am with registration and end at 2.30pm with lunch.
MASTERCLASSES
Employee Engagement: From Organisational Goal to Cultural Success
Engaged employees and positive team spirit is often the key to a successful organisation. This
masterclass will help participants explore a broad range of employee relations and engagement
concepts to obtain an applied overview of practices that connect and align employees’ with their
organisation. The session will provide insight into the key drivers of engagement and implementing
them for organisational success. Delegates will also receive a SHRM certificate of completion.
Senior Facilitator from ShrM to be Announced Soon
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Certificate FromStrategic HR: Transforming You from an HR Leader to an Organisational
leader
One of the common suggestions given today’s HR practitioners is that they need to be more
strategic. This masterclass will provide insights for HR professionals into leading the development
and execution of HR strategy in their organisations. The session will include mini case studies and
group activities to help the participants understand how HR as organisational leaders can present
strategic solutions to the business. Delegates will also receive a SHRM certificate of completion.
Brad Boyson, Executive Director, ShrM Mea
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Certificate FromA Customer-Centric Approach to HR: Putting Your Employee at the
Heart of Strategy
Organisations have to master customer centricity but also deal with an ever changing workforce.
But how do you make the best fit between business goals and individual employee goals? At the
heart of every challenge you face lies your employee; the one size fits all model is outdated and
more and more ineffective. Get hands-on experience on how to engage your employee to drive
results. You will explore relevant case studies, methods and perspectives of how companies and
other industries used human centric design and gamification to successfully engage and motivate
their employees to drive business results. Leave with the ability analyse goals and assumptions,
master engagement, design interactive processes using game mechanics and techniques.
Guido helmerhorst, Innovation Technology & Learning, klM
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Certificate FromThe 4 Disciplines of Execution – From Strategy to Engagement
The 4 Disciplines of Execution is a proven set of practices that help leaders achieve their most
important strategic objectives by translating them into measurable, achievable and trackable
frontline behaviours. The implementation process helps you channel your strategic intent
into focused finished lines that provide everyone in your organisation with strategic alignment
and clarity. These principles enable leaders to close their most important strategic gap whilst
maintaining and delivering results in their daily operations. You will have a clear understanding of
why execution breaks down in many organisations and how you can not only raise performance
to a new level but also sustain it.
Sherif Selim, Senior Consulting Partner, FranklinCovey Middle East
B
Certificate FromBuilding a High Performance Culture to Drive Innovation in the Global
Workplace
In order for leaders in business to be successful, they need to develop global operating skills,
including the ability to manage diverse employees, an understanding of international markets,
and a facility for cultural differences. This masterclass will provide you with the insights and
knowledge to understand the importance of culture in all its dimensions in the international
business context. You will be able to appreciate the ‘best practice’ leadership skills needed to
maximise the potential of relationships with colleagues from different national and generational
cultures. You will put together the ingredients needed to build a high performance culture to
drive innovation and a strategy of success.
Tim Savage, Chief Anthropologist, TSolutions
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Pre Summit Masterclasses | Sunday 15 November 2015

choose Between 5 Sessions
Masterclasses are held at the address hotel dubai Mall.
They start at 8am with registration and end at 2.30pm with lunch.
MASTERCLASSES
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Managing and Leading Change: Developing Sustainable Change Leaders
Change is an inevitable part of an organisational sustainability and a successful change
management strategy is critical. This masterclass will help define personal and organisational
agility with respect to organisational success. The session will provide guidance into practical
actions to help the participants drive change and develop change leaders within the organisation.
Delegates will also receive a SHRM certificate of completion.
Senior Facilitator from SHRM to be Announced Soon
Certificate From
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Understanding HR Metrics: Connecting HR Goals to Organisational
Strategy
In today’s world, linking people data, metrics and analytics with business scenarios is a globally
followed trend. This masterclass will help participants understand how HR metrics can help
organisation reach their business strategy goals. The session will provide guidance to HR
professionals on effective use of analytics to support organisation’s goals and provide decision-
makers with greater insight into workforce related considerations. Delegates will also receive a
SHRM certificate of completion.
Bill robinson, Training Manager, ShrM Mea
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Building HR Credibility and Influence within Business Functions
Leading and facilitating organisation development with your management team demonstrates
that you are a true business partner. In this masterclass you will learn practical tools that will help
you win influence and support from your business leaders. Putting yourself in the driving seat
in building credibility with a new CEO or senior leader, you will be able to facilitate discussions
which will make a material difference on the success of your HR initiatives. You will learn how to
build trust amongst an existing management group that is essential in every successful team.
These tools will help you stand out in your organisation and arm you to be not only a leader,
but a teacher for others in your team who could also use these two tools to drive successful
organisational change.
Milan Makwana, Managing Director - Human Resources, Moody’s Corporation
Certificate From
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A Roadmap to Greatness: How to Become A Great Place to Work
Every organisation, big or small, can be a great place to work. Great workplaces are built through
the day-to-day relationships that employees experience — not a checklist of programmes and
benefits. 30 years of research, in over 40 countries around the world, has shown time and again
that investing in a high-trust workplace culture yields distinct, tangible business benefits. In this
masterclass, Ron shares a roadmap of where you can start your journey to greatness. Ron will
share the nine practice areas where leaders and managers create an environment of trust. You
will leave with a tool to identify, transform and maintain great workplace environments in your
organisation.
ron Thomas, CEO, Great Place to Work Gulf
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The Talent Evolution Grid: Developing a Talent Strategy for the
Networked Age
In order for organisations to achieve their ambitions, it is important that they are excellent at
attracting talent when there are talent shortages; retaining talent in an era of organisational
unpredictability and managing and engaging talent through conveying meaning and contribution
at work. Using a new talent management tool, this Masterclass is about developing a talent
strategy in the 21st century. You will be able to plot your own position on a ‘talent evolution
grid’ and decide how best to develop your strategy. The grid will help you define talent in your
organisation, assess the level of readiness for talent management and measure the success of
your TM initiatives.
paul Turner, Professor of Management Practice, Leeds Business School
Certificate From
Post Summit Masterclasses | Thursday 19 November 2015

excellence
awards ‘15
Tuesday 17 November 2015 | 19.30pm
The Symphony Ballroom
The Address Hotel Downtown Dubai
AWARD CATEGORIES
Innovation in Employee Engagement
An award to recognise the importance of employee engagement
in today’s businesses. The Awarded initiative is one where
engagement levels are improved as a result of an HR initiative.
Innovation in Recruitment and Employer
Branding
The awarded organisation will have demonstrated excellence
and innovation in the area of recruitment, employer branding
and candidate selection.
innovation in learning and development
The award recognises a successful L&D programme highlighting
organisational benefits by directly linking the learning needs of
people to the business needs of the organisation.
Innovation in Executive and Leadership
development
Rewarding the implementation and planning of a coaching,
training and executive development strategy to promote and
develop leaders.
Innovation in HR Tech and Analytics Utilisation
With technology becoming an integral part of HR, this award
recognises the successful utilisation of HR technology and
analytics in solving broader business challenges.
hr professional of the year
A senior HR executive who has demonstrated outstanding
performance in developing effective HR strategies
and practices which have significantly benefited their
organisation throughout the last 12 months.
hr Team of the year
An award to recognise the collective effort of HR
teams within the business. The team should be able to
demonstrate their impact on the HR function as well as the
business overall.
HR’s Rising Star
An emerging talent in the field of HR who shows high
potential for future achievement in the profession.
Nominees should be less than 30 years of age and should
have a minimum of 3 but no more than 8 years of HR
experience.
Employer of the Year
An organisation that can demonstrate superior people
development strategies resulting in a productive, engaged
and motivated workforce becoming an employer of choice.
nationalisation initiative of the year
Successful execution of a Nationalisation strategy in the
past year. This initiative should have demonstrable results
in increasing and retaining the number of Nationals in an
organisation.
Visit www.hrsummitexpo.com/awards to download your entry pack. Deadline for accepting entries is 20 August 2015.
For award enquiries, email
hrawards@informa.com
2015 award Sponsors
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GLOBAL HR SEARCH & RECRUITMENT

THE REGION’S LARGEST
SHOWCASE OF THE WORLD’S LATEST
INNOVATIONs IN HR SOLUTIONS
AN EXHIBITION LIKE NO OTHER
For over a decade, the show has been the key hub for the HR community in the Middle East with
growing numbers attending year on year. Last year at the Dubai International Exhibition Centre, the
show attracted more than 3,000 HR professionals who came to hear about the latest thinking in
their field and remain updated with the newest innovations in HR solutions.
HEADLINE SPONSORS
A milestone in the history of health care
within the UAE, National Health
Insurance Company – Daman launched
operations in May 2006 in Abu Dhabi;
becoming the UAE’s first specialized
health insurance company. As a health insurance
specialist, Daman offers a wide range of health insurance
plans with exclusive benefits and services including the
unique Health Support services which looks after members
with chronic and special health conditions. Through the
largest local network of health medical service providers in
the UAE and large global network, Daman offers its clients
access to the best available healthcare.
A global “Assessment Company”
headquartered in USA and
M.E.N.A. regional office based in
Dubai, Profiles International is one of the world’s leading
providers of Talent Management Solutions. Existing in over
122 countries, our assessments provide organizations with
a competitive advantage by helping them uncover
employees’ “Talents”; thus assisting organizations in Talent
Acquisition, Employee Engagement, Succession Planning,
Career Development, Training Needs Analysis and
Leadership Development.
We’re the CIPD — the professional
body for HR and people development.
We are the voice of a worldwide
community of more than 135,000 members committed to
championing better work and working lives. We’ve been
setting the benchmark for excellence in people and
organisation development for more than 100 years.
Through our expertise and research, we provide a valuable
point of view on the rapidly changing world of work. And
for our members we’re the career partner of choice,
setting professional standards and providing the expertise
to drive the HR and L&D professions forward.
Wiley has been a valued source
of knowledge for more than
200 years. Our leadership
evelopment program The Leadership Challenge and
assessment tool the LPI are used globally to create
exemplary leaders. Underpinned by 30 years of research,
we believe the leadership is a measurable, learnable and
teachable set of behaviors.
CivilSoft is an enterprise software
provider specialized in Strategic
Human Capital Management
solutions. Founded in Dubai in 1994,
the company soon gained huge momentum for its
transformative solutions among some of the largest
organizations in the region. On its mission to help
executives maximize the value of their business, CivilSoft
has put in an astounding amount of work and know-how
to develop a comprehensive HCM suite, one that tackles
the four pillars of organizational behavior excellence:
strategy execution, governance management, leadership
development, and knowledge management.
STRATEGIC PARTNER
GulfTalent is the leading online
recruitment portal in the Middle
East, covering all sectors and job
categories. It is used by over 5 million professionals to find
career opportunities and is the primary online recruitment
channel for 6,000 corporations across more than 20
industries. Headquartered in Dubai, GulfTalent covers the
markets of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman,
Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates. For
further information on GulfTalent’s recruitment solutions,
or to download complimentary copies of its ground-
breaking HR research reports, visit www.GulfTalent.com
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PLATINUM SPONSORS
Halogen Software offers an
organically built cloud-based
talent management suite that
reinforces and drives higher
employee performance across all talent programs — whether it
is recruiting, performance management, learning and
development, succession planning or compensation. Endorsed
by thousands of HR professionals worldwide, Halogen has been
recognised as a market leader by major business analysts and
has garnered the highest customer satisfaction ratings in the
industry. The company’s powerful, yet simple-to-use solutions,
which also include industry-vertical offerings, are used by
organisations that want to build world-class workforces that are
aligned, inspired and focused on delivering exceptional results.
Franklin Covey Co. is a global
company specializing in
performance improvement. We
help organizations achieve results that require a change in
human behavior. Our expertise is in seven areas: leadership,
execution, productivity, trust, sales performance customer loyalty
and education. Franklin Covey clients have included 90 percent
of the Fortune 100, more than 75 percent of the Fortune 500,
thousands of small- and mid-sized businesses, as well as
numerous government entities and educational institutions.
Qiyada Middle East, the leading learning
solutions organization, partners with globally
renowned principles, to provide infinite
leadership development opportunities for all
levels of talent within every organization. From
a two hour team build, to a three year leadership development
journey, Qiyada takes time to understand your specific
challenges before customizing a solution that exactly meets your
needs. Qiyada’s consultative approach ensures that our clients
maximize their return on investment by identifying the right
tools and implementation to result in maximum impact. We
develop solutions that include our internationally branded suite
of programs in leadership and personal development, business
simulations, team building, power reading..
SILVER SPONSORS
BTS is a world leading strategy
implementation consulting firm.
The company accelerates
execution by ensuring the
workforce is aligned to the strategy, has the right mindset, and has
mastered the capabilities needed to deliver business results. BTS
leverages customized business simulations and experiential
learning initiatives to develop the leadership, business acumen,
business innovation and sales skills necessary for superior strategy
execution. Partnering with today’s leading corporations, BTS
consultants bring passion and deep industry insight to deliver
high-impact solutions that help clients achieve better results, faster.
Founded by Harvard and INSEAD
alumni, Eruditus are Exclusive Program
partners for Executive Education with 5
of the Top 10 business schools globally:
Chicago Booth, Columbia Business School, INSEAD, MIT Sloan,
Tuck & Wharton. Eruditus deliver world-class executive
education programs to corporations and senior working
professionals and Work with Corporates (HR and L&D) for their
custom learning requirements by designing and delivering
programs combining learning with actual implementation
partnering with faculty from world renowned business schools.
Zurich International Life (Zurich) is part of the
Zurich Insurance Group, a global insurer with
more than 140 years of experience providing life
and general insurance solutions to individuals
and businesses in over 170 countries. In the Middle East,
customers have been trusting Zurich for almost 30 years to protect
their futures and provide financial security for their families and
businesses. We leverage Zurich’s global experience, capabilities
and financial strength to provide market-leading products and
services to our customers and distributors in the region.
HGS, part of the multi-billion dollar
conglomerate Hinduja Group, is a world
leader in Customer Relationship, Business
Process Management and Human Resource
Outsourcing Services, having global footprint across North
America, Latin America, Europe, Asia, Middle East and Africa.
HGS global delivery network comprises 58 centers, employing
25,700 people with a turnover of $412 million.
ASSOCIATE PARTNERS
Founded in 1948, the Society for Human
Resource Management (SHRM) is the
world’s largest HR membership
organization devoted to human resource
management. Representing more than
275,000 members in over 160 countries, the Society is the
leading provider of resources to serve the needs of HR
professionals and advance the professional practice of human
resource management. SHRM has more than 575 affiliated
chapters within the United States and subsidiary offices in China,
India and United Arab Emirates.
customised training solutions is the
in-company division of Informa Middle
East, the leading provider of corporate
education and training programmes
across the region. Our association with
key partners and awarding bodies provides you with progressive
best-practice, recognised certification and thought leadership to
develop all facets of your business, strategy, management and
staff performance.
KNOWLEDGE PARTNER
Dubai Knowledge Village (DKV) is the
world’s only Free Zone dedicated to
Human Resource Management and
learning excellence. Established in 2003
as part of TECOM Investments, DKV aims to develop the region’s
talent pool and establish the UAE as a knowledge-based
economy. DKV is a unique hub that offers the best selection of
Human Resource Management, Consultancy, Training and
Personal Development programmes on a picturesque 1km long
campus in the heart of Dubai. With 500 business partners,
including SHRM, CEB/SHL, Ellucian, Towers Watson, Hays, Hewitt
and Innovative HR Solutions, DKV aims to establish itself as both
a trusted business partner and a centre of excellence for
professional development. With years of experience and a
strong commitment to developing the UAE’s talent pool, DKV can
be seen as your trusted business partner in bringing in the very
best Human Resource Management and Personal Development
programmes from around the world.
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