Elias Mansour
Great Place To Work

The Global Authority on Workplace Culture

• Do our employees think our organization is a great workplace?
• Do our practices help create a great workplace?
• Do our managers create a great workplace?
• Is our organization recognized as a great workplace?

About: A growth oriented professional with 7 years cumulative experience in sales and management. Entrepreneurial at heart and a team player recognized for impassioned approach, colourful ideas and bringing out the best in the team.

Theo Fitzharris, Community Builder
Culture Amp

Culture Amp revolutionizes how over 25 million employees across 6,500 companies create a better world of work. As the global platform leader for employee experience, Culture Amp empowers companies of all sizes and industries to transform employee engagement, develop high-performing teams, and retain talent via cutting-edge research, powerful technology, and the largest employee dataset in the world. The most innovative companies across the globe, such as Salesforce, Unilever, PwC, KIND, SoulCycle, and BigCommerce depend on Culture Amp every day.

Laura Puchtler CoachHub

Abstract:

This will be an interactive session to discuss the dynamic situation of female empowerment in Saudi Arabia, focusing on the participation of women in the workforce and how Coaching can support both men and women in this cultural, social and economic transformation.

The Status Quo: Increasing women’s participation in the workforce is a key driver for achieving the Kingdom’s vision 2030.

The Challenge: The Saudi society is changing at record rates, going from the guardian system to gender equality in years instead of centuries.

The Solution: Coaching programs for the male majority to redefine their belief systems, habits and perspectives in order to include women in decision making and leadership.

Coaching programs for the female minority to raise their confidence in order to actively participate in the workforce and progress faster in their careers, ramping up their professional skill sets, and actively driving the Kingdom’s transformation.

Bio: With an extensive background in international business, tech and holistic people development, I believe that coaching has the power to radically improve the way we work and live, amplifying our levels of motivation, income and wellbeing. My journey has taken me from a tech startup in the railway industry in Austria, to SaaS sales at LinkedIn in Ireland, to a degree in Coaching with Neuroscience in Dublin, and now to CoachHub in the Middle East, where I take part in the transformation and digitalization of businesses through the power of coaching. In this position I enable companies of all industries and sizes to win the battles of tomorrow by prioritizing their most valuable resource: People.

Jiten Puri, Senior Director HR
Dubai Holdings Group

Transforming Organizations through Talent Management

Abstract: Implementing Talent Management philosophy, Overcoming the Challenges with the Legacy Mindset, Showcasing the results and impact for success.

Manish Mohan Misra, Group Head – HR Transformation & Special Projects, ENOC

Employee Experience has moved beyond touchpoints. 

Mohammed Elbatanouni – Enterprise Account Executive
Aseel AlMusa – Enterprise Account Executive

Udemy Business

Future-proofing an organisation through building learning strategies based on business outcomes and access to learning, has been proven to power a competitive advantage in the market and boost talent retention and acquisition.

Driving a culture of learning and providing access to a breadth of fresh content that employees need (and want), will keep them engaged and enable them to achieve professional development goals while also driving results for your business.

In this roundtable session, we will discuss how to retain top talent with the power of learning for everyone. 

John Abraham, General Manager EMEA, Solutions Principal
Medallia

Three practices that differentiate EX Leaders

Abstract:New research from Medallia Institute and the Josh Bersin Academy

In a recent study of more than 650 HR professionals, Medallia Institute and Josh Bersin Academy explored how employee experience practices influenced critical people outcomes, including retention, satisfaction, and whether an organization was recognized as a great place to work.

Join Medallia for a look at the key practices that differentiate EX leaders from laggards, including:

• Organizing to create ownership for EX actions outside of the HR silo

• How to understand employee experiences early enough to course correct

• The value of addressing workplace “hot topics” head on, to build a culture of trust and transparency

Andrew Stotter-Brooks
VP Learning and Development – Etihad Aviation Group

Motivation to Learn at work in 2022 – Four Leavers to Success

Abstract: In this fun and innovative session, we’ll explore the four leavers of learning motivation that will enable you to get the most from your learning budget.

Bio: Andrew is a HR Professional with more than thirty years of senior Human Resources Management practice in Retail, Hospitality, Leisure and Aviation.

Prior to Abu Dhabi and Etihad Aviation Group he worked for seven years with Alshaya Group as Head of Learning supporting the career development of more than 90,000 team members in 19 countries.

Before joining Alshaya Group Andrew worked with Peninsula and Orient (P&O) in the South Pacific supporting their international Cruise fleet and Hilton International Group as the People and Development Director responsible for HR delivery and Management training within Europe supporting over 500 Hotels.

In addition to my professional development work with Alshaya, Hilton, YUM and P&O, he has been an Executive industry coach for American University Dubai, Greenwich and Nottingham Universities, Rolls Royce and Bass.

People development is his passion, helping others to overcome real and imagined obstacles to achievement, whilst creating an environment of trust and the ability to avoid ambiguity.

Avtar Gill
Chief Host Engagement (HR) Officer, Soneva Group

How Your Unconscious Mind Rules Your Behaviour

Abstract: