By participating in this engaging conference, participants will: Explore best in class approaches to identify, attract, develop and retain future leaders. Discuss leadership development strategies, methodologies and tools used to meet the needs of high potential leadership talent in the GCC and Middle East. Learn about overcoming the unique multicultural challenges facing the development of leaders. Network with today\'s business leaders and discover new ideas to drive leadership development in their organization.

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2-day conference in English
2012 Theme: Leadership and Human Resources
Identifying, Attracting and Developing Multicultural
Leaders in GCC and Middle East Organizations
Objectives Main Topics Covered
Organizations globally are changing at an • The evolving capabilities and competencies of
unprecedented pace. Business leaders are finding tomorrow’s business leaders.
it more and more imperative to adapt to an • Identification of Leadership Talent: a solution or a
increasingly challenging business environment. problem?
Uncertainty and fluid market conditions are calling • Leading the drive for talent in today’s businesses
for new definitions of success hence new ways of and the critical role of the CEO, top management
developing leadership capability. Meirc’s annual and HR professionals.
conference for 2012 is specifically designed to • Attracting, engaging and developing aspiring
address these challenges. and talented leaders in GCC and Middle East
organizations.
Senior leaders, leadership development • The leadership complexities and challenges
professionals, as well as HR specialists, need facing GCC and Middle East organizations.
to completely reinvent the way they identify, • Overcoming obstacles and promoting a culture
attract, develop and retain aspiring leaders. This where ‘leaders build leaders’.
is a particularly pressing need in the GCC and • Institutional changes for developing talent and
Middle East organizations in view of the region’s tomorrow’s leaders.
nationalization strategies and the increasing • The new leadership and talent development
numbers of young, educated and talented people toolkit.
entering the labor market every year.
Benefits of Attending
The conference will address the following issues as By participating in this engaging conference,
they relate to GCC and Middle East organizations: participants will:
• What are the characteristics of tomorrow’s • Explore best in class approaches to identify,
successful leaders? attract, develop and retain future leaders.
• What approaches should organizations take • Discuss leadership development strategies,
in order to accurately identify these future methodologies and tools used to meet the needs
leaders? of high potential leadership talent in the GCC and
• What problems do traditional organizations Middle East.
face in their endeavors to build “bench • Learn about overcoming the unique multicultural
strength”? challenges facing the development of leaders.
• How can these organizations transform into • Network with today’s business leaders and
talent centers and what needs to be done discover new ideas to drive leadership
better today in order to identify, develop and development in their organization.
retain the national leaders of tomorrow?
• What does the new leadership development
toolkit consist of?
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3. Who Should Attend The Meirc Leadership and HR Forum
The conference is a must for: The conference will end on the second day with the
• Senior business leaders launching of the ‘Meirc Leadership and HR Forum’
• Human Resources professionals whose primary goal is to provide overall stewardship
• Leadership development professionals for the HR function in the region. The Forum will
• Talent management professionals be a learning platform for all organizations and HR
• Learning and employee development professionals in the region interested in cultivating
specialists competence, enhancing organizational capabilities
• Other professionals interested in recruiting, and transforming intangibles into tangibles.
developing and retaining leadership and
talent Participation Fees
Meirc’s annual conference is part of Meirc’s corporate
social responsibility initiative which also includes
Conference Daily Schedule and setting up and administering the Meirc Leadership and
Format HR Forum. As such, both activities will be undertaken
• The conference starts daily at 9:00 am and in such a way as to cover minimum cost only. The
ends at 2:30 pm. conference fees per participant are set at US$ 900.
• It will host a number of regional CEOs and
HR leaders as conference speakers. Together
with Meirc’s consultants, they will share their
organizational leadership development
experiences and practices with conference Location & Dates
Dubai,14 – 15 March 2012
attendees.
• The conference will invite attendees to
participate in any one of four workshops
related to the conference’s theme facilitated Fees in US$ Delivery Type: Group-Live
by Meirc’s subject matter experts. Per participant 900 Prerequisites: None
• A detailed conference agenda will be (including coffee breaks and a Meirc reserves the right to alter
forwarded to registered participants one buffet lunch daily) dates, content, venue and trainer
with a reasonable notice time.
month prior to the conference’s starting date.
Similarly, conference attendees will receive For groups of three or more from the same organization,
conference proceedings shortly after the end fees are US$600 per attendee.
of the conference.
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