2013 HCI Global Talent Management Summit Part 3: Saudi Aramco’s Leadership Development Transformation

For top tier firms in the marketplace, leadership development has to be one of the central focuses of the company’s human resources department.   With ever increasing globalization, the rapid development and application of technologies, and the ebb and flow of the market, developing an agile organizational leadership training program can be a significant challenge.  Attendees at the 2013 HCI Global Talent Management Summit were treated to a presentation by Dr. Zahir Uddin, Head of the Targeted Leadership Development Programs Group in the Leadership Development Centre at Sudia Aramco.  Dr. Uddin shared his experiences with the challenges of transformation and the lessons learned.

With 56,000 employees, Saudi Aramco boasts some of the largest corporate training and professional development programs in the world, but with an expected 25% of their workforce retiring in the next 5 years, the organization had to plan for some strategic changes.  Dr. Uddin identified several challenges, like knowledge transfer, a need for succession planning and leadership development, stemming from this looming retirement bulge.

Dr. Uddin focused the firm’s resources into 3 areas: Leadership Education, Leadership Development, and Leadership Solutions.   Saudi Aramco also worked to segment the learning process into a 4 part system (Assess, Learn & Practice, Apply, and Validate) to drive results with employee, supervisor, and the learning and development team sharing responsibilities and accountability moving forward.

There is a lot more great content coming on day two at the 2013 Global Talent Management Summit and for members who were unable to attend in person, you can still register to attend the 2013 HCI Global Talent Management Virtual Summit, or  feel free to follow us on twitter (@Human_Capital) and watch for tweets with the hashtag #hcievents.