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MAXIMISING EMIRATI TALENT 1
MAXIMISING EMIRATI TALENTin engineering
To make a difference
To help employers
To find new data, new perspectives, new ideas
Objectives:
Professor William Scott-Jacksonwsj@oxfordstrategicconsulting.com+44 7785110910
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How many leaders does a country need?
Strategic Leaders
1%
Executive Leaders
7%
Supervisors & non-leaders
92%
Roughly 8% of workforce
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United Kingdom
Strategic Leaders
1%
Executive Leaders
7%
Supervisors & non-leaders
92%
There are ~55m UK nationals
Of the total 60m population of UK, 4.8m
need to be leaders
So <10% of UK nationals can/should
be leaders
~5m expats Germany: ~74m German nationals , ~6m expats,
6.4m (<10%) German nationals need to be executive leaders
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United Arab Emirates
Strategic Leaders
1%
Executive Leaders
7%
Supervisors & non-leaders
92%
There are ~1m UAE nationals
Of the total ~8m population of the UAE,
0.64m need to be leaders
So a very high proportion (>64%) of Emiratis HAVE to
be leaders!
~7m expats
© Oxford Strategic Consulting 2013
MAXIMISING EMIRATI TALENT
Can we ‘fast track’ Emiratis to leadership positions?
• Armies• Graduate schemes• Family businesses
Does a person need to have cleaned rooms, in order to run a hotel? To have laid bricks in order to run a construction company?To have flown or maintained a plane in order to run an airline?
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MAXIMISING EMIRATI TALENT 888
It’s a small pool
… and everyone is fishing in it.
Attracting, recruiting, retaining the Best Emirati Talent
MAXIMISING EMIRATI TALENT 999
Increase the size of the pool
Increase our share of the pool
Fish in a different pool
What can we do?
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0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
Which factors motivate young Emiratis the most?
Employers & educators Students combined
Increase your share of the pool
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“I want my father to be proud of me”
“I want to be
part of growing
the UAE as a
great nation”
“My country and my family are
everything to me”
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Finding the TalentFinding the Job
Recommendations from influential people
Approach from employer Apply for job online Recruitment fairs 0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
Employers Students Combined
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Fish in a different pool
-
200,000
400,000
600,000
800,000
1,000,000
1,200,000
Cities
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Increase the size of the pool
Increase your share of the pool
Fish in a different pool
Recommendations for Employers
Fast track potential Emirati Leaders
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Our grateful thanks, once again, to our partner sponsors
© Oxford Strategic Consulting 2013
To get involved in research or help with Emiratization: Email wsj@oxfordstrategicconsulting.com or call
+447785110910
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