1. MAXIMISING EMIRATI TALENT MAXIMISING EMIRATI TALENT in engineering To make a difference To help employers To find new data, new perspectives, new ideas Objectives : 1 Professor William Scott-Jackson wsj@oxfordstrategicconsulting.com +44 7785110910

2. MAXIMISING EMIRATI TALENT THE CRITICAL STRATEGIC CAPABILITY FOR EMIRATIS LEADERSHIP 2

3. MAXIMISING EMIRATI TALENT How many leaders does a country need? Strategic Leaders 1% Executive Leaders 7% Supervisors & non-leaders 92% Roughly 8% of workforce © Oxford Strategic Consulting 2013 3

4. MAXIMISING EMIRATI TALENT 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 © Oxford Strategic Consulting 2013 4

5. MAXIMISING EMIRATI TALENT 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 5

6. 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? © Oxford Strategic Consulting 2013 6

7. MAXIMISING EMIRATI TALENT MAXIMIZING EMIRATI TALENT: Recommendations for employers 7

8. MAXIMISING EMIRATI TALENT 88 It’s a small pool … and everyone is fishing in it. Attracting, recruiting, retaining the Best Emirati Talent 8

9. MAXIMISING EMIRATI TALENT 99 Increase the size of the pool Increase our share of the pool Fish in a different pool What can we do? 9

10. MAXIMISING EMIRATI TALENT Increase your share of the pool © Oxford Strategic Consulting 2014 “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” 10

11. MAXIMISING EMIRATI TALENT Finding the Talent Finding the Job 11

12. MAXIMISING EMIRATI TALENT 12 Fish in a different pool 12

13. MAXIMISING EMIRATI TALENT 13 Fish in a different pool 13 Cities

14. MAXIMISING EMIRATI TALENT 14 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

15. MAXIMISING EMIRATI TALENT 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 +447785110910wsj@oxfordstrategicconsulting.com شكرا Thank you! 15