Zahra Kamal

Specialist Organization DevelopmentFull Time

• Job Details:Partnered with business leaders to stimulate strategic thinking of examining Human Resources and organizational issues from people perspective in order to improve organizational effectiveness  Conducted internal and external research to identify best practices, standards, policies and programs for talent management within a global and matrix reporting organization.  Acted as a change agent and provided HR & OD expertise and consulting for embedding initiatives within; Performance Management, Leadership Development and Coaching, Workforce Planning, New Hire Engagement, development and retention.  Designed, developed and launched Employee Engagement Survey and functional analysis tool Kit.  Conducted complete analysis of Corporate employees’ survey results and identified areas for development, linked the finding to the people metrics, turnover, and integrated recommendations for improvement to business KPIs.

Sr. Advisor Org. Design & DevelopmentFull Time

• Job Details:Abu Dhabi Company for On-Shore Operations (ADCO) (ADCO is a Joint Venture between UAE Government, Shell, ExxonMobil, TOTAL and BP) Acted as HR & OD counsel for executive management and business leaders and facilitated organizational transformation. Developed initiatives to maximize and enhance organizational performance, align effective leadership and management skills to new corporate values and decision making best practices.  Initiated and completed organization need analysis including conducting interviews, focus groups and process mapping in order to identify and clarify boundaries, relationships, role responsibilities and ethical parameters.  Significantly increased productivity and reduced OPEX with an average of 10% annually through streamlining organizational interfaces with clearly outlined roles, responsibilities and detailed process maps and establishing service level agreement among stakeholders.  Acknowledged opportunities to bridge capability gaps by directing capability analysis and identifying the organizational challenges within the next decade.  Introduced Talent Intake Program thereby preparing for the shortage of expertise, aging workforce and knowledge transfer challenges in the next ten years.  Reduced annual attrition rate from 4% to 3.5% by developing integrated talent management and employee development guidelines.