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At Heidrick & Struggles, we offer tailored board governance solutions and best practices designed to address the specific needs of organizations in the Middle East. Our comprehensive approach includes refining board purpose, optimizing structures, conducting thorough board reviews, providing group-wide recommendations, and implementing board development programs.
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The implementation of the board governance initiative resulted in significant positive outcomes for the heavy engineering company. It led to the creation of new, world-class governance processes that enhanced the effectiveness of the main board and subsidiary boards. The initiative also facilitated a clear understanding of the essential competencies required for board members across all boards, enabling the company to align its leadership capabilities with its strategic objectives. Furthermore, the initiation of in-depth board review cycles, incorporating both internal and external evaluations, fostered a culture of continuous improvement, ensuring ongoing enhancement of board performance and effectiveness.
Impact
1. Develop board competencies and evaluation methodology aligned with the company's future strategy and aspirations.
2. Benchmark board processes with global peers to ensure world-class standards.
3. Implement a board readiness assessment methodology for senior leaders.
Objective
In alignment with Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 objectives, the Company initiated a board governance initiative to strengthen board effectiveness in terms of composition and performance. This initiative was driven by the board and the leadership team's commitment to support the company's strategic aspirations.
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Enhancing board governance:
A case study of a heavy engineering company in Saudi Arabia
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Board Development
Board Development
Providing recommendations to enhance board efficiency and effectiveness.
Utilizing proprietary survey, interviews, meeting observations, and document review.
Evaluating the current ways of working of the board and overall performance assessment.
Board Review
Board Review
Ensuring alignment with shareholders' and stakeholders' interests.
Reviewing and optimizing board mechanics and processes.
Refining and aligning the purpose of the board.
Board Governance
Board Governance
Board Governance
Board Development
Board Composition
Board Review
Board Review
Board Review
Board Development
Board Development
Board Composition
Board Composition
Board Governance
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The cultural transformation was executed in five phases over the course of a year. This included conducting a current state assessment, facilitating mirror workshops, organizing culture workshops, and implementing capability building workshops. Approximately 50 initiatives were identified to support the cultural transformation across the organization.
Early indicators showcased improved employee engagement and successful integration of the legacy cultures. Notably, the leadership team demonstrated improved focus on priority tasks. Additionally, an in-house recognition platform was developed, launched at the beginning of 2023.
Impact
The objective was to drive a culture transformation following the merger, aligning the legacy cultures and fostering collaboration. The goal was to establish a high-performance mindset and enhance organizational outcomes.
Objective
The challenge at hand involved merging two regulatory bodies with distinct backgrounds and work styles, necessitating the creation of a new cultural identity for the combined organization.
Context
Cultural transformation:
Empowering a power & energy regulator in the Middle East
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Aligning institutional practices, systems, performance drivers, and capabilities to sustainably drive the desired culture across the organization.
Embedding the desired culture deeply within the organization's fabric through systemic alignment.
Systemic Alignment
Purposeful Leadership
Personal Change
Broad Engagement
Systemic Alignment
Tailoring experiences and activities to engage different populations effectively.
Promoting widespread engagement across the entire organization for a successful culture shift.
Broad Engagement
Purposeful Leadership
Personal Change
Broad Engagement
Systemic Alignment
Providing a clear roadmap for the cultural journey.
Ensuring a deep understanding of the purpose behind shaping the culture.
Encouraging individuals to break old habits and embrace personal behavior change.
Personal Change
Purposeful Leadership
Personal Change
Broad Engagement
Systemic Alignment
Establishing a clear and compelling purpose for the cultural transformation.
Creating a culture where the organization reflects the values and behaviors of its leaders.
Empowering senior leaders to take ownership and lead the culture-shaping process.
Purposeful Leadership
Purposeful Leadership
Personal Change
Broad Engagement
Systemic Alignment
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Unlock the power of diversity, inclusion, and human capital transformation in the Middle East with Heidrick & Struggles. Our proven, scalable, and highly-customizable process, implemented in over 50 countries with more than 1,000 clients empowers organizations in the Middle East to shape their culture and talent ecosystem. Through insight-based, experiential learning, and multimodality interventions, we enable our clients to attract, develop, and retain top talent while achieving their strategic objectives.
Culture Acceleration
Board Effectiveness
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Culture Acceleration
Providing mentoring and coaching for individual board members.
Offering classroom learning sessions with global experts.
Designing tailored learning journeys for board members.
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The succession planning framework for a telecommunications major was redesigned and implemented, leading to enhanced quality and effectiveness in succession management. The program involved the development of technical and behavioral competencies for critical roles, aligning them with internal processes and budgets. Through the use of online psychometrics and 360-degree assessments, a comprehensive evaluation of high-potential executives was conducted, enabling informed decision-making and driving future leadership development.
Impact
The objective was to design and implement a comprehensive Succession Management Program that would enable the organization to make informed succession planning decisions over the next 18 months. This included creating a robust framework to identify and nurture future leaders.
Objective
In response to the lack of a matured succession process, a leading telecommunications company sought to mitigate potential future business challenges by implementing a Succession Management Program. The program aimed to identify and develop high-potential executives who were next in line for senior leadership positions.
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Driving future leadership:
Designing and implementing a successful succession management program in a leading telecommunications company
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Identifying leaders who can influence and shape the organization's culture to drive engagement, collaboration, and employee satisfaction.
Evaluating their ability to create a positive and inclusive work environment.
Assessing leaders' motivations, values, and alignment with the organization's culture.
Culture Impact
Business Impact
Leadership Capability
Leadership Potential
Culture Impact
Evaluating their capacity for learning, self-development, and embracing new challenges.
Identifying leaders who can take on larger and more complex roles in the future.
Assessing personal traits and characteristics that indicate potential for growth, adaptability, and resilience.
Leadership Potential
Business Impact
Leadership Capability
Leadership Potential
Culture Impact
Identifying leaders who possess the necessary skills and attributes to drive high performance and achieve organizational goals.
Evaluating their ability to inspire and motivate teams, build strong relationships, and lead through change.
Assessing leaders' competencies across a range of areas, such as strategic thinking, decision-making, communication, and collaboration.
Leadership Capability
Business Impact
Leadership Capability
Leadership Potential
Culture Impact
Identifying leaders who can effectively navigate challenges, seize opportunities, and drive sustainable business performance.
Assessing their ability to drive growth, profitability, innovation, and operational excellence.
Evaluating leaders based on their track record of achieving business objectives and delivering.
Business Impact
Business Impact
Leadership Capability
Leadership Potential
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In today's rapidly evolving world, the expectations placed upon leaders have expanded, requiring a fresh approach to measuring and discussing different leadership styles and qualities. Our clients in the Middle East seek guidance on identifying the key qualities and competencies required in their current and future leaders. Leaders now have a wider scope, needing to be purpose-driven to achieve positive outcomes for people, the planet, and profit. Their responsibility extends beyond the organization, necessitating agile decision-making and adaptability to navigate the ever-changing marketplace with unprecedented speed.
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Conducting board simulations to practice real-life scenarios.
Enhancing board diversity and competencies.
Recruiting new board members with specific expertise and perspectives.
Identifying and assessing potential board successors.
Assisting in succession planning and director readiness.
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Developing future-ready leaders: How assessments are—and aren’t—used
Companies spend significant sums on leadership development and formal assessments of skills and capabilities, but our recent research finds inconsistent use of assessment and few links to career decisions.
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Future-ready leaders:
Finding effective leaders who can grow with your company
Expectations for leaders are constantly evolving, perhaps faster than ever, but still the most effective leaders share a few fundamental capabilities. Too often, however, hiring processes focus on other strengths.
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Research into leadership behavior identifies 8 archetypes that can help senior executives better understand their strengths, weaknesses, and blind spots.
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Boards in Saudi Arabia:
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Establishing a clear and compelling purpose for the cultural transformation.
Creating a culture where the organization reflects the values and behaviors of its leaders.
Empowering senior leaders to take ownership and lead the culture-shaping process.
Ensuring alignment with shareholders' and stakeholders' interests.
Reviewing and optimizing board mechanics and processes.
Refining and aligning the purpose of the board.
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Here’s how we helped a chemical company in the Middle East evolve its leaders to empower the company’s growth.
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Boards in Saudi Arabia:
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Our conversations with board members and chairpersons of nomination and remuneration committees all invariably led to the same place: to deliver effectively, boards must become more strategic, more forward-looking, and more aligned to their current needs.
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Board Monitor Saudi Arabia 2023
This report analyzes trends in non-executive director appointments of listed companies. In particular, we examined how Saudi boards are changing their composition to meet the demands of this era of disruption and opportunity.
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Board Monitor UAE 2024
Our fourth Board Monitor UAE report explores six ways boards around the globe and in the UAE are reshaping their processes to thrive now.
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More is at stake. More is uncertain. And more is expected now of directors. As board agendas shift, Heidrick & Struggles’ latest 2024 Board Monitor UAE report reveals six critical areas boards and directors must consider to improve board diversity as well as governance in order to set themselves up for success in 2025 and beyond.
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