Leadership & Talent Development
Consulting | Coaching | Facilitating | Speaking
“The world is transformed by authentic leaders and I’m here to support leaders at all levels to grow and maximize their potential so they can produce meaningful results for themselves, their organizations, and their communities.” –
KEY PROJECTS
My life’s purpose is to inspire leadership best practices worldwide through facilitating learning interventions across various levels – from newly graduated to experienced C-suite – while providing innovative solutions to help executives and organizations reach their unique leadership goals.
Talent development involves a systematic approach to nurture, encourage and retain highly productive employees to ensure they contribute effectively to the process of achieving the organizational goals. There is no one-size-fits-all approach to talent development. Learning professionals need to analyze corporate strategy as well as employees’ performance gaps in order to design and deliver the most effective mix of development tools.
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“Zahi has an incredible ability to think strategically and see the bigger picture even when everyone else is having trouble seeing through the trees. Always thinking about the business impact, he encourages new ideas, innovation, and strategies from his teams that help drive change throughout the organization.”
-Dr. Jennifer Shepard – Industrial Organizational Psychologist
ABOUT
With over 20 years of corporate experience, working with leaders from leading global organizations and startups across the U.S. and EMEA, I have designed and implemented large-scale projects for Fortune Global 500 and Forbes 2000 companies as well as helping entrepreneurs build their leadership capacities. This has given me a multi-faceted approach to my learning interventions, coaching, and consultancy.
An entrepreneur myself from the age of 19, I have discovered a passion for developing leaders, which led him to pursue key projects such as spearheading the creation of a leadership academy, developing and implementing company-wide culture change initiatives, and coaching and mentoring current and future leaders.
I am able to do this by working with your team and using my skills and strategic training to help them attain their best performance level which in turn leads to an exponential growth for organizations.
Expertise
- Executive & Leadership Transformation
- Learning & Development
- Culture Change & Transformation
- Performance Management
- Talent Assessments Evaluation
- Psychometric / Behavioral / Traits Assessments
- Diversity & Inclusion
- Business Startups & Entrepreneurship
- Sales & Marketing
- Business Development
- Change Management
- Integrated Talent Management
- Virtual & eLearning Design & Development
- Corporate Academies
Experience & Career Milestones
Cool Timeline
SolveNext
Transform
Cranfield Executive Education
Association for Talent Development
360° Consulting
Workplace Big 5 / FIRO / Saville
Center for Creative Leadership (CCL)
Aramco
Strengths Strategy
Association for Talent Development (ATD)
Saudi Telecom Co. (STC)
Mowgli Foundation
Cube Establishment & Cube Trading
Leadership & Sales Trainer
Protech Co.
Philosophy
Leaders build business and they create a better world for everyone. However, leadership is broken, especially in the last few years. As learning and development experts, we have succeeded in reaching new levels in understanding the science and art of leadership. However, our efforts were diminished by those who confuse leadership with individual powers.
My leadership philosophy is clear and straightforward, it’s based on putting the wellbeing of the group ahead of the individual. Working with one another interdependently, will lead to everyone’s advancement and growth.
1. Leaders are those who proactively put an effort to develop themselves and others for the wellbeing of their organization and community.
2. Whether you lead people or tasks, formal or informal leader, you can make a difference.
3. You lead with your values. That’s how you differentiate yourself from others.
4. You are unique and should have your own leadership style using your strengths.
5. Your happiness leads to your success. Not the other way around.
6. Analyze, evaluate and measure. Using analytics is what ultimately prove your success or failure.
“He is creative and honest with great expertise and a deep understanding of business solutions. He is a detail oriented, target oriented, and ambitious. He has extensive knowledge of learning and development and I would recommend him for any project in this area. He is always capable of adapting to new working environments and operational styles. Zahi has a positive attitude towards work and is very inclusive of people.”
-Michael Bromby – Learning and Development Expert
SERVICES
“When upward of 500 executives were asked to rank their top three human-capital priorities, leadership development was included as both a current and a future priority. Almost two-thirds of the respondents identified leadership development as their number-one concern.” – McKinsey & Company
There is no one-size-fits-all approach to talent development. Learning professionals need to analyze corporate strategy as well as employees’ performance gaps in order to design and deliver the most effective mix of development tools.
Most talent and leadership development efforts fail. Companies and individuals are not getting their return on investment and you as my client should not suffer the same fate.
My Services:
- Consulting
- Training & Facilitation
- Coaching
- Speaking
Methodology
- First off, I get a clear understanding of the relationship between organization’s strategy, employees’ performance, and talent development.
- Clearly assess and analyze the gaps between actual and desired performance of employees.
- Design and deliver interventions that target those gaps using the 70-20-10 approach.
- Empower leaders and managers within the organization to grow, develop, and challenge themselves and their employees.
Developing people and help them maximize their potential to produce results that matter for their organizations is my passion. Beyond organizations, I believe that the first step to effectively develop executives and talent is to create a safe space and establish trust where both parties can discuss issues freely. Nothing is better than having people maximizing their own potential through and interdependent relationship.
I’m only a facilitator of learning. I help people dig deep inside themselves and use their own strengths to find the best outcomes for themselves and their company. This is where the magic happens.
“I have worked with Zahi in various HR initiatives where he played diverse roles. In his role of project Manager, Zahi proved to be a driver of result. In leadership mood, his maximizer strength comes alive. During brainstorming he brings to live his ideation strength, while analytical strength blossoms during decision making. The combination of his wealth of experience and mix of strengths is a strong asset to any organization.”
-Dr Dickson Ojukwu – HR Expert
Associations & Partnerships
Associate Since 2018
Associate Since 2020
Associate Since 2015
Consultant Since 2019
Consultant Since 2019
Consultant Since 2019
Consultant Since 2019
Consultant Since 2019
Member Since 2016
Associate Faculty Since 2020
Associate Since 2021
“Zahi is a great trainer, he has charisma with a full bag of knowledge to deliver with ease and has the ability to support theory with real life case studies. I recommend him for all type of training, workshops, coaching & in-house.”
-Khaled Elahmad – Growth Marketing and Social Media Consultant
Credentials & Certifications
Executive Coach & Facilitator
Global Facilitator & Speaker
Facilitator
ICF Associate Coach
360 Assessment Consultant
Strengths Strategy Coach
Certified Professional in Learning & Performance
WB5 Consultant
Change Management Simulation Facilitator
DiSC Practitioner
Saville Wave & Aptitude Assessments Facilitator
ISA Facilitator
FIRO-B & FIRO Business Consultant
Innovation Practitioner
