"The Myth of True HR Potential - Pakistan Chapter (Season 1)"

"Competencies Required For HR" Sabahat Bukhari from Zong

Ms. Saima Bilal (Head of HR) from Alfalah Insurance
Introduction Event:
Now days HRM&D is the strategic partner of any business model. We study a lot about HR in our business schools
but in our practical life most of the HR Practitioners are performing clerical things or just doing operational job. Why
these professionals are performing this post office? Why these professionals dont go with stretegical thinking? Why
they are not able to implement those tools and techniques which they learned during their academia? Are the bookish
knowledge is not valuable or its just for the sake of theories? Why these professionals are not use those things as per
the requirement and behavior of their organization?
Today in this session we will start our voyage to discover the ansers of these and many other questions. Specifically
for today we are going to have mind storming about the shades of HR like Personality Profiling for Talent Acquisition
& Key Competencies Required For HR.
Personality Profiling which is the essential part of Selection Process, but due to our negligence of this shade in
Pakistani HR Practices; HR professionals are not give it that weightage which this activity really deserves. Personality
refers to an individuals unique arrangement of consistent behavioral traits and it is very difficult to assess it during
15-20 minutes interview session. In Pakistan HR professional have more focus on assessing the knowledge, attitude
and skills of candidate there should be a requirement of personality assessments in the employment selection
process to identify people who have more than just specific Knowledge and skills. Today Mr. Amir A. Hamid will
provide us that how and why Personality Profiling is important for Best Talent Acquisition.
Knowing about Key Competencies for HR Professional is like a key of success for any HR Professional. Today Ms.
Sabahat Bokhari will going to be rock by unleashing the tab of potential, which leads the HR through one can find
his/her USP (Unique Selling Proposition).
Now let me introduce my todays Keynote speakers:
Mr. Amir A. Hamid as our 2nd Key note speaker with the topic "Significance of personality
profiling for talent Acquisition"
Mr. Amir has worked with number of multinationals companies including PepsiCo, Bank of
America and IBM in various senior management roles for Pakistan, Middle East and Asian
markets. Presently, he is working as Consultant and Trainer with BizSol Consulting.

I would like to thanks from my self and from NOP to Ms. Tania Director HR Avari Hotel who
accept our invitation to join us a Guru for our segment "Guru Clinic", where participants can ask
any thing regarding their practical problems.
Alhamdolilah 4 Gurus are locked for the best treatment of Pakistani HR problems.... The names
of these Gurus are Mr. Maqbool Babri AKA Max Babri, Ms. Sabahat Bokhari, Ms. Tania and
Ms. Saima Bilal


Consulting, counseling, coaching, hypnotherapy, team-building and life skills coaching and
consulting.
Sports Hypnotherapist, Worked with the Pakistan Cricket Team May 2009 and the team won the
T-20 World Cup. Was part of the Pakistan Cricket Team as a Sports Psychologist 2012 -13 tour
of India and the Team came back victorious.

Worked with Golfer in Pakistan and many of the went on the win National Golf Tournaments
and were selected in the Pakistan National Golf Team

Goals attempting a journey from:
Mindlessness to mindfulness and
Senselessness to meaningfulness

Specialties: Reflection



CEO
The Konsultants
Maqbool A. Babri, popularly known as Max Babri, is the Chief Executive of The Konsultants
a Lahore based Management Consulting Group. He specializes in Institutional Development
through Participatory Decision-Making, Interpersonal Skills Team Building, Leadership and
Individual Empowerment. His expertise is frequently sought by major multinational businesses
as well as by United Nations Agencies, GTZ and World Bank projects.
His publications in the field of Employment Generation through Small and Micro Enterprise
Development and Supervisory Training for Enhanced Productivity are frequently quoted by
International Development Agencies. He is one of the very few trained and certified Moderators
and facilitator in Pakistan authorized to conduct & moderate Goal Oriented Planning Exercises,
Mr. Babri has organized and conducted over 100 workshops and training sessions mostly aimed
Vision and Mission Development, Organizational Development, Team Building, Leadership,
Empowerment and Management.
He has designed and taught many courses including G;overnance, Policy, Management and
Media Techniques at the University of Lulea, Sweden, during 1982-85.He has excellent
command over Scandinavian languages especially Swedish and Norwegian. He has many
national and international publications to his credit.
He is a visiting Professor at the Punjab University teaching Group Psychotherapy to the students
of Advanced Diploma in Clinical Psychology. Presently Mr. Babri is teaching a course on
change management as part of the MSc. programme in Human Resources offered by Department
of Administrative Sciences University of the Punjab. Mr. Babri is currently developing a course
on Education and Diversity for MS in education offered by Beacon-house National University.
As a visiting professor he has taught at LUMS, Interpersonal Skills during 1987- to present and
Psychology during 1995-96 sessions.
Mr. Babri is a practicing Psychotherapist and a certified clinical hypnotherapist.
Amir A. Hamid
Amir has a rich knowledge and experience of talent management as well as functional expertise
in Human Resources. In his 20 year experience of diversified industries, he has worked with
number of multinationals companies including PepsiCo, Bank of America and IBM in various
senior management roles for Pakistan, Middle East and Asian markets. Presently, he is working
as Consultant and Trainer with BizSol Consulting.

He has vast experience in Talent Development, Talent Management, Talent Acquisition and
Rewards Management.

Amir is MBA in Human Resources; train the trainer on Coaching & Developing Talent, Certified
on DISC, Psychometric Testing and Job Evaluation and Analysis on Hays methodology.

He is country advisory council member of Pakistan Human Capital Forum and member of
multiple HR bodies. He has interest in gardening, reading and culinary arts.

Summary

A business transformation and human capital leader with a track record of developing integrated
solutions that drive growth & innovation. Sabahat is a hands-on strategist and tactician who
successfully implement the vision and strategy for organizational effectiveness, organizational
development, talent management, performance, change management and workforce learning
programs. She blends business analytic, human capital metrics and system diagnostics for
evidence-based decision-making. She is a scorecard practitioner, Human Capital Strategist and a
recognized expert in strategy development and execution, OD & change management, Human
capital development, workforce learning & leadership development. She has operated as lead on
high-profile change programs, restructuring projects, performance and strategy management
programs for her clients including MNCs, public sector, banks and private sector companies in
Pakistan; and has served almost 10 years in dynamic nature of industries. Sabahat is innately
skilled at building relationships, influencing the executive team and cultivating a dynamic team
environment marked by accountability, ownership and engagement.

Specialties: Specializes in designing organizational development interventions involving,
Employees Value proposition program, Employee Engagement, Culture Development, Personnel
Selection and Assessment Center Designing, Competency Framework Designing and
implementation, Corporate Etiquette,Visioning and Strategy Formulation, Organizational
Transformation and Change Management, Career Management, Performance Management,
Behavioral Style Analysis, Satisfaction & Climate Surveys,Team Player Analyses. Balanced
Scorecard, Performance management
Strategy Expert (People Strategy)
CMPak, Pakistan
November 2013 Present (1 year)

As a strategy executive with a strong strategy orientation having led major initiatives or
businesses and worn critical operating hats before taking on the role, I am involved in:
- Defining and driving the strategic roadmap and business strategy based on both market
analysis, synthesis and best practices
- Formulating corporate strategy focusing on the organizational overall vision
- Developing action plans and monitoring the strategy execution using appropriate measures,
tools and interventions and collaboration with key stakeholder across organization
- Mobilize key strategic resources for managing organizational wide change
- Working directly with senior executives of CMPak to facilitate the strategy execution while
creating accountability at all level
- Working with business unit teams to drive a high quality strategic planning thought people,
process & organization wide systems
- Drive implementation of key tenets of the strategic plan
- Drive analysis and recommendations on key strategic decisions for people and organizational
design, including commercial and customer focus strategic decisions
- Interact with senior leaders at CMPAK on Strategy matters

GM HR & OD (Head of Function)
Style Textile (Pvt) Ltd
June 2012 December 2013 (1 year 7 months)Lahore

Heading Multifunctional Strategic Human Resource Department, looking after EHS,
Compliance, Industrial Relations, Human Capital & Organizational Development and Strategy.
Contributing to the business strategy of Style Textile by working alongside the CEO and
Managing Director ensuring the company's long term enduring success. As the chief person
responsible for all human assets in the organization, involve in creating a culture of success
through people, processes and strategy; addressing talent gaps and attracting, developing and
deploying talent.