As
oil prices continue to plunge without hope of recovery insight, it is expedient
for professionals in the field of Oil and Gas to beef up their skills as
survival is threatened in the industry.
This
is the main reason the West
Africa Oil & Gas Talent Summit 2015 is being organised by Human Leadership Resources (HLR) and Oil & Gas Soft Skills
Ltd (OGS), West Africa’s leading brand for top performance executive workforce
development.
The Press Release reads in
parts:
WATS2015: West Africa’s Top Talents Gather for Oil & Gas
Summit in Ghana
Key
stakeholders from the West African oil and gas sector will gather at the La Palm Beach Hotel, Accra, Ghana from 27 -
29 October 2015 for the much-awaited West Africa Oil & Gas Talent
Summit 2015.
The
summit is joint organized by Human Leadership Resources (HLR) and Oil & Gas
Soft Skills Ltd (OGS), West Africa’s leading brand in for top performance
executive workforce development, the summit will serve as a key platform for
exploring talent innovation for organisational and regional competitiveness and
find strategies to thrive in turbulent times.
Although
there are numerous conferences in the oil industry, they are mostly about
technology and finance, which Africa does not have; the people issues are
pushed to the side lines.
As oil
prices continue to fall with no end in sight, some things are becoming clearer.
For example, that prices are likely to stay low for much longer than initially
speculated. The industry is seeing second and third rounds of cost cutting in a
season. Survival is threatened, as technology and finance seem impotent to
deliver corporate revival.
All eyes
are turning to the “people” for survival. The people who can unravel the
complexities and ambiguities; resilient and focused people who can chalk up
innovative responses and implement same successfully. No better time to bring
talent to the front burner!
Questions
include: What changes should organisations make to their workforce development
and performance practices? What competences will deliver corporate survival at
$40 oil prices?
According
to Emmanuel Emielu of OGS organisers of the summit, skills shortage is beyond
numbers.
“The
issue of skills gaps and shortages must not be seen only in terms of how to get
more employment ready graduates into the workforce; it is beyond numbers. It is also in terms of how to get the
workforce highly engaged and top performing. Without this balanced approach, it
is like pouring precious fresh water into a leaking container. And this is
perhaps more imperative now, as companies grapple with delivering business
results with a reduced workforce, in the face of dwindling fortunes.”
#WATS2015
brings business leaders, HR and L&D practitioners, workforce solutions
providers, and education and government officials together to explore the role
of talent in leading organisations through the unfolding crises scenarios.
#WATS2015
will take place from 27 - 29 October at
the the La Palm Beach Hotel in Accra,
Ghana.
Join the
conversation by registering at http://oilandgastalents.org/register.php
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West Africa Oil & Gas Talent Summit 2015 is poised to become
the foremost manpower development platform from the region.
Oil & Gas Soft Skills Ltd is the leading brand in West Africa for
top performance executive workforce development. The Power to Excel is what
you get, when you work with us to build your talents into a world class
workforce. We work with leading organisations to provide specialized training
in oil and gas business and technical skills and in
renewable energy solutions. And to ensure that our clients maximize returns on
their investments in training, we leverage our employee assessment solutions to
deliver critical insights for workforce performance management.
Join the global conversation on Twitter via @WATS2015 #WATS2015
Visit us at http://oilandgastalents.org/index.php
Media Contact: Olufemi Omotayo - +234 (0)803 447
5477; info@oilandgastalents.org
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