Nancy Zakharia Ohanessian

Nancy is a Talent Management professional, and a Certified Coach and Assessor with over 15 years’ experience in business and HR practices within different industries and sectors.

Having been in Dubai for over 21 years, Nancy has built strong networks and worked with people from different backgrounds which has sharpened her social and inter-cultural intelligence.

Nancy is a strong believer in the importance of leveraging strengths, and is passionate about leading personal and organisational growth while inspiring others to do the same.

Professional Experience

Nancy brings broad experience in creating, owning, and implementing strategies for leadership assessment and development, talent management, employee engagement, career management, diversity and inclusion, performance management, succession planning, leadership development programmes, and coaching.
Her recent experience as a Global Talent Leader in a multinational organisation gives her the breadth and depth of understanding business challenges across the globe, and helps her to easily build rapport with stakeholders at all levels and from different backgrounds.

With her coaching hat on, Nancy helps clients deepen their self-awareness, understand the impact of their behaviours and make deliberate choices about opportunities on which to focus. She strives to make coaching and team work an enjoyable process of discovery, commitment and tangible change.

Qualifications and Accreditations

  • Associate Certified Coach (ACC), International Coaching Federation (ICF)
  • Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC), CTI
  • Organisation & Relationship Systems Coaching (ORSC), CRR Global
  • Conversational Intelligence (CI-Q) Enhanced Practitioner
  • Wave Professional Styles certification and 360 Feedback, Saville Consulting
  • Occupational Test Level A certification and Occupational Personality Questionnaire Level B certification, SHL Training Academy
  • DISC Profiling Certification, KnowledgeWorkx
  • Benchmark 360 certification – CCL (Center for Creative Leadership)
  • Design & Implementation of Assessment and Development Centres/ Assessor Training for Assessment and Development Centres/Competency Based Interviewing/Competency Design and Job Analysis, SHL Training Academy
  • Registered with the British Psychological Society (BPS)
  • SHRM- SCP (Senior Certified Professional), SHRM
  • SPHRi Certification, HRCI
  • Hay Grading System Training, Hay
  • Master’s in Business Administration – American University of Sharjah
  • Bilingual English & Arabic

Example of Recent Assignments

  • Coached senior leaders and employees at all levels across sectors and geographies
  • Conducted leadership assessment and development including writing reports and providing feedback
  • Led several 360 feedback projects for various employee levels in different industries, and used the results to help people identify their impact on others
  • Initiated a number of leadership development programmes for HiPO Managers and Directors within international organizations in different industries
  • Established global strategies and programmes to build solid talent pipeline
  • Designed and facilitated several leadership training programmes
  • Facilitated team coaching sessions and leadership meetings with C-level leaders
  • Pioneered global Diversity & Inclusion strategy and chaired Global Inclusion Council
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