About
Dr. Ranya Nehmeh is a people and talent management expert, women’s leadership advocate, author, and university lecturer. She has over 20 years of work experience in both private and public sectors. Starting her career in a public relations speaker bureau in London, she went on to work for a global telecommunications company, before moving into the world of international financial institutions. In her latest role as a Senior HR solutions expert at the European Central Bank, she is leading projects related to talent management, the design and implementation of an internal talent marketplace, workforce planning, among other initiatives. Prior to this, she was the Head, HR Policies & Development at the OPEC Fund for International Development.
Ranya is the published author of THE CHAMELEON Leader: Connecting with Millennials, a business book that identifies the main traits millennials want from their leaders in the workplace. She also contributes to different journals and publications, one of her most notable articles was published in the Harvard Business Review May-June 2024 edition on HR's New Role.
She is a visiting Professor at the University of Applied Sciences for Management & Communication in Vienna, Austria (FH Wien) where she has lectured the Master’s program on HR-related topics and developed a new module, Leadership in the New World of Work, which she has been delivering since 2023.
Ranya holds a Doctorate in Business Administration from the Swiss Management School, an MSc in Human Resources from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and a BA Business with Human Resource Management from the Westminster Business School.
She has participated in high impact strategic and leadership trainings conducted in partnership with global prestigious universities such as Cornell, Wharton Business School, London Business School, Rotterdam School of Management, and the George Washington University, among others.
Born in Vienna to Lebanese parents, Ranya has an international background, having studied, lived and worked in London, Beirut, Milan, Frankfurt and Vienna.
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On Advisory Services
Ranya’s extensive Human Resources expertise spans years of technical, operational, strategic, and managerial roles with the aim of furthering the organization’s goals and objectives.
She has added value by developing and implementing projects that make up the whole employee experience cycle, focusing, among others, on people strategy, learning & development, talent management and leadership initiatives.
She is an organizational effectiveness expert who advises organizations on topics related to:
Expertise
Developing and formulating HR policies
Conducting Strategic Workforce Planning and Organisational Restructuring/Organisational development initatives
Leading Organisational and Cultural Change management
Devising HR/People strategies
Crafting and implementing Organisational Talent Management Solutions
Managing Leadership Development Initiatives
Designing Staff Engagement plans
Designing and implementing Learning and Development strategies
Developing an Internal Talent Marketplace
How Ranya Works
Driven by her core values of excellence and innovation, Ranya believes in tailor-making every solution depending on context, structure, process and people. Years of working in different sectors, industries and roles have provided her with a solid basis of how organisations work and how to enhance organisational efficiencies. Her approach follows her 5Cs:
Communicate Needs
Close the Gaps
Connect the dots
Craft Solutions
Create Impact
On Speaking
Ranya is an external lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences for Communication and Management in Vienna, Austria (FH Wien) where she has lectured HR Masters Programs on various HR topics. Most recently she designed and delivered a module on Leadership in the New World of Work.
She has held Masterclasses in different forums including the Women’s Leadership Forum and is a listed speaker for the Young President’s Organization (YPO), the world’s largest leadership community of chief executives.
She is available for lecturing (one off Masterclasses or modules) as well as speaking engagements and panel sessions on topics related to strategic human resources, leadership, HR's new role, the future of work and The CHAMELEON Leader, among others.
On Writing
Ranya is an avid contributor to specialized publications, journals, and magazines such as the Harvard Business Review, Society for Human Resource Management and Executive Women on various topics.
Her latest articles can be viewed here. If you would like her to contribute a piece on these topics, do get in touch, she is always open to exploring writing opportunities.
Human resources / human capability
The future of the workplace
Organisational agility
The changing role of HR
Leadership in the new world of work
The multi generations in the workplace
Innovation in HR / AI
Future Offices (2024)
by Ali Rahim
Ranya has co-authored a chapter on Remote Work with Peter Cappelli which examines how the notion of offices has evolved especially since the Pandemic and discusses the challenges and opportunities of remote work for businesses drawing on real-life experiences and interviews.
“Employers are under immense scrutiny to strike a fine balance between company performance and managing employee expectations concerning the future workplace. Remote work is a big part of that conversation, one that will have a profound impact on keeping the workforce engaged and productive.” (excerpt from Chapter 2, Future Offices)
How Ranya Works
Driven by her core values of excellence and innovation, Ranya believes in tailor-making every solution depending on context, structure, process and people. Years of working in different sectors, industries and roles have provided her with a solid basis of how organisations work and how to enhance organisational efficiencies. Her approach follows her 5Cs:
The Book
The Chameleon Leader: Connecting with Millennials
Millennials make up a significant part of today’s workforce and we would be foolish not to embrace what they have to offer – a unique perspective, an ethical outlook, tech-savvy minds, and a ‘no fear’ approach to the workplace.
Top-down leadership is passé. Millennials need a leadership style that is current - collaborative, open, transparent and inclusive - which caters to their strengths. They want to be a valued part of the leadership process. This book asks the question: What do you want in a leader?
The answers, summarised into nine traits that were identified by hundreds of millennials worldwide as being of the utmost importance in a leader, comprise the CHAMELEON Leader.
An informative, straight from the source, fully interactive, exercise-guided book that gives you the practical skills you need to be a better leader, and offers a place to self-reflect on your own existing skills and create a game plan to take action.
Grab your copy online or in these bookstores:
Vienna:
Dubai/Abu Dhabi Virgin Megastore (Dubai Mall/Marina Mall):
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