The People Partnership

The People Partnership was established in 2002 as a training and HR consultancy based at Dubai Knowledge Village. The company merged with Ibtikar Management Services in November 2014 and together has over 25 years combined corporate experience in organisation performance, HR, management and training consultancy.

The company has grown rapidly in response to the needs of organisations seeking practical, implementable people-related solutions. It is currently supporting a number of Government agencies and large organisations helping them with an array of training, development, corporate performance and HR consultancy assignments.

On the training front, the company specialises in Leadership and Management development, Personal and Interpersonal development, Human Resources development as well as Organisational Development programmes. A list of the programmes offered is shown separately below. All the training is tailored to the client’s needs and is often preceded with an analysis of the client’s requirement and assessment of the trainees’ knowledge and skill level.

Executive Education programmes are provided through our regional Strategic Partnership with Henley Business School. Recent assignments included HR programmes with Abu Dhabi General Secretariat of the Executive Council and Leadership Development and Coaching for Federal Government Directors as part of the UAE Government Leaders Programme with the Prime Minister’s Office.

In Organisation Performance and Excellence we have conducted numerous courses covering the Balanced Scorecard Model, EFQM, ISO and Lean methodologies. As agents for the Balanced Scorecard Institute we can provide certified courses in the BSC by both the George Washington University and the BSI. We have also implemented such models in organisations and achievements have included support for numerous organisations in achieving the coveted Dubai Quality Award (DQA) and Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Business Award (MRM).

In HR consultancy, our assignments have included organisation and HR reviews in both public and private sectors, strategy workshops, facilitating focus groups, competency frameworks, HR policies and procedures, job analysis, role profiles and job evaluation, bench marking, job grading and salary structures, performance management systems, training needs analysis and employee handbooks.

A major focus has been the development of effective initiatives towards the employment and sustained development of young Emiratis in the workforce. Training consultancy assignments have included training needs analysis and high potential staff development programmes, as well as guiding organisations through the Dubai Human Development Award Model.