In Dubai, a team of eight can hold six passports and as many ideas of what a manager is for. ABP Consulting trains managers and coaches leaders across the Emirates.
Whether it is one of our best-selling programmes or a training built module by module for your team, get in touch.
Cumulative figures across all of ABP Consulting.
Book a full training as it stands, or keep only the modules that match your team's real sticking points: we will stitch them into a single programme.
Management training at ABP Consulting teaches managers to lead people who do not think, communicate or decide the way they do.
6 trainings
ABP Consulting's sales training teaches consultative selling rather than scripts: how to qualify a real need, build an argument around it, and adapt delivery to the person across the table.
1 training
These programmes start from self-awareness: DISC and Driving Forces to read behaviour, the Enneagram to understand what drives it, and positive, non-violent communication to act on both, giving feedback, standing your ground, defusing tension.
3 trainings
Collective work with a whole team rather than individuals: a cohesion seminar, a vision session for a leadership team, or a longer team coaching engagement across several months.
1 trainingThe Buffet method
ABP builds programmes as modules rather than fixed trainings. You choose the modules that match what your managers are actually struggling with, and we assemble them into one coherent programme. That is the Buffet method, and it travels from France to Dubai unchanged.
Certifications
ABP Consulting is run by its founder, Alain Palacios, certified in DISC, the Enneagram and professional coaching. He still delivers many sessions himself; the rest are led by trainers from the ABP team, on programmes built around those same tools.
out of 5 on Google, from 448 reviews (as of 17 September 2026)
The latest reviews of ABP Consulting in France, as published on its Google listing.
I took part in a two-day Enneagram course led by Alain, and it was an extremely enriching and deeply moving experience. Alain is a passionate, kind and captivating trainer. With his humour, his energy and his command of the subject, he makes complex ideas accessible. The two days flew by! This course helped me understand myself better and understand others better. Many thanks as well to the whole team for their support, their responsiveness and their warm welcome. I recommend this course without hesitation.
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Thank you to ABP Consulting and Alain for the excellent delivery of the Enneagram course. I came to understand the Enneagram through a wealth of examples illustrating and defining the different profiles. And all of it while watching a real show from Alain!! A rich, very well-honed course that also leaves plenty of room for interaction and discussion between participants. Thank you and well done!
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A team-building day for members of the Junior Chamber International (JCE) built around the Enneagram. The training given by Gwenaëlle LEFRANT was brilliant. Essential for getting to know yourself and understanding others. Thank you for a very enriching day!!!
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A high-quality Enneagram course with Gwenaëlle Lefrant, thank you very much ABP Consulting! I advise everyone to take it, to discover the different facets of personality and all the ways the same event can be perceived. It's very enriching!
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I was lucky enough to take the Enneagram course led by Gwenaëlle Lefrant and I highly recommend it! It is a fascinating course that helps you get to know yourself better, understand how you operate and better understand the people you deal with, in both your professional and personal life. Gwenaëlle has a perfect command of her subject and makes the course dynamic, lively and accessible. The discussions are rich, the input is concrete and the approach is both professional and caring. An extremely enriching experience that I recommend without hesitation.
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An excellent experience at this training centre! The course was brilliant, enriching and very interesting from start to finish. Many thanks to Annie, a passionate trainer who explains things well and really listens. She passes on her knowledge with clarity and energy, which makes the sessions truly enjoyable. I highly recommend this training centre!
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Blog
Most managers in Dubai control far less of the pay than of the things that actually drive engagement. The trouble is that the standard advice on those levers assumes a team that shares expectations.
Both models get used for the same purpose and they are not interchangeable. One describes behaviour you can observe in a meeting; the other describes motivation you cannot.
A manager asks whether everyone agrees, nobody objects, the decision proceeds. Three weeks later it turns out half the room never agreed. This failure is common, expensive and fixable.
Frequently asked questions
ABP Consulting is a management training and coaching firm founded in 2003 in Nice, France, and backed by more than twenty trainers and coaches. In Dubai, it runs management, sales and communication training, team coaching and individual coaching.
Training and coaching are delivered in English, French or Spanish. The website can also be read in Arabic, but sessions are not currently delivered in Arabic.
One to three days depending on the training. In the two three-day trainings, the first two days are consecutive and the third takes place a few weeks later, once participants have put the tools into practice.
ABP Consulting works in six markets, each with its own site. If your teams sit elsewhere, start there rather than here.
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