We bring deep experience working with global, fast-growth, and multicultural organisations, with proven frameworks and tools that translate easily into the UAE context. For clients looking at broader programmes, we also design integrated Learning and Development strategies and leadership journeys that connect to your careers and performance agenda
Careers And Performance Consultancy UAE
Let's Talk Talent
Get, Keep & Grow Brilliant People
Careers & Performance Consulting in the UAE
Build careers people believe in and drive performance that delivers results
In the UAE’s fast-growing, multicultural market, careers and performance cannot be left to chance. Clarity, fairness, and progression are critical, particularly as organisations compete for top talent, develop national capability and deliver ambitious growth plans.
At Let’s Talk Talent, we help UAE-based and regional organisations design career pathways and performance frameworks that work in the real world. Our approach balances ambition with practicality, and structure with humanity, so people understand how they grow, how they perform, and how their contribution matters.
We partner with HR leaders, senior teams, and people managers to create career and performance systems that motivate people, strengthen retention, and directly support business outcomes.
How We Work with UAE Clients
Our approach is grounded in four principles:
Human-centred
Careers and performance must work for people, not just processes.
Practical
Simple frameworks that can be implemented, sustained, and owned by your teams.
Commercially aligned
People strategy that supports performance, productivity, and growth.
Creative
Imaginative visualisation which shows the art of the possible and aligns with your values.
Why Careers & Performance Matter in the UAE
Rapid growth, diverse workforces, and high mobility create distinct challenges for organisations operating in the UAE and wider GCC. Balancing expatriate and national talent agendas, hybrid working, and ambitious transformation programmes make it essential to provide clarity on careers and performance.
Typical challenges we see in UAE organisations include:
- Unclear career pathways leading to disengagement or attrition
- Performance processes that feel outdated, inconsistent, or overly bureaucratic
- Managers lack confidence in feedback and development conversations.
- Misalignment between performance, reward, and progression
- Limited visibility of future talent and succession risk
Our work is designed to address these challenges with clarity, simplicity, and impact, connecting your careers and performance approach to your overall people strategy.
Our Careers & Performance Proposition
Career Pathways & Career Planning
Create clarity. Enable mobility. Retain great people.
Employees are far more likely to stay when they can see how they grow and where they can go next. We design simple, visual, and structured career pathways that help people understand their options, take ownership of their development, and make informed career decisions in the UAE context.
Our work typically includes:
- Clear career pathways aligned to your organisation, culture, and regional talent agenda
- Career mapping tools that show vertical, lateral, and cross-functional progression
- Career navigator frameworks to support internal mobility and development
- Practical tools for managers, HR, and employees to have better career conversations
- Support for both expatriate and national talent populations, aligned to Emiratisation priorities
Build career pathways that people trust and use – discover more about our Careers & Performance consulting.
Performance Management Redesign
Move beyond ratings. Build performance through clarity and honest conversations.
Many UAE organisations are ready to move away from outdated annual reviews, but are unsure what should replace them. We help you redesign performance management so it becomes continuous, human-centred and commercially aligned – with managers confident to talk about performance, development and career growth.
Our approach focuses on:
- Clear expectations and shared definitions of performance across multicultural teams
- High-quality feedback and meaningful performance conversations
- Strong manager capability, not just better processes and forms
- Linking performance to motivation, reward, and recognition
- Balancing performance and potential to support long-term growth and succession
Create performance systems that drive focus, motivation, and results, supported by tailored learning and development solutions.
Competency & Capability Frameworks
Set clear expectations across diverse teams.
In multicultural environments like the UAE, shared behavioural expectations are critical to consistency and fairness. Our competency and capability frameworks provide a clear, modern, and practical foundation for performance, development, and progression.
We offer:
- Modern competency frameworks using our STAR model
- Clear behavioural standards aligned to your values, strategy, and regional culture
- Frameworks that support performance management and career pathways
- Practical tools and playbooks for real-world application by managers
- Frameworks that scale as your organisation grows across the GCC and beyond
Create clarity and consistency across roles, teams, and regions with our Talent Management & Strategy consultancy.
Succession Planning & Future Talent Pipelines
Protect the future of your organisation.
High mobility and rapid growth increase talent risk in the UAE. We help organisations move beyond static succession models to build dynamic, future-focused talent pipelines that reflect critical roles, future capability needs, and regional realities.
Our work includes:
- Practical alternatives to traditional 9-box approaches
- Risk-based and behaviour-led succession frameworks
- Identification of critical roles and future capability needs
- Tools to support leadership continuity and internal mobility
- Succession planning aligned to careers, performance, and development.
Build confidence in your future leadership and talent pipeline with our wider HR Strategy consultancy services.
Who We Work With
We support organisations across sectors that are particularly active in the UAE, including:
- Financial Services and professional services
- Technology, AI, and digital businesses
- Retail, consumer, and media
- Education and learning providers
- Government-related entities and regulators
Our experience includes global and regional organisations operating in complex, fast-moving environments, with a strong track record of delivering measurable outcomes across talent, culture, and performance.
Start the Conversation
Whether you are redesigning performance, building career pathways, or planning for future talent needs in the UAE, we can help you create clarity and momentum. Many clients start with a focused diagnostic or leadership workshop that quickly surfaces opportunities and priorities.
Talk to us about Careers & Performance in the UAE, or explore how our wider Consultancy services and Learning and Development solutions can support your ambitions.