Assoc. CIPD · Corporate Trainer · Baku

Great organisations aren’t led by chance — they’re built on systems people can trust.

We help companies design the governance, performance and people systems that hold up under pressure — and we train the leaders who run them. Twenty years across the Big Four, oil & gas, banking, retail, agriculture, transport, sales, trading and government organisations.

Nargiz Ibrahimova, HR and management consultant, standing in an office
Assoc. CIPD
MA, George Washington University
20+ years
in consulting, HR leadership & training
9 sectors
Big Four, oil & gas, banking, retail, agriculture, transport, sales, trading & government
3 countries
training delivered in Baku, Paris & Spain
100s trained
managers, HR teams & facilitators

Consulting services

Global practice, local delivery.

Flexible and efficient consulting and training that produces durable systems built around the business need — one senior advisor across the full range of commercial questions, at a genuine price-to-performance ratio.

01

Corporate governance & structure

Governance system design, mission, vision and values, and the design and optimisation of organisational structure.

02

Reward & performance

Grading and reward frameworks and end-to-end performance management systems that hold managers and teams to the same standard.

03

Human capital policy

Human capital strategy, HR policies and procedures, and business-partnering models that connect HR to commercial outcomes.

04

Recruitment systems

Designing recruitment systems and competency-based selection so hiring decisions are consistent, defensible and fast.

05

Training Academy set-up

Standing up an in-house training academy — curriculum, trainer capability, governance and measurement.

06

Engagement & communication

Internal communication systems, employee-engagement strategy, mentoring programmes, and team-building workshops.

Training programmes

A working catalogue for managers and HR teams.

Programmes are designed on international approaches to adult learning — interactive, practical, and built to transfer into daily work. Delivered in Baku, Paris and across Spain.

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  • Performance management

    Running a fair, consistent review cycle that drives real conversations.

  • Train the trainer

    Design and facilitation skills for people who deliver learning internally.

  • L&D specialist programme

    The full toolkit for a training & development professional.

  • Competency-based interviewing

    Structured selection interviews that predict on-the-job performance.

  • HR essentials for managers

    What every line manager needs to know to lead people well and safely.

  • Disciplinary procedures

    Handling conduct and performance issues correctly and calmly.

  • Labour law

    Practical grounding in employment legislation for HR and managers.

  • HR assistant programme

    Foundations for people starting out in an HR function.

What clients say

Work that stays in place after the project ends.

“The performance management system she built is still the backbone of how we run reviews three years on.”
HR Director · Oil & gas
“Her train-the-trainer programme changed how our whole L&D team facilitates. Practical, energetic, no filler.”
Head of L&D · Banking
“She reworked our org design and grading so that internal moves finally made sense to everyone.”
Chief Operating Officer · Retail

Insights

Notes on governance, performance and people.

Short, practical pieces on the systems behind well-run organisations. First articles coming soon.

Designing a performance system people actually use

Why most review cycles quietly fail — and the handful of design choices that keep them alive.

Competency-based interviewing, without the theatre

Hiring for what people can do: structuring interviews so the evidence, not the rapport, decides.

Building an in-house training academy from zero

Curriculum, trainers, governance and measurement — the order to build them in.

Contact

Tell us what you’re trying to fix.

A short note about your organisation and the challenge is enough to start. We’ll come back to you personally.