Driving Organizational Excellence Across the GCC
Elevate leadership • Optimize talent • Accelerate nationalization • Strategic HR & organization design
Leadership Services
Personalized programs to accelerate executive growth and leadership skills.
FDK Consultancy Exclusive Services
Talent & Transformation Services
Tools and workshops for building resilient teams and cultures.
Creators of the Battle -Tested 6 Pillars Framework™ and the Award Winning HR Audit in a Day™
Founded by Feras Al Darmi, with 24+ years of HR leadership, we deliver tailored solutions using our proprietary 6 Pillars Framework to transform organizations and empower leaders
Deep Expertise
HR Policies & Procedure Design
Build a solid, compliant, and high-performance HR foundation that turns your people function from administrative burden into a strategic driver of growth.
At FDK Consultancy, we design and implement tailored HR Policies & Procedures that align with your business objectives, GCC labour laws, nationalization priorities (e.g., Kuwaitization, Saudization), and your unique organizational culture.
Our service includes:
Comprehensive review of your current HR setup and compliance gaps
Custom development of essential policies (recruitment, performance management, compensation & benefits, employee conduct, leave, disciplinary procedures, termination, and more)
Clear, practical procedure manuals and workflows that reduce ambiguity and legal risk
Integration with your broader HR transformation goals using our proven 6 Pillars Framework™
Employee handbook creation (bilingual options available for Arabic/English)
Implementation guidance, training for HR teams/managers, and templates for ongoing updates
Whether you're a growing SME, family business, or established institution in Kuwait or the GCC, professional HR policies ensure fairness, consistency, employee trust, better retention, and stronger business performance.
Ready to professionalize your HR foundation and unlock real organizational impact? Contact us for a discovery call.
Compensation & Benefits and Organizational Structure Design
Optimize your organization's foundation for sustainable growth with FDK Consultancy's Compensation & Benefits Structure & Organizational Design Package.
In the dynamic GCC business environment—particularly in Kuwait—effective organizational structure and competitive total rewards are essential for attracting/retaining talent, meeting nationalization goals (Kuwaitization and beyond), enabling clear career progression, and aligning people costs with business strategy.
We deliver an integrated, customized solution that designs:
Organizational Structure & Design
Current-state assessment and future-state org charts
Role definitions, responsibilities, and RACI matrices
Grading/job levels and reporting lines for efficiency and scalability
Support for business transitions, mergers, rapid expansion, or agile shifts
Alignment with leadership pipelines and succession planning
Compensation & Benefits (Total Rewards) Structure
Market benchmarking against GCC/Kuwait industry standards
Salary structures, grade bands, and pay progression rules
Incentive/bonus plans, allowances (housing, transport, education), and variable pay
Benefits packages (health, end-of-service gratuity/EOSB, leave, retirement) compliant with Kuwait Labour Law and GCC norms
Equity and pay-for-performance frameworks to drive motivation and retention
Ideal for CHROs, CEOs, family-owned businesses, growing SMEs, or organizations undergoing restructuring, nationalization compliance, or talent optimization in Kuwait and the wider GCC.
Contact us to get started: +965 9949 7074 | faldarmi@fdkconsultancy.com
Training & Development Content Creation
Elevate your organization's people capabilities with FDK Consultancy's Training & Development Content Creation package.
In today's fast-evolving GCC business landscape, effective training isn't just about sessions—it's about strategic content that drives real behavioral change, builds high-performance cultures, and supports nationalization, talent retention, and leadership pipelines.
We create customized, battle-tested training and development content tailored to your organization's unique needs, including:
Leadership & executive development programs
Talent management & succession planning workshops
HR capability building modules (aligned with our 6 Pillars Framework™)
Employee engagement & culture transformation toolkits
Soft skills, strategic HR, and change management materials
Onboarding, performance coaching, and professional development resources
Delivered in ready-to-use formats (presentations, facilitator guides, participant workbooks, e-learning outlines, or interactive session designs), our content is practical, GCC-contextual, data-informed, and designed for immediate impact—no fluff, just measurable results.
Perfect for HR leaders, L&D professionals, CHROs, and organizations investing in internal capability building, leadership acceleration, or compliance with localization goals.
Add-ons available:
Full program facilitation & delivery
Post-training evaluation & ROI measurement
Branded content customization
Transform your training from generic to strategic. Let's build development content that turns your people into your competitive advantage.
Contact us to discuss your specific needs: +965 9949 7074 | faldarmi@fdkconsultancy.com
HR. Reimagined.
Process that Delivers
Audit
Deep Diagnostic Insight
We begin with a rigorous, fact-based assessment — often leveraging our award-winning HR Audit in a Day™ — to uncover strengths, gaps, and untapped potential in your HR function, leadership pipeline, culture, and alignment with business strategy. This phase delivers clear, data-driven clarity on your current state, including compliance, talent effectiveness, and readiness for GCC-specific priorities like nationalization and agile transformation.
Plan
Tailored Strategic Roadmap
Drawing on our proprietary Battle-Tested 6 Pillars Framework™, we co-create a customized transformation plan with prioritized initiatives, measurable KPIs, timelines, and resource allocation. Focused on turning HR from support to strategic driver, the plan addresses leadership development, talent optimization, organizational design, and sustainable change — all aligned to your GCC growth ambitions.
Deliver
Expert Execution & Implementation
We partner closely to execute the plan with precision — providing hands-on advisory, facilitation, training, and change management support. Whether rolling out leadership programs, redesigning structures, accelerating localization targets, or embedding performance systems, we ensure high-quality delivery that drives real behavioral and business impact.
Follow Up
Sustained Impact & Continuous Improvement
Transformation doesn't end at launch. We provide structured follow-up, progress tracking, coaching, and adjustments to embed changes, measure ROI (e.g., engagement lifts, retention gains, productivity), and build internal capability for long-term excellence. Our goal: lasting results that evolve with your organization.
Meet Feras: Turning HR Challenges into Lasting Business Advantage
After more than 24 years in strategic HR and leadership roles across Kuwait’s demanding Banking sector and international projects, I founded FDK Consultancy because I saw too many talented teams held back by outdated structures, unclear direction, or disconnected leadership. My mission is simple: help forward-thinking organizations build cultures where people thrive and business results follow naturally.
Philosophy
I Didn't Start a Consultancy. I Started a Mission.
After 24 years inside some of the GCC's most demanding organizations — navigating banking sector pressures, leading HR transformations, and sitting at the table where real strategic decisions get made — I reached a turning point.
Not because I was unhappy. But because I kept seeing the same problem from the inside: brilliant leaders, capable teams, and ambitious organizations held back not by lack of talent, but by the systems around them. Outdated structures. HR functions that operated as administrators rather than strategic partners. Leadership pipelines that looked strong on paper but crumbled under real pressure.
I had the tools to fix it. I had built them, tested them, and refined them across decades of real-world experience. What I didn't have was the freedom to apply them on my own terms — with the depth, honesty, and pace that real transformation requires.
So I built FDK Consultancy.
What I Believe
I believe HR is not a support function — it is the engine of every organization that wants to grow with intention.
I believe GCC organizations face a distinct set of challenges that generic, Western-imported frameworks simply don't address: nationalization pressures, family-business dynamics, rapid scaling, and a workforce that spans generations and cultures simultaneously.
And I believe that leadership is personal. No framework transforms an organization — people do. My role is to equip the right people with the right tools, at the right moment.
How I Work
I bring three things to every engagement:
Directness — I will tell you what I see, not what is comfortable to hear. You are not paying for validation.
Empathy — I have sat in your seat. I understand the political weight of change, the pressure of deadlines, and the complexity of leading people through uncertainty.
Data — Every recommendation I make is grounded in evidence. My proprietary HR Audit in a Day™ and 6 Pillars Framework™ exist because instinct alone is not enough. You need a system.
Why Now Matters
The organizations that invest in strategic HR and leadership development today will be the ones that dominate their sectors in five years. The ones that wait will spend that time catching up.
If you are reading this, you already sense that something needs to change. That instinct is your most valuable asset right now.
Let's act on it.
Explore Our Blog
Insights that drive transformation.
Explore our blog for battle-tested perspectives on strategic HR, leadership excellence, talent optimization, and organizational performance in the GCC — drawn from 24+ years of real-world impact.
From rapid diagnostics to sustainable change, discover practical frameworks and regional insights to help you build stronger, more agile organizations.