Learning Needs Assessment

Course Director

Seema Nagrath Menon CPLP®, COTU, MD & Founder CALM Worldwide (Center for Action in Learning Management) Seema Nagrath Menon is an International Speaker, Master Trainer, experienced Executive Coach, Senior Learning & Development Specialist and ATD Expert Facilitator based in Dubai. As a Certified Professional in Learning & Performance (CPLP®) and a qualified COTU-BPS (Level A & B) from Cambridge University, she has been working internationally in the fields of leadership development, learning strategy and instructional design for over 18 years. She is currently the head of CALM Worldwide (Center for Action in Learning Management), a professional and dynamic UAE based Management & Learning Consultancy. CALM Worldwide's niche is to add value to organizations, focusing on highly effective leadership, management and L&D practices that enable maximum potential and growth in the employees. She has also trained as an Emotional Intelligence and Leadership specialist, at Yale University and Case Western Reserve University. Using her cross-cultural international business exposure to add value and positively influence the life of her clients in global business she has designed and delivered specialist learning programs in Leadership Skills, Business & Life Skills, Mindfulness and Emotional Intelligence for a range of international business corporates and institutions.

Bahaa Hussein, CPLP Bahaa Hussein has been training across Europe and the CEEMEA regions since 1998, positively impacting employees’ performance to reach maximum potential. Bahaa has extensive experience of designing and delivering professional training programs with some of the esteemed companies in the region and his sessions are renowned to be interactive and engaging. He calls on experience across a diverse set of businesses and industries and has delivered training with the likes of Procter & Gamble, Sawiras Construction Group, Mountain View Real Estate Development and Deraya Insurance Company. Graduating from the American University in Cairo with a Bachelor in Business Administration and a minor in Political Science, Bahaa Hussein began his career 28 years ago with Procter & Gamble Egypt (P&G) where he managed to work his way up to head of sales operations in Saudi Arabia. After helping the business grow, Bahaa discovered that his real passion and interest was in positively impacting peoples’ lives through improved human performance, so Bahaa made a career move into Learning & Development and hasn’t looked back. In 2010 he successfully earned one of ATD’s highest awards, Certified Professional in Learning and Performance (CPLP), becoming one of the 1,300 certified learning & development professionals worldwide and one of ATD’s first international facilitators. Currently, Bahaa is the Head of Learning and Development at Abudawood Group, responsible for the development and delivery of training programs across six markets in MEA & AP&P regions. Bahaa continues to bring the same passion he had when he first started, to delivering impactful training programs that build future leaders and raise organisational performance.