Meet the people who help you build your people

Behind every program, every coaching conversation, and every training workshop, stands a team of professionals who live this work every day.

Our team go wherever you operate

We develop leaders who bring out the best in themselves and in everyone around them. Our team all work from the same proven methodology, in the regions we serve, so your people receive the same quality of experience in every location.

Our Leadership Team

Grant Herbert, Global Managing Partner at People Builders

Grant Herbert

Global Managing Partner

Australia

Grant has over 40 years of global experience developing effective leaders by increasing emotional and social intelligence in executives, teams, and whole organisations.

Grant founded People Builders in 2008 to help organisations bring out the best in their people. He equips executives and teams to increase their emotional intelligence, navigate pressure with less conflict and stress, and build cultures where people choose to stay and contribute.

Nidia Knight, Associate Partner at People Builders

Nidia Knight

Associate Partner

Dubai

Nidia works with senior leaders and executive teams on the people side of change. She helps them build capability, navigate growth, and lead effectively through pressure.

Nidia Knight is a global HR executive and certified organisational coach who works with senior leaders and executive teams on the people side of change: building capability, navigating growth and leading through pressure. With over 20 years' experience across 65+ countries, she has held executive HR and CHRO accountability for organisations operating in complex, high-risk environments, most recently as Group General Manager, International HR, and CHRO for the Medical Services business line at International SOS.

Her own experience spans Accenture, EY and International SOS, giving her a practical view of leadership from inside the boardroom and outside as an advisor. She is an IECL Certified Organisational Coach, holds a Non-Executive Board seat with WERC Talent Everywhere and completed the Financial Times Non-Executive Director Diploma.

Nidia partners with People Builders on leadership development and coaching, bringing a direct, evidence led style shaped by two decades of leading people through real organisational pressure.

People Builders partners facilitating a leadership session

How we work together

Everyone in our team is trained to facilitate our proprietary People Builders programs, and holds certifications in coaching, facilitation, Transformational Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, and Behavioural Profiling. Your teams receive the same standard of experience in every location.

We have trusted people in every region, so your people learn from someone who understands their market and their pressures, and we stay with them after the training ends, embedding new behaviour until it becomes the way your organisation works.

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