As DLI seeks to provide comprehensive human resource management and executive development solutions to meet the disruptive challenges of a digital-driven workplace, we have established key strategic partnerships and global alliances that allow us to meet the needs of our clients across the globe.

Our strategic partnerships allow us to connect our clients to trusted colleagues globally that expand and supplement our services. Our global alliances allow us to deliver our world-class programs with the quality and consistency that our clients expect.

Our goal is to support client organization as it initiates or undergoes digital transformation by focussing the human capital aspect of the strategy.

We are proud to have strategic relationships with the following regional and international consulting firms whenever DLI requires a specialist level of consulting expertise or a global perspective:

At the Centre for Executive Education (CEE), an award-winning and trusted executive development firm, we partner with clients to ensure their leaders’ readiness to survive and thrive in the post-pandemic era of a digital-driven world of work.

Our research affiliate, the Disruptive Leadership Institute (DLI) places cutting-edge research at its core. DLI research programs produce rigorous, independent thinking to offer fresh perspectives on managing the leadership and organizational challenges in a highly disruptive and ever-changing workplace of the future.
We partner with clients globally to identify, assess, select and develop their next generation of ‘disruptive digital leaders’ and ensures their readiness to navigate the near-insurmountable organizational and business challenges during times of disruption.

iGroup is a leading information services company globally, serving more than 2,000 institutional customers across the Asia Pacific, and also fast expanding in other regions like North America, Latin America, Europe, and the Middle East.

The iGroup aims to be a one-stop-shop for information products and library technologies. Our ability to provide a full spectrum of related products and services with localized support from each of our regional offices establishes us as the key information industry partner in the Asia Pacific region.

Executive Development Associates Inc. (EDA) is a leader in creating custom-designed executive development strategies, systems, and programs that help organizations build the capabilities needed to achieve their strategic objectives. EDA leads the way in the use of executive development to help organizations successfully address their marketplace challenges and accelerate the execution of their business strategy.

Our technology platforms, EDASurveys™ and EDACulture™ Dashboard are designed to equip your leaders to create a compelling, high-performing culture so that you can attract and retain top talent and win in the marketplace.

Business Expert Press LLC (BEP) philosophy is to publish the highest quality books on the broadest possible range of business topics designed for businesses to meet the challenges for ever-changing today’s global business environment. BEP’s mission is to play a part in this process by providing forward-looking business content and the best available resource materials. Our books are researched- based with a practical focus that is written by experts for non-experts.

The Prophetic Leadership Institute (a subsidiary of the Centre for Executive Education (CEE), offers the innovative Prophetic Leadership Masterclass Series

The management and leadership principles found in each module of the “Prophetic Leadership” prprogramre based on the teachings of Islam and the history of ‘seerah‘ of Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and pious caliphs.

Apart from the leadership lessons based on the life of our beloved Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), the Masterclass Series on “Prophetic Leadership” will also include how these leadership skills are practiced now in today’s context and successfully demonstrated by leaders in best-in-class businesses and organizations.

The program is offered in collaboration with the Madinah Institute of Leadership & Entrepreneurship (MILE).

Asia e University (AeU) is a leading Open and Distance Learning (ODL) university in Malaysia, and one of the premier ODL institutions in Asia.

We have made it our mission to remove barriers that can limit access to Higher Education and make it more accessible, affordable, and beneficial for our learners. AeU’s commitment to drive higher education’s digital frontier manifests in several exciting ways. From world-class learning support to our forward-thinking staff, our technological infrastructure, or our exclusive partnerships, we’re constantly striving for new ways to improve student experience and learning outcomes.

We have taken flexibility to a new level by combining our experience in open, online, and distance learning with the very latest technology-rich innovative learning environments. We are strategically poised to reach learners wherever they are in the world.

The Madinah Institute for Leadership and Entrepreneurship (MILE) is a pioneer of Executive Education based in Madinah, Saudi Arabia. It specializes in training, coaching, and providing consulting services to address the leadership deficit, particularly in the Middle East and the rest of the Muslim world in general.

MILE offers many interesting programs such as the Program for Advanced Leadership and Management (PALM), and High-Performance Governments (HPG) for senior executives to further develop their leadership skills. These unique programs offer the latest management tools and concepts aiming at transforming senior executives into true leaders.

MILE in collaboration with the Prophetic Leadership Institute (a subsidiary of the Centre for Executive Education (CEE), offers the innovative Prophetic Leadership Masterclass Series, Disruptive Leadership 4.0 Masterclass Series, and Executive Coaching 4.0 for Board Members, CEOs, and C-Suite Leaders.

Prof Sattar Bawany, the CEO of the Disruptive Leadership Institute (DLI) has been appointed as a member of the Global Academic Committee of MILE.

Over the past 20 years, Training Edge International (TEI) has been partnering with organizations and enabling their employees to develop the relevant knowledge and skills to play out their positions at expected levels. The suite of training courses includes developing policies, procedures, and practices, efficient operations, and eLearning-based training initiatives on different aspects of being a corporate employee, such as management training and leadership training.

Training Edge courses such as Leading and Managing People, Customer Servicing, and Mind-Mapping have been proven to grow and transform businesses. In the new normal of the post-pandemic corporate scene, the need for accelerated learning, forced and productive digital adaptions, and increased microlearning is expanding. To meet the needs of corporate training in Singapore and the wider Asia Pacific region, we deliver coaching and mentoring skills, eLearning abilities, and productive training manuals, instructor guides, PowerPoint slides, and customized content.

Corporate Coach Academy (CCA), an ICF Accredited Level 1 and Level 2 Coaching Education provider, was established in 2004 to grow leaders and equip them with coaching skills to make a positive difference in the marketplace.

CCA’s primary mission is to transform traditional leaders to become new-age coach-leaders who can lead and build their people and organizations well to achieve extraordinary performance.

CCA collaborates with progressive organizations in several ways, ranging from transferring quick coaching skills to their leaders to fully equipping them as certified coach leaders (at all 3 levels) who become Coaching Champions to lead in the building of strong coaching culture that inspires high performance in their work environment.

CCA leads the Coaching Industry here in many initiatives. Among them are the formation of the Malaysian Association of Certified Coaches as a home for coaches in the region, and the Coaching Standards to guide the development of Coaching and providing higher education on Coaching for young leaders.

Quality Resources (QR) is a management consulting firm that emphasizes a practical approach to realizing business vision into a compelling action plan for improvement and behavior changes (taking vision from the wall to the hall).

With the philosophy that “Your Mental Ability is Your Greatest Asset”, our mission is to empower the organization through process excellence and right behavior with the end goal of exponentially improving business performance through sustainable excellent processes and high productivity.

At Quantum Steppe Advisory (QSA), our mission is to provide strategic advice with seamless execution to deliver exceptional value to clients. In today’s complex world, any solution can only be conceptualized and subsequently executed, and successfully delivered by ensuring that the right team is in place. We bring the right people to challenge the status quo and concurrently deliver meaningful results. We are committed to developing capabilities for sustainable organization performance and future growth.

IPE Management School Paris (IPE) is the International School of Paris Pôle Alternance (PPA) which is responsible for the delivery of our Undergraduate, Masters and Doctorate (DBA) degrees in overseas locations within the authority as granted for PPA. Pôle Paris Alternance (PPA) is an Institution of Higher Education of Réseau Grandes Écoles Spécialisées (Réseau GES) and is fully approved and accredited by the French Government to award the specialized. MBA in Disruptive Leadership.

More than a century old, the University of Agriculture (UAF), located in Faisalabad, Pakistan, is a premier institution of higher education, research, and advocacy in agricultural and human sciences in Pakistan. It is a top-ranked University in Pakistan with international recognition through QS, TIMES, UI Green Metric World Universities, and many other Ranking Systems. UAF’s mission is to lead the change through outstanding achievements in learning, discovery, and community service with a clear focus on programs of significance to agricultural and rural development.

The Institute of Business Management Sciences’ (IBMS) vision is to be Pakistan’s leading institution in business education and research in the changing environment with global recognition and its mission is to nurture efficient and responsible business leaders and researchers equipped with modern professional skills.

The International Professional Managers Association (IPMA) is an International Examining, Licensing, and Regulatory Professional body formed to provide practicing managers with the opportunity to participate and to be part of the process of improving managerial performance and effectiveness in all areas of business, industry, and public administration. Our Association has teamed up with various reputable institutions including the Centre for Executive Education (CEE) to bring you a range of specialist certificate programs.

Action Management Associates Inc. (AMAI) is a progressive, innovative, and results-focused training and consulting company with over 30 years of demonstrated expertise teaching critical thinking courses, team building, problem-solving, and a proven decision-making process to diverse clients globally. Our problem-solving training and critical thinking courses are designed to develop the critical thinking and cognitive readiness skills of your organization’s leaders.

Performance Works International (PWI) is focused on developing organizations, leaders, and managers to be fit and ready for the future. In this age of disruption and constant change, leaders need to navigate the future to remain competitive. They need to be innovative and reshape their business in an increasingly digitized world. Organizations and individuals need to be clear about how they respond. Managers need new skills to manage in a changing and often remote workplace. They have to mobilize and motivate people, drive positive change and ensure performance at all levels.

Mentis partners with the client to identify, assess and select top talent in their organization to turn them into rising stars and outstanding future leaders quickly. We are the client’s go-to partner for expert talent identification and management. Mentis has been a valued distributor of Hogan Assessment solutions since 2005. We use Hogan’s world-class and powerful science of personality to help our clients to hire the right people, develop talented employees, build great leaders, and impact the bottom line.