DYNAMICS: Office PoliticsA Professional Certification in Work Dynamics
The hardest problems at work are rarely technical. They're political.
For managers, business owners, HR leaders, consultants and coaches who need to read, resolve and prevent the power, relationship and boundary challenges that shape how work really gets done—in a team, a company or a client's organisation. Also for professionals who want to understand office politics and grow their own influence at work.
“Learn the rules nobody teaches you.”
Learn with purpose.
Develop professional influence.
DYNAMICS: Office Politics is designed to help professionals understand organisational behaviour, workplace influence, boundaries, conflict and collaboration—and apply this understanding to their own work or when supporting clients.
You've seen these situations.
Did anyone ever give you a method for them?
The most challenging workplace situations often involve power, perception and relationships—not just skills or processes.
Different roles, same pattern—and if you've faced it in your own career, you'll recognise it too. Most of us were never taught how to handle these dynamics systematically, so we rely on instinct. Sometimes it works. Often, the reasoning is hard to explain, the solution is difficult to sustain, and the approach is hard to repeat.
Experience shows you the situations. DYNAMICS gives you the method.
One family of frameworks.
One method that works at every level.
Work dynamics play out at two levels: the individual and the organisation. DYNAMICS brings together frameworks and models across three areas of practice, helping you read a situation from more than one angle—your own, your team's or your client's—and act on what you see.
Office Politics
Individual level. Frameworks for reading and building influence—including the 6 Ps of Political Intelligence—to understand where a person's influence is breaking down, whether yours, an employee's or a client's, and how it may be restored.
Business Boundaries
Individual level. Frameworks for protecting roles, time and wellbeing without unnecessarily damaging relationships or credibility.
Organisational Dynamics
Organisational level. Frameworks for understanding a team's or company's political climate: where power sits, how decisions really get made, and what may be blocking performance.
Four steps from understanding to action.
Clarify
Define the real problem, who's involved and what success looks like.
Diagnose
Map power, perception, relationships and boundaries.
Act
Choose the right intervention: a conversation, coaching plan, team reset or structural change.
Evaluate
Check what changed, assess the impact and help make the improvement last.
And you don't leave with theory alone. You leave with tools.
Tools you can use with your team, employees or clients.
Use the tools to structure conversations, map workplace dynamics and plan your next move. They are just as useful for understanding your own situation.
What changes for you?
If you lead a team
Spot tension before it becomes conflict, protect your top performers and build a team where results matter more than politics.
If you own a business
Understand how decisions really get made, address power struggles at the top and build a culture that doesn't depend on who is closest to you.
If you work in HR or People
Handle employee conflicts and complaints with a structured method, advise leaders with confidence and turn people issues into clear interventions.
If you're a consultant or coach
Add a specialist service line, take on politically complex client situations with confidence and use your capstone as a case study for future work.
Here's how the 50 hours are structured.
Five parts. One capstone.
Fifty hours.
The learning journey brings together individual and organisational perspectives, practical tools and a structured method. The capstone gives you an opportunity to apply the method to a real case and receive structured feedback.
Reading Work Dynamics
Explore power, perception and the invisible organisation that shapes how work gets done.
Influence at the Individual Level
Learn the Office Politics frameworks and use the 6 Ps of Political Intelligence to examine influence and relationships.
Boundaries at Work
Explore Business Boundaries and how to protect roles, time and professional relationships.
The Organisational Level
Use Organisational Dynamics to understand the political climate, decision-making and barriers to performance.
The DYNAMICS Method & Ethics
Bring the frameworks together through clarification, diagnosis, action and evaluation, with ethics running through every step.
Applied Capstone
Take a case from your team, your company or a client through the full method and receive structured feedback.
50 Learning Hours
30 live learning hours plus 20 hours of self-study and assignments.
Two Live Sessions per Week
Two 2-hour live sessions each week, alongside self-study and assignments.
Online or In-Person
The programme is designed to provide the same content, learning hours and certification across formats.
Built for people who are responsible for how others work together.
If people come to you when work gets complicated, this is for you.
DYNAMICS is designed for people who are responsible for how others work together—whether those people are their team, their employees, their company or their clients.
Managers and Senior Leaders
Develop healthier, higher-performing teams and respond more effectively to workplace tension, competing interests and difficult relationships.
Business Owners and Founders
Address power struggles, understand how decisions are made and build a stronger organisational culture.
HR, L&D and OD Professionals
Handle conflict, complaints and culture challenges with a structured approach to diagnosis and intervention.
Consultants and Coaches
Develop a structured specialist offer for clients dealing with workplace influence, relationships and organisational complexity.
Experienced Professionals
Strengthen your own political intelligence and influence, and make more informed choices in your professional life.
People and Culture Practitioners
Connect individual behaviour with organisational context and consider how to support more constructive working relationships.
Designed and delivered by a practitioner who works on these situations every day.
Alaa Elemam
Alaa Elemam is a certified executive, career and emotional intelligence coach and L&D / OD consultant with experience across MENA and the GCC, working with leaders, HR teams and organisations.
She is the creator of the DYNAMICS and Business Boundaries programmes and the founder of Dynamics Consultation. Her work focuses on workplace relationships, organisational behaviour and the practical challenges people face when working with others.
The certification brings these themes into a structured learning experience, helping participants examine workplace situations and apply the frameworks in their own roles or when supporting clients and organisations.
Ready to see if it fits your role?
Four steps to your seat.
Start with a short conversation about your role and what you want to solve. We'll discuss programme fit, payment and the next steps towards enrolment.
Free Consultation
A short call about your role, professional context and what you want to address.
Fit Assessment
We discuss your goals and confirm how the programme aligns with your needs.
Payment
Pay in full or agree an instalment arrangement with the team.
Enrolment
Complete registration and receive your welcome information and cohort schedule.
Payment Tailored to Your Circumstances
The programme fee is £280. You may pay in full or discuss an instalment arrangement with our team. Instalment options are flexible and tailored to each customer's circumstances, and will be agreed during the consultation or following assessment.
All payments are processed exclusively through Stripe. Once your payment arrangement has been agreed, our Sales Team will email you the appropriate Stripe payment link and plan based on your individual circumstances and the agreed arrangement.
For registration enquiries, email ask@italint.co.uk or call +44 7446 230101.
A practical method for navigating the situations that shape how work really gets done.
Before you begin.
I'm not a consultant. Is this programme for me?
Yes. Managers, business owners and HR professionals can use the frameworks with their teams, employees and organisations. The method is relevant whether you are advising others or navigating workplace politics yourself.
Do I need to have attended DYNAMICS training before?
No. The certification covers the programme frameworks and method as part of the learning journey.
Can I join to grow my own influence at work?
Yes. You can use the frameworks to understand workplace relationships, recognise informal influence and navigate your own career and professional challenges.
Are the online and in-person tracks the same?
The programme is designed to provide the same content, hours, schedule and certification across delivery formats. Confirm the available format with TALINT when enquiring about a cohort.
How much time does it take each week?
The format includes two 2-hour live sessions per week, plus self-study and assignments. The total learning workload is 50 hours.
How is the certificate earned?
The DYNAMICS: Office Politics professional certificate is awarded on completion of the required learning hours, assignments and capstone case.
How can consultants and coaches apply the frameworks?
The frameworks can help structure client conversations, examine workplace dynamics, map stakeholders and consider potential interventions. They provide a method for analysis and planning while leaving room for professional judgement and each client's circumstances.
What are the three areas of practice?
Office Politics, Business Boundaries and Organisational Dynamics. Together, they address individual influence and boundaries as well as the wider organisational context.
Is DYNAMICS: Office Politics a UK CPD-accredited programme?
The programme is presented as a professional certification with 50 CPD hours, delivered by TALINT, a CPD Standards Office provider (Provider No. 50777). You can check the CPD Standards Office directory and contact TALINT if you require confirmation of programme-specific accreditation or certificate requirements.
How do I register?
Book a free consultation or email ask@italint.co.uk. The team will discuss your role, goals and programme fit, then explain payment and enrolment steps.
When the problem isn't on the org chart, be the one who knows what to do.
Whether you're solving workplace challenges for others or navigating them yourself, develop a more structured understanding of power, relationships and influence—and learn how to choose your next move.
Places in each cohort are limited to keep the practice personal.
DYNAMICS: Office Politics · TALINT · 50 learning hours · Three areas of practice · Four-step method · Applied capstone.