The yes that does not mean yes
Leaving a meeting with everyone's agreement is more often a bad sign than a good one. It is almost never bad faith: it is a problem of process.
Different cultures. Shared ways of leading.
ABP Consulting works with managers and leaders in Singapore’s regional headquarters and family-owned firms, across finance, logistics, hospitality and technology. We begin with self-awareness, using DISC and the Enneagram, because a team reporting across five time zones rarely stumbles on skill — it stumbles on what nobody says out loud.
- Sessions are delivered inEnglish · Français · Español
- Modular, in person or online2 to 3 days
- Certified tools behind every programmeDISC · Enneagram
Clients ABP Consulting has worked with
ABP Consulting in 2025
- 1,801people trained
- 18,870hours of training delivered
- 9.2/10average satisfaction score, given by clients at the end of training
Figures for ABP Consulting as a whole.
Sectors we work with
- Agrifood
- Tourism & hospitality
- Construction
- Services
- Medical, paramedical & pharmaceutical
- Banking
- SMEs
- Call centres
- Public sector
Management, sales, communication, coaching
Take a course whole, or keep only the modules that match the problem in front of you. We assemble them into a single, coherent programme.
Management
Managing in Singapore often means leading five nationalities in one office, all fluent in English and each raised on different rules about disagreeing with a boss — plus the team in Jakarta you mostly see on screen.
6 courses
Sales
Selling in Singapore means selling to buyers who are relationship-driven and rigorous at once: a family-owned distributor who wants to know you before a second meeting, a regional headquarters that scores three proposals side by side.
1 course
Interpersonal communication
Understanding how you operate before trying to adjust how anyone else does, with DISC and the Enneagram.
3 courses
Seminars & team coaching
Team coaching does not deliver content: it works on a team's real situation — cohesion, how people work together, a shared vision.
1 course
The Buffet method
Only the modules that earn their place.
ABP builds programmes as modules rather than fixed courses. You choose the modules that match what your managers are actually struggling with, and we assemble them into one coherent programme. That is the Buffet method, and it travels from France to Singapore unchanged.
Modules combine across categories — a management programme can borrow a communication module.
Groups stay small enough that every participant works on a real situation from their own team.
Sessions run in person in Singapore, live online across the region, or inside your company.
Certifications
Who stands behind the programmes
ABP Consulting is led by its founder, Alain Palacios, certified in DISC and trained in the Enneagram and in coaching. He delivers a good number of sessions in person; the rest are run by trainers from the ABP team, on programmes built on those three instruments.
- DISC
- Enneagram
- Coaching
Blog
Notes on managing in Singapore
One language, many rulebooks: what a shared English hides in a Singapore team
A shared working language makes a multinational team look more aligned than it is. Four gaps that survive fluency, and what a manager can do about each.
Keeping your people when the next offer is one MRT stop away
When a competitor can always outbid you, retention stops being a salary question. What a manager can do in the year before the resignation letter, not after.
Frequently asked questions
What Singapore employers ask first
What languages are ABP training and coaching delivered in?
English, French or Spanish — not Mandarin, Malay or Tamil. This site can be read in Chinese, but the sessions are not delivered in Chinese, and we would rather say so here than in a first meeting.
What does ABP Consulting do in Singapore?
ABP Consulting is a French management-training and coaching firm working in Singapore. It runs management, sales and communication training, facilitates team seminars, and provides one-to-one coaching for managers and business owners.
How long are ABP training courses?
From half a day to three days depending on the course. Any course can also be split into half-days spread over several weeks, which usually suits managers who cannot leave their team for consecutive days.
Where do sessions take place in Singapore?
At your own premises anywhere in Singapore, at a venue you book, or online. Participants elsewhere in the region join online; an in-person session outside Singapore is discussed case by case.