Abdul Rahman Al’Bader is transforming lives and fortunes with his program Human Dimension. We spoke to the former athlete on how he’s helping others to achieve peak performance in all areas of life.
How would you explain what Human Dimension does in a single sentence?
We bring an understanding of state-of-mind performance to executives and teams that unlocks deeper levels of potential and high performance.
What does that work look like on a day-to-day basis?
Our work takes place through a structured training program — either one-to-one with leaders or with leadership teams — delivered in a workshop format that is always tied to a specific outcome the client cares about. Rather than adding techniques or more things to do, we focus on helping people understand the mechanics of the mind so that clarity becomes their default operating state.
What begins to show up in clients’ day-to-day experience is what I describe as high psychological fitness, which has three parts.
- A consistent flow of clear, intelligent, and responsive thought.
Clients start to navigate their day from insight rather than overthinking. They notice that fresh thinking and good ideas show up naturally and reliably. - A more balanced emotional experience.
There is a noticeable increase in feelings of well-being like confidence, good attitude, and feeling warmly towards others. - Higher levels of resilience.
The ability to bounce back quickly into clarity and emotional balance. Clients recover faster, reset faster and bring their best selves back online sooner.
So the upstream shift is psychological fitness and the downstream impact is improved performance, better decisions, stronger teamwork, and better results.
Are you able to give some examples of individuals or organisations you have worked with so far?
I work with a wide range of professionals and organisations, so it’s difficult to narrow it down to one field. Without mentioning names, I’ve worked with medical doctors, CEOs, leadership teams, entrepreneurs, architects, athletes, and people working in finance and investment.
What I’ve noticed across all of these different domains is that the challenges may look different on the surface, but the mechanics behind performance are the same. When people understand how their mind works and they operate from clarity rather than noise, their performance, leadership, and results all move in the right direction
What kind of results have you been able to achieve?
The interesting thing about this work is that the results improve even without anything else changing. When people begin operating from a clearer state of mind, leaders have access to more strategic insight that drives revenues up. Mistakes and errors drop leading to lower costs. Meeting times go down while the meeting effectiveness goes up. And as people’s minds are less cluttered, their productivity increases. It’s universal in the way it impacts results. When clarity improves, performance improves across the board.
How did you go from being an athlete to working in this particular field?
As a professional swimmer, I was always puzzled by the inconsistency in my performance. How could I perform well one day and struggle the next, even when everything else was the same? I was also fascinated by some of my best performances that appeared as if out of nowhere. It felt like there was another resource to my best self that I did not yet understand.
Years later, I came across an understanding that finally explained what that resource is and the variability in my performance. The moment I realised that, my interest shifted completely from physical performance to the mind behind performance. I knew immediately that this was relevant far beyond sports, and since then, I have been bringing that understanding to leaders and organisations.
How can people find and work with you?
The easiest way to get in touch is through LinkedIn at @abdulralbader
Are there any simple tips you can give people who may not be able to work with you right now but who feel they need to improve themselves?
This is a really good question. Because the impact of this work happens when the individual begins to develop their own understanding of the mind and clarity, I encourage people to get curious about their own state of clarity. When you begin to see that you have already had moments of brilliance and clarity before, and you have only a basic understanding that in a less agitated mind, those moments are more available for you, you will begin to naturally move towards the state of clarity.