HR shouldn't be another thing
on your to-do list.
Growing businesses often need experienced HR leadership long before they're ready, or able, to hire a full-time HR director. DM People Direction fills that gap. We give you flexible, experienced HR support so you can handle people challenges, build strong foundations and make confident decisions without the overhead.
Before you're ready for in-house HR
Expert support that scales with your business, not against your budget.
Navigating people complexity
Employee relations, performance and transitions, handled with experience and care.
Building the right foundation
Policies, processes and practices that grow with your organization.
Fractional, advisory or project-based
You choose how we work together.
What We Do
More than HR support. A partner in your growth.
Practical, business-focused advice
We speak business first, HR second. Our recommendations are grounded in what actually works.
Flexible support
Engage us the way that makes sense: a few hours a month, a specific project, or ongoing advisory.
Experienced HR expertise
Deep backgrounds in HR operations, recruitment, employee relations, change management and people strategy.
Built around your business
Your named partner learns how your business works, so the advice fits you, not a generic checklist.
Human approach
HR is about people. We bring empathy and good judgment to every situation.
Long-term partnership
We're invested in your success. Our goal is lasting relationships that grow with you.
Sound familiar? We solve these challenges every day.
Growing faster than your HR processes?
We'll set up simple processes that keep pace with your growth.
Need HR expertise but not ready for a full-time hire?
Fractional support gives you an experienced HR partner without the full-time cost.
Struggling with recruitment and finding the right people?
We help you design roles, run hiring and make confident offers.
Unsure how to handle a sensitive employee situation?
Get calm, experienced advice before you act.
Need to build HR policies and processes from scratch?
We build the policies and processes you need, in Canada and the US.
Want to improve your people practices and culture?
We help you shape performance, development and culture practices that fit your team.
How We Work
Who We Are
Maryam has built HR functions from the ground up and brings hands-on experience across HR operations, talent acquisition, employee relations and HR technology. She has established HR departments, developed policies and processes, managed payroll and training initiatives, and helped organizations strengthen their people practices. She has also supported rapid workforce growth, helping double headcount in a year while maintaining turnover below 5%. Her approach combines practical HR execution with a strong focus on building efficient, scalable people processes.
Damon brings more than 25 years of international leadership experience across aerospace, energy, mining, healthcare, financial services and nonprofit organizations. His background spans human resources, organizational change, business transformation and operations leadership, including accounting, technology and organizational development. He has built HR functions, led major technology implementations, supported mergers and acquisitions, and advised senior leaders through growth and change. His practical, cross-functional perspective helps organizations build stronger teams, systems and operations.
We help all organizations maximize teamwork to create better performance and profit.
DM People Direction was founded by two HR leaders, Damon Isaacs and Maryam Al-Dulaimi, with deep experience across HR operations, recruitment, employee relations, HRIS, payroll, performance management, change management and organizational development. We watched a growing company get the sequence wrong. Now we help small businesses in Canada and the United States get their people strategy right, before it costs them the way it cost us.
