Author Archives: Shereena Hussein
3 signs to look for when a team member is about to quit
If you don’t want a valued team member to quit, you need to pay attention to them and watch the signals carefully. In my experience, here are three strong signals of someone intending to quit. 1️⃣ They start using all … Continue reading
Do you ever wake up feeling grumpy for no reason and then (un)intentionally spread negativity around you?
I recently dealt with a family member who exhibited this behavior, waking up in a bad mood and then successfully spreading his negativity to others. I firmly believe that imposing one’s bad mood on others is unfair. When this happens, … Continue reading
Friends, we all have an opinion on the return to office mandates.
Now some of you are people leaders who are struggling with trying to get your teams to comply with this mandate – even though your own perspectives on the subject may differ from the organisational one. Here is a useful … Continue reading
People leaders: If someone in your team is not meeting your expectations, what are you NOT seeing?
Could it be that: 📳 the role has changed and this person is bored? ✝ this team member is experiencing personal issues? 💠 other team members are creating friction for this person? ✳ you have been distracted and not giving … Continue reading
Friends – are you aware that your future manager is right here, within your reach, on LinkedIn?
And so, what are you doing to raise your visibility with them? Here is an informative article that gives you some useful pointers.
A surefire way others can tell when you multitask in meetings
Let’s accept this, friends – no one is great at multitasking in the workplace. And by multitasking, I mean, activities like attending a meeting/presentation AND responding to emails/chats concurrently. Now you might think you can get away with it, but … Continue reading
The people who get my admiration, and eternal gratitude…..
Friends, we all have someone like this in our lives. When things are rough and you’re struggling through a tough time, this person just knows exactly what to say to bring us up. They tell us: 💚 that we will … Continue reading
Are you a serial complainer?
A couple of weekends ago I met up with a relative – and in the first 10 mins of our conversation, she told me she was: 👿 sick to death of all the rain Sydney was having 😡 so tired … Continue reading
Friends, from time to time, I silently judge others for their social media comments and resharing of posts.
Yes. I am fully aware that judging is terrible. And LinkedIn is the only social media I am on – so I have a biased perspective of what people do on social media. But every now and again, I see … Continue reading
You’ve been asked a question in a meeting and you don’t know the answer. What do you do?
Some people think that not knowing the answer to a question posed to you by a senior leader is detrimental to your image. So they sweat on ensuring they know everything. But, senior leaders will respect those who are honest … Continue reading