Abdulhussain Muhammed Tejani (Dubai, UAE) is a Change Architect in Leadership and HR and has been involved in many capacities in the community and through pro bono work with youths. Presently, he is the Chief People Officer in Leadership and HR at People Matter, and an accredited Trainer for the Human Capital Institute (US).HR DIRECTOR/ VP HR Human Resources Vice President focused on designing and delivering effective people management, talent development and workforce planning strategies to create a high-performance culture. Built a 24-year career encompassing HR and Learning and development directorships within global healthcare, banking, education, petroleum, market research and information companies covering the MENA region.
Effectively led pre and post-merger initiatives to integrate and harmonise HR personnel, systems and functions. Developed trust and credibility of the HR function, embedding processes and systems within wider business strategy and monitoring their operational impact. A key influencer and change agent who skilfully liaises with board-level executives, senior management and business unit heads in securing commitment to change management initiatives, as well as policy and procedure implementation. An engaging and inspirational leader adept at coaching, mediating and resolving employee relations issues. Experienced in modernising compensation and benefits structures, as well as establishing strategic partnerships to aid people development and the accomplishment of overarching business objectives.
CORE COMPETENCIES Organisation Design and Restructure People Management Talent Development HR Strategy Workforce Planning Recruitment & Selection Change Management Employee Relations Compensation & Benefits Industrial Relations Training & Development Mediation, Negotiation, Dispute Resolution Project Management Policies and Procedures Development Performance Management
Competition. Cancer is defined as an evil or destructive practice or phenomenon that is hard to contain or eradicate. Today the cancer that society is battling, unbeknown to us, is competition. Competing against each other! Does this presuppose that we shouldn’t compete? Absolutely not!
In human beings, competition is akin to self-worth as fizzy drinks are to one’s body. Winning is not really good for character-building. It really just gives one bragging rights for a short period. Competition exists as healthy and harmful entities.
Competition becomes healthy when:
it addresses a bigger picture with a view to benefitting the whole organisation, discipline or industry;
it celebrates values that individuals hold dear collectively like fairness, integrity, honour etc.;
an individual uses it to further their own ability to outperform themselves against themselves;
individuals learn to embrace and enjoy the journey as much as the end result;
the intention to do good or the right thing supersedes the immoral undertones;
However, it becomes unhealthy when:
one looks to do it to seek validation and acceptance from others
it’s about pulling down others and pushing myself up; It is about winning at all costs and that is all that matters. This tends to lead to disreputable choices and undermining the journey at the cost of the end result;
one views life in general as the need to have equality in everything. Thus, fear becomes the determining force to get ‘my’ share and deny it to someone else;
it leads the world to the brink of disaster because we are too busy competing and less busy building bridges;
winners are revered and losers are looked down upon especially when the greatest victors are those that have persistently failed and eventually succeeded;
There is a better way of ensuring that we can overcome competition. We need to:
Avoid competing against each other;
Stop comparing;
Be conscientious role models by watching everything we say and do;
Avoid making acceptance conditional on the outcome;
Celebrate the journey as well as the end result;
If society’s idea of a greater good is competition, it may just be because we have been too busy boxing ourselves and have not tried the alternative.
Abdulhussain Muhammed Tejani (Dubai, UAE) is a Change Architect in Leadership and HR and has been involved in many capacities in the community and through pro bono work with youths. Presently, he is the Chief People Officer in Leadership and HR at People Matter, and an accredited Trainer for the Human Capital Institute (US).HR DIRECTOR/ VP HR
