'My job is because of my team'
'I am here to make others jobs easy'
'If I need to take care of my team, I need to take care of me'
'Humanly not possible is a myth'

These were some of the pearls of wisdom shared by Afeef Hussain during our chat a couple of weeks back.

Afeef Hussain is the Regional Director of Human Resources, Training and Quality Assurance at LUX* Resorts and Hotels, Maldives properties. He advocates building service excellence cultures, the mindset of getting things done to make a difference in others lives. He is also the president of the Maldives Association of HR Professionals and the Toastmasters Club by MAHRP.

He has vast experience in the areas of HR strategy, customer experience, quality management, talent, performance management and learning and development and over 15 years of Hospitality Industry Experience.

He has lived and worked in diverse geographies including Malaysia, Singapore, and the Middle East. Currently, he is leading LUX* Resorts and Hotels, expertise across areas such as quality and change management and service strategy as well as employee engagement, employee marketing, and branding.

Afeef is an acclaimed speaker in HR Summits and has done various speaking engagements in Indonesia, Dubai, Hong Kong, the United Kingdom, USA, Malaysia, Philippines, India, Sri Lanka, Maldives and Singapore and is also a Certified Speaker/Trainer and Coach from the John Maxwell Team and currently holds the Executive Director role for the Maldives.

He was awarded as Global Training and Development Leadership Award at the 3rd (2016) & 4th (2017) Global Training Conference in Mumbai and World HRD Congress 2016 awarded him the title of “100 most influential Global HR Professionals”.

He is a graduate of the Harvard Business School Executive Education Program Class of March 2016.

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About Setback Leadership Podcast:

The Setback Leadership Podcast, by Srijata Bhatnagar, explores WHY leaders embrace setbacks and HOW they leverage them for exponential successes. And, how you can too!

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