Afzal Rahim

Personal Information

An enthusiastic individual from Swabi (NWFP), Afzal Rahim is a management and organization development consultant who specializes in human resource systems, issues, and opportunities. He is an energetic & motivating facilitator, somebody who people listen and respond to with great interest. He is a dynamic attitudinal trainer with a vibrant personality and enthusiasm to take up challenges. Infused with the passion to bring about a learning revolution, Afzal is a professional facilitator, speaker, and trainer on topics including interpersonal relationships, organization effectiveness and development, management excellence and leadership. Afzal's specialty consulting areas include management, personal and organizational change management, performance management and development, organization transformation, executive coaching, and group training and development. His main areas of focus are personal social development and visionary leadership. A leading trainer and motivational speaker, Afzal is passionate about helping people reach their highest potential and become their best selves. He believes that everyone is capable of determining their own destiny. He makes his audience believe in themselves. His vibrant personality combined with a unique blend of content and delivery makes the learner’s experience both educating and entertaining. His diligent, empathetic and encouraging personality stimulates determination in others. His presentations are enlightening, exciting, inspirational and highly informative. He is an extremely empathetic person, is dedicated to facilitate people in improving their lives. For him, success lies in setting standards and working hard to achieve them. With a firm belief that experience is the best teacher, Afzal is forever ready to try new things. Afzal is driven by passion and curiosity. His passion guarantee excellence and diligence, and curiosity guides constant learning. Without passion he accepts no work. He invests his time in reading, discovering new things, watching tv and surfing net. He is a living bundle of creativity and technology. He is also a writer and contributes periodically to newspapers. He loves religion, management and current affairs.

Experience:

EXPERIENCE:

Afzal has 2+ years of experience in human resources,training, organization development, consulting, facilitating, education, counseling, and coaching. He is a member of the Society for Human Resource Management and the American Society for Training and Development.

Education:

EDUCATION:

Blending the business knowledge gained during his Masters with his background in Human Resource Management, Afzal is currently researching to explore new ways to infuse a stronger sense of work ethic in the corporate culture through continuous learning. He regularly attends courses and trainings both locally and abroad to enrich his own pool of knowledge. “Don't tell your God how big the storm is, Tell the storm how big your God is” says Afzal. He is currently working at Marriott and aspires to continue his professional career in Human Resource Management.

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Interests

I am totally indebted to God for all His blessings which include a loving family; dedicated and sincere colleagues; and genuine & caring friends.

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Interests:

Continuous personal and professional development
Cooking
Gardening
Net surfing
Long Drive
Long quiet walks
News & Current Affairs
Reading books on management, personal development and global politics
Meeting people from a variety of backgrounds and cultures; to see God Almighty beauty !

Music:

Sardar Ali Takkar (Pushto)
Nashnas (Pashto)
Abida Parveen (Pakistan)
Lata (India)
Anything that pops up good :)

Favorite TV Shows:

Musafir Hoon Yaroon (Star Plus)
Koi Hai Jo Hamai Hassai (Geo TV)
Aik Din Geo Ke Saath (Geo News)
Hum Sub Umeed Se Hain (Geo News)
Meray Mutabiq - Dr. Shahid Masood (Geo News) Thursday, January 25, 2007
Views On News (ARY DIGITAL)
Super Karara (AAJ TV)
Live with Talat (AAJ TV)
Live with Javed Ahmed Ghamidi (AAJ TV)
Late Night Show With Begum Nawazish Ali (AAJ TV)
BEGUM (9XM) INDIA
Kal Tak (Express News)
Coffee with Karan (Star World)
Rendezvous with Simi Garewal (Star World)
Any good humor program making me =D

Favorite Movies:

The Bridge on River Kwai,
12 Angry Men, Rainman,
The Oregon Trial,
The Pursuit of Happiness,
Facing The Giants
Day After Tomorrow;
Havana;
Legends of the Fall;
Lion of the Desert,
Home Alone,
Toy Story,
Life is Beautiful,
Dead Poet's Society,
Men IN Black,
XXX,
Men of Honour,
Cast Away,
Remember the Titans,
Scent of a Woman,
To Sir With Love Parts 1 & 2,
An Inconvenient Truth;
Why We Fight;
A Wednesday
Blood Diamonds
Men Of Honor;
Kung Fu Panda;
The Great debaters;
Black (Indian)
Slumdog Millionaire (Indian)

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Favourite Books:

HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
Reconciliation: Islam, Democracy, and the West by Benazir Bhutto
How to Stop Worrying and Start Living (Dale Carnegie),
Discovering Islam: Making Sense of Muslim History and Society; (Akbar S. Ahmed)
Islam, Globalization and Postmodernity (Akbar S. Ahmed)
Jinnah, Pakistan and Islamic Identity (Akbar S. Ahmed)
Islam Today: A Short Introduction to The Muslim World
Islam Under Siege: Living Dangerously in a Post-Honor World (Akbar S. Ahmed)
After Terror: Promoting Dialogue Among Civilizations (Akbar S. Ahmed)
Journey into Islam: The Crisis of Globalization (Akbar S. Ahmed)
How to Stop Worrying and Start Living (Dale Carnegie),
HR from the Heart (Libby Sartain & Martha I.Finney),
Rules and Tools for Leaders (Libby Sartain & Martha I.Finney),
The Islamism Debate
Globalized Islam
Understanding Terror Networks
The Future of Political Islam
The Clash of Fundamentalisms: Crusades, Jihads and Modernity
Jihad: The Rise of Militant Islam in Central Asia
No God But God (by Reza Islan)
Fountainhead
Winning
Alchemist
The Kite Runner
Blue Ocean Stragtegy
Screw It, Let's Do It (Richard Branson);
Giving (Bill Clinton);
Unlimited Power by Anothony Robbins
The Corporate Mystic (Gay Hendricks);
The McKinsey Way (Etan M Rasiel)
A-Z of success;
Change Guru;
The age of speed;
Profiles in Courage (JFK);
Good to great;
Leadership Wheel; Results;
An Assault on Reason (Al Gore),
The rise and fall of Strategic Planning (Henry Mintzberg)
Where Have all The Leaders Gone (Lee Iacocca);
Built to Last (James Collins & Jerry Porras),
Crazy times call for crazy organizations
Measure of a Leader by Aubrey C. Daniels

Favorite Quotes:

* Jo Raat QABAR Mai Aai Gi, Wo Bahar Nahi Guzar Saktai
* Some people dream of worthy accomplishments, while others stay awake and do them.
* The future belongs to those who see possibilities before they become obvious.(John Sculley)
* Success and achievement are more important than one’s financial statement. Life’s measurement is not only quantitative but qualitative.
* Things do not happen; things are made to happen.
* Both tears and sweat are salty, but they render a different result. Tears will get you sympathy, sweat will get you change.
* Pain nourishes courage. You can’t be brave if you’ve only had wonderful things happen to you.
* Change your thoughts and you change the world.
* No one ever finds life worth living—he has to make it worth living.
* At the end of the game, both the King and the Pawn fall into the same box.
* The winner's edge is not in a gifted birth, a high IQ, or in talent. The winner's edge is all in the attitude, not aptitude. Attitude is the criterion for success.

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Political Views:

The Goals to be achieved for Pakistan:
Introduce Independent Judicial system in the country.
Strengthen Institutions to promote democracy and complete political, economic and religious freedom for the people
Provide an accountable and efficient government that ensures the protection of life and property of its citizens
End the VIP culture by setting an example in simple living and an austere lifestyle
Highest priority to poverty alleviation through policies aimed at creating more job opportunities and enabling ownership of assets to the poor
Launch an Education Revolution to promote universal literacy and raise the standard of education in our Educational Institutes.
Ensure the availability of adequate Health care services for all citizens
A merit based system that provides equal opportunity for employment and upward social mobility for all
Promote and strengthen our relationships within the Muslim Ummah

About Human Resource Management

The world we live in today, presents an increasing demand on absorbing information & quickly moving onto other topics. Its not a matter of success, rather the bare minimum to survive. In such a fast pace technologically advancing world, we seldom get opportunities to revisit & reflect on the basics that form the very essence of who we are.

In the recent past, Pakistan has experienced turbulence unparalleled. This has left our people cynical about the future & created an environment where suspicion & negative mindsets run rampart. This nation & its people can do a lot to create their own niche of greatness. However, to do this, we need to have just one thing . . . . . . mindsets.

A mindset that is inspired & motivated to take on challenges & create an identity for itself. Such stories & concepts are classified as legendary. These concepts may seem unachievable & alien to most cynics in Pakistan. However, these very concepts found full force in Allama Iqbal’s poetry . . . verses that inspires & mobilize people to create a nation for themselves through sacrifice & perseverance.

Somehow, if we can create that environment & fervor again, we could create a Pakistan that is bench mark for excellence. Human Resource Management aims to achieve just this! HRM aspires to create the questions, examples & sharing needed to inspire a nation to fight the biggest war any nation could fight . . . the war against its own apathy & cynicism. It is about taking that scream & amplifying it ten times over in a way that pierces the heart thousands times over.

Human Resource Management is about defining our future in way that is not about surviving, but about creating a conquering approach to every challenge that will come our way on the path of greatness.

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