Faiez H. Seyal is a professional speaker, leading management consultant and an authority on the philosophy, practices, principles and psychology of personal and organizational “CHANGE”. A visionary, who introduced and has been doing pioneering work in both; 1) personal and, 2) business arenas in Pakistan, since 1990. On the personal side, he introduced the science and art of positive thinking and living; personal success and mastery; total wellness, spiritual healing, etc. On the business side, he is credited for introducing behavioral and laboratory training; change and culture management; strategic human resources; ethical leadership practices; as well as workplace spirituality in Pakistan.
His professional work (i.e. training, consulting, speaking, coaching, teaching, publications, audio and video programs), has influenced millions of people and hundreds of workplaces throughout the region. His pioneering work in these areas paved the way for the formation of a whole new culture in Pakistan and has inspired hundreds of new professionals, organizations and publications. His writings constitute an integral part of the personal and professional development curriculum of several educational institutions throughout the country, and his work is consistently quoted in almost all personal/professional development activities going on in the country.
In the last nineteen years of his career in Pakistan, Faiez has a privilege of successfully completing over 300 training and consulting assignments in a wide range of disciplines including participatory organization planning and change strategies, manpower and job analysis, organization and work redesign, strategic management, organizational effectiveness, strategic management, leadership development, organizational culture transformation, developing learning organizations, restructuring, organizational development, business performance improvement, team building, management information systems, HR information systems, vision formulation, executive recruitment, reward and performance management, training of trainers, total quality, ISO 9000, and re-engineering, etc.
On the training side, Faiez has a privilege of designing and delivering over 5000 hours of experience-based leadership and laboratory training in addition to facilitating hundreds of workshops. The training designed and delivered by Faiez include: personal effectiveness, psychology of peak performance, inter-personal and inter-group relations, interpersonal skills and speech communication, leadership development, strategic selling, sales psychology, corporate culture, managing change, ethics of change, sales development, ethical management, customer care, developing and delivering persuasive presentations, personal and corporate creativity, developing self-motivated teams, crafting the 21st century organizations, time and life mastery, teaming to win, positive thinking, emotional intelligence, persuading people over the phone, tele-marketing, practical spirituality, building self-reliant teams, managerial skills, changing arrogance into modesty, and training of trainers for different clients. He was an active member of the “Training of Training Professionals Program” of AED in Pakistan and was awarded the “Certificate of Recognition” by USAID for his outstanding contributions to the development of management training in Pakistan.
Faiez pioneers the professional and public speaking profession in Pakistan and is a most-sought after speaker in the country with clients ranging from leading national and multinational companies to Pakistan Army, Punjab Police, NGOs, educational institutions and hospitals. His experience includes addressing over a million people at various organizations and institutions in Pakistan and abroad. Faiez is known to the general public for his various personal development programs including “The Sixth Discipline”, “The Road to Success”, “Born Again”, “Change Your Lens, Change Your World”, “Together Forever” and to the corporate Pakistan for his series of unique programs called “change from the inside out”. These programs include: Leading Change……from the inside out”; Making Change work – Practices and Principles of Change”; “Crafting a Customer Responsive Organization”; “Learning to Learn – Creating Learning Organizations”; “Healing the Organizational Soul through Fast T.R.A.C.K.”; “Leadership 63 – Leading from the Inside Out”; Making the Difference Together – Teaming from the Inside Out”; “30 Second Manager – Managing from the Inside Out”; Peak Performance – Art and Science of Achievement”; “Creating a Self-motivated Team – Inspiration from the Inside Out”; “Customer Intimacy – Service from the Inside Out” and “Leading Sales – Selling from the Inside Out”.
These programs were developed personally by Faiez utilizing his research on the world best-practices in the areas management, behavioral and mind sciences and spiritualism and his own experience of interacting with people from virtually every socioeconomic category. In addition to these seminars, Faiez is regularly invited by the corporate Pakistan as well as by various organizations, no-profit bodies and educational institutions for presenting at various forums, and events, including annual sales conferences, annual award distribution, new product launch, certification ceremonies, new change initiative launch, conferences, symposiums, etc.
Faiez has written extensively on total quality, leadership, spirituality, religion, total wellness, change management and personal success. He is a best-selling author of “The Road to Success” and “Born Again” and finishing three more books on leadership, culture and self-healing. In addition his audio productions on success, anger, marital relationships, societal change, self-healing, positive thinking and positive living are best sellers and loved from Karachi to Khyber. Faiez, his programs and his Ace Companies are consistently published, quoted and referred in the media. He has traveled extensively throughout USA, Canada, UK, Netherlands, Singapore, France, Germany, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait.
Faiez is a graduate of internationally acclaimed SHRM Program of Harvard Business School. He has received his professional training from world-known National Training Laboratories (NTL) Institute for Applied Behavioral Science, USA and Tavistock Institute of Human Relations, England. Faiez is a Licensed Master Practitioner of NLPTM from Richard Bandler; a Certified Human Systems Development (HSD) Consultant and a Certified HSD Trainer from Academy of Educational Development, USA. He is a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (FCIPD), UK. In addition to holding an MA from Pakistan, and another MA degree from the University of Central Oklahoma, USA. In addition to his formal education, Faiez believe on continuous professional development and to this end, has participated in countless training programs, conferences, symposiums, workshops, throughout the world.
The secret of Faiez’s success is his burning passion, a principle-driven life and consistent commitment to “make the difference” in and enhance the quality of life of individuals, groups, organizations and the society as a whole. He is a master at taking the complex action research and blend it into tested and proven tools, techniques and strategies that can be utilized by any individual or organization wanting to achieve measurable results. One of his uniqueness is his ability to entertain and convey the message through humor and real-life stories of those he has coached, trained, and consulted.
