Sereen Abu Maizar

I am Sereen Abu Maizar, a trainer, speaker, and expert in emotional intelligence. I work with leaders, teams, and organizations to help them develop leadership skills and build more humane and effective work environments.

Over more than 20 years of experience in training, facilitation, and coaching, I have delivered training programs, lectures, and leadership development sessions to thousands of participants across various sectors in the Arab region. My work focuses on helping leaders and teams understand the role of emotions in thinking, decisions, and relationships, and using this understanding to enhance performance and cooperation in work environments.

I am certified as an international and professional trainer in emotional intelligence by the global Six Seconds organization, and I currently work as the Arabic Programs Director at the organization, where I contribute to spreading emotional intelligence concepts and developing training programs in Arabic.

I hold a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, as well as a Higher Diploma in Child Psychology and Education. I have spoken at numerous conferences and professional forums about leadership, emotional intelligence, and well-being in work environments.

Through my work, I strive to help individuals and organizations develop a deeper awareness of emotions and use this awareness to build more impactful relationships and more humane leadership.

My journey with emotional intelligence didn't begin as a clear professional plan, but started with a simple observation that kept recurring in my work and life.

Throughout my years of working with individuals and teams, I witnessed how a small situation or an unconsidered word could affect an entire relationship, and how misunderstood feelings could turn into tension or misunderstanding within teams.

Conversely, I also saw how a simple moment of awareness — when a person stops to understand what they feel or what another person feels — could completely change the course of a conversation.

Over time, this curiosity led me to delve deeper into the field of emotional intelligence, discovering tools and models that help people understand themselves more deeply and communicate with others with greater awareness.

But what truly attracted me to this field wasn't just the theories or research, but the moments I see in training and working with leaders and teams — moments when someone begins to see a familiar situation in a different way, or understands their emotions in a new light, or realizes their impact on others.

These small moments of awareness can create big changes in leadership style, in relationships within teams, and in work environments generally.

Today, after more than 20 years of working in training, facilitation, and coaching, I continue to work with leaders and organizations to help them develop these fundamental human skills.

Because I believe that effective leadership isn't just about strategies and decisions, but about the ability to understand the human being — understanding ourselves and understanding others.