With over 30 years of experience in the retail industry, I have a proven track record of managing and revitalizing retail chains, such as Spectacle Hut, Ray-Ban, and Bata Group, where I achieved sales, profit, and brand equity objectives while leading high-performance, multi-cultural teams. 

I am passionate about delivering value-added services to internal and external customers, developing strong business relationships, and advancing key initiatives.

 I specialize in people development, change management, digital and content marketing, and P&L management. I also hold multiple certifications in these fields from reputable institutions. I am a detail-oriented, focused, resilient professional who thrives in challenging and dynamic environments.

Pierluigi Pontecorvo

Faraz Anis 🍁

Helping grow LinkedIn followers organically | Speaks for workplace culture awareness | AI Advocate |

WHAT I DO: I help leaders, influencers, and founders grow their LinkedIn followers.

WHO I HELP: I work with very busy individuals who want to stand out and grow their LinkedIn followers but are struggling with the demands of creating, posting and managing content:

❌ Don’t have time to copy write?
❌ Never sure what to post about?
❌ Struggling to grow your followers?
❌ Don’t understand how to get more engagement?
❌ Can’t create carousels or cheat sheets?
❌ Stuck trying to identify viral videos for your posts?
❌ Never have time to post regularly and at peak times?

I’ve been where you are—trying to build a standout presence while juggling countless responsibilities. The frustration of knowing LinkedIn could elevate your brand but not having the time or expertise to make it happen can be really overwhelming.

Through my proven strategies and hands-on approach, I help busy professionals like you create consistent, engaging content that grows your audience and positions you as a leader in your field:

✅ Save time by outsourcing content creation
✅ Attract more followers and increase engagement
✅ Build credibility and establish thought leadership
✅ Focus on your strengths while I handle the rest
✅ Grow your personal or professional brand without stress

Now imagine in the next 6 months…

🎉 sky rocketing your LinkedIn followers and engagement
🎉 Getting noticed by influencers and industry leaders
🎉 Landing speaking opportunities or new clients enquiries through LinkedIn
🎉 Becoming the go-to expert in your field
🎉 Freeing up time for what matters most to you

Ready to unlock your LinkedIn potential? Let’s connect! DM me the word “Grow” or just hello to start the conversation. I’m here to help.

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A brief summary:

-Brand promotion 
-Brand Campaigns 
-Marketing 
- Growing LinkedIn accounts
- Generating leads
- Networking
- Increasing engagement
- Implementing marketing strategies
- Enhancing personal branding
- content development 
- suggesting best “keywords” 


Open for collaboration ! 

Make it a habit to respect people
before you know their title.

Before you know their salary.
Before you know their position.
Before you know what they can “do” for you.

Because real character shows
in how you treat people
who can’t give you anything.

At work, this is where culture is built.

Some people switch their tone
based on hierarchy.

Polite to seniors.
Cold to juniors.
Invisible to support staff.

That’s not professionalism.
That’s insecurity.

Respect shouldn’t depend on status.

It should depend on humanity.

Here’s what happens when respect becomes a habit:
- People feel safe to speak
- Teams collaborate better
- Conflicts reduce
- Trust grows naturally
- Loyalty becomes real

And here’s the workplace truth:
You never know who someone will become.
You never know who’s watching how you behave.
You never know when roles will reverse.

Titles change.

Positions rotate.

Power shifts.

But how you made people feel?
That stays.

So don’t wait for credentials
to offer kindness.

Don’t wait for authority
to show courtesy.

Respect first.
Everything else follows.

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I used to think getting the job offer was the hard part.

It wasn’t.

The hard part was surviving the environment after.

I remember the day I got the call.

I was excited. Relieved. Proud.
All those months of effort finally paid off.

Good company.
Good pay.
Good title.

I thought I had won.

What I didn’t think about was the culture.

The manager.
The pressure style.
The unspoken rules.

The first few weeks were fine.

Then came the subtle things.

Meetings where people stayed quiet even when they disagreed.
“Feedback” that felt more like personal attacks.
Late nights that slowly became normal.
The feeling that you’re always one mistake away from being judged.

Nothing dramatic.

Just constant tension.

And that tension follows you home.

You start overthinking.
You start doubting yourself.
You start feeling tired in a way sleep doesn’t fix.

That’s when I realized something important:

We pray for opportunities.
But we don’t pray for healthy environments.

A job can improve your income.

But the wrong culture can quietly damage your confidence, your peace, even your health.

I’ve seen people leave high-paying roles not because they couldn’t do the work - but because they couldn’t survive the atmosphere.

So now, when someone tells me they’re praying for a job,
I tell them this:

Pray for a team that speaks honestly.
Pray for a manager who protects, not intimidates.
Pray for a culture that values effort, not exhaustion.

Because success without peace
is just a better-looking burnout.

And no title is worth losing yourself over

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You can work on yourself as much as you want.
But if your workplace keeps draining you, it will slowly undo that work.

An environment that constantly criticizes, ignores, or makes people feel small
doesn’t just affect output -
it affects confidence, energy, and mental peace.

And most of the time, it happens quietly.

Meetings where voices don’t matter.
Cultures where being exhausted is normal.
Places where support is missing, but expectations are high.

Your workplace is shaping you every day.
Either it helps you grow -
or it slowly wears you down.

That’s why culture matters.

Healthy workplaces:
→ let people speak without fear
→ treat mistakes as learning
→ respect effort, not just results

Choosing the people and environment around you
is not selfish.

It’s self-respect.

Because no matter how strong or skilled you are,
you can’t grow in toxic soil.

Peace at work isn’t extra.
It’s essential.

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In one company I worked with, the CEO loved saying,

We’re not a company.
We’re a family.

It sounded warm.

People clapped in town halls.
It looked good on slides.

But a few months later, something happened.

A team member disagreed with a strategy decision.
Calmly. Respectfully.

The room went quiet.

After the meeting, she was told,
We don’t challenge leadership like that here.

That’s when I realized something.

In families, disagreement is emotional.
In workplaces, disagreement should be professional.

Calling a company “family” often blurs the lines.

Suddenly:

- Saying no feels disloyal.
- Setting boundaries feels selfish.
- Asking questions feels rebellious.

And slowly, people stop speaking up.

What employees actually need isn’t emotional language.

They need:

Professional respect.
Where contribution matters more than closeness.

Psychological safety.
Where you can disagree without punishment.

Transparent decisions.
Where the “why” is explained, not hidden.

Room to challenge ideas.
Without being labeled difficult.

Boundaries that are honored.
Because work is part of life - not all of it.

Here’s the truth I’ve seen:

The healthiest workplaces don’t call themselves family.

They call themselves accountable.

And people stay not because they feel emotionally tied -

But because they feel respected.

That’s stronger than any slogan.

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A colleague once told me why he resigned from a job he had worked in for years.

It wasn’t the workload.

He said the work was actually interesting.
The deadlines were tough sometimes, but he didn’t mind that.

What bothered him was something else.

In meetings, he would share ideas and they would be ignored.
Later someone else would repeat the same thing and suddenly it sounded “brilliant.”

When projects went well, his manager took the credit.
When something went wrong, the blame came down quickly.

Feedback wasn’t about helping him improve.
It felt like being talked down to.

At first he tried to ignore it.

He worked harder.
Stayed late more often.
Tried to prove his value.

But over time something changed.

He stopped feeling excited about the work.
He started feeling tired before the day even began.

One day he simply decided he was done.

When he explained his decision, he said something that stayed with me:

“The work wasn’t the problem.
The way people treated each other was.”

Most employees know work won’t always be easy.

They expect pressure.
They expect responsibility.

But they also expect basic respect.

Hard work rarely pushes good people away.

Disrespect does

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I watched a manager save an employee in six seconds.

Last month I was working with a tech company. Mid-sized, growing fast, all the usual pressures.

Around 9 AM, I walked past the engineering pod.

Someone was at their desk with coffee, staring at their screen. Just another Tuesday morning.

But here is what I learned later:

They had stayed until midnight the night before. A critical bug surfaced right before a client demo. They fixed it, pushed the update, went home exhausted.

The next morning, their manager walked by.

Stopped.

Looked at them.

And said: "Hey, I saw the update you pushed last night. That saved us. Good work."

Six seconds.

Then kept walking.

I watched their face change. They sat up straighter. A small smile appeared. The energy shifted completely.

It was one of those tiny moments you could easily miss.

But I kept thinking about it.

Because here is what most leaders do not understand:

People do not leave jobs they hate.

They leave environments where they feel invisible.

Where their late nights disappear into the void. Where their effort goes unnoticed. Where no one says "I see you."

The workload is not the problem. People can handle hard work.

What breaks them is working hard in silence.

What keeps them is knowing someone noticed.

The difference between a workplace people tolerate and one they love is not the perks.

It is how people treat each other on a random Wednesday when no one is watching.

Kindness is not soft. It is strategic.

It shows up in the small things:

A leader who listens without checking their phone.

A teammate who shares credit openly instead of hoarding it.

A manager who gives feedback without humiliation.

Someone who asks "How are you really doing?" and waits for the real answer.

None of these cost money.

But they build culture.

The organizations with the lowest turnover are not the ones with the biggest retention budgets.

They are the ones where people feel seen.

Where recognition happens on Tuesday morning over coffee, not just during annual reviews.

Three months later, I checked in with the company.

That person was still there. Still engaged. Still doing great work.

Their manager told me something interesting:

I just try to notice. That is all. I notice what people do, and I tell them I saw it.

That is it.

That is the entire retention strategy.

See people.

Tell them you see them.

The rest takes care of itself.

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Overthinking doesn’t mean you care more.
It means your mind is tired.

Most people at work aren’t lazy.

They’re overloaded.

They rethink messages after hitting send.
They replay meetings in their head on the way home.
They imagine problems that haven’t even happened.

And they call it being “careful.”

But overthinking isn’t caution.

It’s mental fatigue.

At work, it shows up like this:

- You delay decisions because you want perfect clarity
- You hesitate to speak because you’re editing in real time
- You avoid action because you’re trying to predict every outcome

It feels responsible.

It’s draining.

The brain needs pauses.
Just like the body needs sleep.

Clarity doesn’t come from squeezing your thoughts harder.
It comes when you give them space.

What actually helps?

- Focus on one task fully instead of five halfway
- Accept that not every decision needs perfection
- Let small mistakes happen
- Respond after a breath, not in the heat of the moment
- Spend time without constant input - screens, noise, opinions

Overthinking slows progress at work.
And outside work, it steals peace.

Sometimes the strongest move
is to stop chasing answers.

Sit still.

Let your mind settle.

Then move.

Not everything needs to be solved tonight.

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