Why Your Coworker Drives You Crazy (And What It's Actually Telling You)

📚Lecture: "Why Your Coworker Drives You Crazy (And What It's Actually Telling You)"
🎤Speaker: Mariam Shahid (HR Professional)

We’ve all had that coworker, the one who replies “per my last email,” turns every meeting into a TED Talk, or somehow disappears the moment work needs to get done. But why do certain people frustrate us so much?

This lecture explores the psychology behind workplace personalities, communication styles, cognitive biases, and conflict. Through relatable stories, interactive discussion, and evidence-based psychology, we’ll explore why our brains make snap judgments, how misunderstandings escalate, and what we can learn from the people who drive us the craziest.

Rather than an HR seminar, this is an entertaining and thought-provoking conversation about human behaviour that applies to anyone who has ever worked with other people.

You’ll leave with a better understanding of why personality differences create workplace conflict, how our own psychological biases shape the way we see others, some practical tools for communicating/navigating difficult interactions and maybe the realization that at some point, you’ve been someone else’s annoying coworker.

Mariam Shahid is a Human Resources professional with over four years of experience helping organizations build healthier, more effective workplaces across the public and private sectors. Her expertise spans employee relations, leadership development, workplace investigations, organizational strategy, HR analytics, and compensation. As a nationally recognized presenter through business competitions and conferences, Mariam is passionate about making complex workplace and psychology concepts engaging, relatable, and accessible through storytelling, humour, and audience interaction.

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Agenda

6:00pm - Doors open: Grab a seat, order drinks and food and settle in.

6:55pm - Host Introduction

7:00pm - Lecture starts

7:45pm - Q&A with Audience

8:00pm onwards - Socialize and make friends, grab more drinks