Behaviour Analysis: Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum

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Written By Sophie Zadeh

Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum

Someone contacted me recently, curious about my thoughts on Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum’s behaviour. I hadn’t heard of him, but I did some research and discovered he’s the Fijian Attorney General, sometimes referred to as A to Z, because of his wide range of government portfolios.

Sayed-Khaiyum is said to be one of Fiji’s most powerful and influential men. However, interestingly, in 2020 he was interviewed by police over allegations he was involved in two bombing attacks on political rivals in 1987. Unfortunately, I haven’t seen the police interview or his public response to it, but I found several unrelated points of interest across a couple of videos. 

I was interested in how Sayed-Khaiyum presented, given his level of political power. I wondered whether the amount of power had gone to his head and wanted to see whether hubristic traits were present in his behaviour. Hubris Syndrome is a disorder that can develop in people as they gain power. To learn more about it, click here for a scientific overview. Since I haven’t posted a behavioural analysis on my blog for a while, I thought I’d share some of my findings in a short video. 

Enjoy my video.

Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum: Video of behaviour analysis

Sayed-Khaiyum Behaviour Analysis

In my video, I refer to two videos of Sayed-Khaiyum. I’ve added clips of the behaviours mentioned; however, if you want to see the source of the videos, click here for video 1 and here for video 2.

 

Our work is based on scientific theories relating to nonverbal behaviour and statement analysis, and remains the opinion of the author.

Sophie Zadeh

Nonverbal Communication Specialist, Sophie Zadeh empowers people to take communication to the next level–unlocking the secrets of the body and voice. With her unique and extensive expertise in non-verbal communication, together with her captivating delivery method, Sophie inspires her audience to experience, first hand, the immediate and positive impact of body language and vocal power–providing valuable insights every person can apply to their personal and professional life.

Sophie is incredibly passionate about her topic and what she enjoys most, is watching her audience let down their guard, open up and become excited about it too. Her mission is to enrich their lives and create positive outcomes.

When she’s not at work, people watching or trying to solve a murder, Sophie will be saving the planet, being creative or cooking up a storm in the kitchen.

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