Reflective overview and highlights of the professional work assignments of Dr Charles Cotter for 2018

1. 2018
DR CHARLES COTTER
PROFESSIONAL WORK ASSIGNMENTS

3. HAPPY NEW YEAR - 2018

4. THE FUTURE FIT CODE
• Please read the article:
• https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/f
uture-fit-code-10-strategies-
future-proof-your-career-charles-
cotter/
• Please complete the 2-minute
quiz:
• https://www.surveymonkey.com/
r/8HVNTW3

6. LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT IN BOKSBURG

7. LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT IN BOKSBURG

10. SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
IN MORNINGSIDE

11. SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
IN MORNINGSIDE

12. HRM IN MORNINGSIDE

13. HRM IN MORNINGSIDE

14. TEAM DEVELOPMENT
IN JHB

15. TEAM DEVELOPMENT IN
JHB

16. STRATEGIC HRM IN BOKSBURG

17. LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT IN BRAKPAN

18. STRATEGIC L&D IN
FOURWAYS

20. STRATEGIC PLANNING
IN PRETORIA

21. STRATEGIC PLANNING IN PRETORIA

22. PROBLEM-
SOLVING IN
BRAKPAN

24. CELEBRATING THE NEWS
OF OFFICIAL PHD
EXAMINATION PASS

25. STRATEGIC HRM IN
MOMBASA

26. STRATEGIC HRM IN
MOMBASA

27. STRATEGIC HRM IN
MOMBASA

28. STRATEGIC HRM IN
MOMBASA

29. STRATEGIC HRM IN MOMBASA

32. HRM CONFERENCE IN
NAIROBI

33. HRM CONFERENCE IN NAIROBI

34. HRM CONFERENCE IN NAIROBI

35. HRM PRE/POST-
CONFERENCE
VIDEOS IN NAIROBI
• http://youtu.be/_makcG8Hlgo?
a
• http://youtu.be/76uFM1pec7Q
?a
• https://youtu.be/CJNQRozF9Kg

36. HRM IN
PRETORIA

38. HRM METRICS COACHING SESSION IN SANDTON

39. TALENT MANAGEMENT
IN ACCRA

40. TALENT MANAGEMENT
IN ACCRA

41. SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
IN JHB

43. HR PLANNING AND
CHANGE MANAGEMENT

44. HR PLANNING AND CHANGE MANAGEMENT

45. EMOTIONAL
INTELLIGENCE IN
PRETORIA

46. EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
IN PRETORIA

47. EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE IN
PRETORIA

48. LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
IN BOKSBURG

49. LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT IN BOKSBURG

50. https://www.linkedin.com/
pulse/reality-check-chief-
human-resources-officers-
africa-hrm-cotter-phd/

52. PROJECT MANAGEMENT IN
PRETORIA

53. PROJECT MANAGEMENT IN
PRETORIA

54. DISABILITY
POLICY IN
FOURWAYS

55. STRATEGIC HRM
IN KEMPTON
PARK

56. PEOPLE MANAGEMENT IN
BOKSBURG

57. STRATEGIC HRM IN KEMPTON
PARK

58. STRATEGIC HRM IN KEMPTON PARK

59. STRATEGIC HRM IN KEMPTON PARK

60. STRATEGIC HRM IN
KEMPTON PARK

61. HRM TRANSFORMATION
MESSAGE
(Charles Cotter PhD,
28 June 2018)
"Stop fixating on best practice and
rather concentrate on
conceptualizing next practice. This is
the fundamental differentiation
between industry followership and
leadership."

63. HRM
TRANSFORMATION
MESSAGE
(Charles Cotter PhD,
29 June 2018)
“One of the mission-critical strategic HRM
objectives is to mainstream HRM into the
core business processes. HRM should be
embedded in the business strategy and
their value proposition should be ingrained
in the organizational culture fabric. Key
business decisions should not be taken in
the absence of consulting with HRM.”

64. STRATEGIC HRM IN DAR ES SALAAM

65. STRATEGIC HRM IN DAR ES
SALAAM

66. 7 500 GLOBAL TWITTER FOLLOWERS

68. HRM TRANSFORMATION
MESSAGE
(Charles Cotter PhD, 6 July 2018)
“Stop thinking HR for HR and
start practising HR for
business.”

69. STRATEGIC L&D IN
MAPUTO

70. STRATEGIC L&D IN
MAPUTO

71. STRATEGIC L&D IN MAPUTO

72. THE STRATEGIC HRM PERFORMANCE
ADVISOR MODEL (COTTER, 2017)

73. LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
IN BOKSBURG

74. LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT IN BOKSBURG

75. HRM TRANSFORMATION
MESSAGE
(Charles Cotter PhD,
18 July 2018)
"HRM must be instrumental in and at the
forefront of the I-Q-C-A-P drivers of
business performance, namely:
Innovation; Quality; Compliance; Agility
and Processes (to optimize productivity),
in their quest to transform and actualize
to become strategic performance
advisors."

76. HRM
TRANSFORMATION
MESSAGE
(Charles Cotter
PhD, 20 July 2018)
"HR Managers & -Professionals will have to transform
to Behavioural Economists who trade in competitive
predictive analytics and business intelligence and who
have an in-depth and rich understanding of the
mechanics (structures, processes, systems &
operations) and dynamics (culture, values, emotions &
attitudes) and how these influence key business
decision-making"

77. SLIDESHARE

78. https://www.slideshare.net
/CharlesCotter/diagnosis-
of-the-strategic-maturity-
of-hrm-and-ld-practices-
africaextended-scope

79. SYNOPSIS OF THE
STRATEGIC IMPACT
OF HRM
“Seemingly, current African
HRM practices are
administrative, compliance-
driven and transactional and
not strategic, commitment-
driven and
transformational.”
(Charles Cotter PhD, July
2018)

80. DIAGNOSTIC TOOLKIT - HRM
• Role/Job Analysis https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/732GHMP
• Strategic Performance Advisor https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/XB2M7F7
• Future Fit HR Consultant https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/HWJR5FW
• Strategic HR Planning https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/JMXSR2T
• HRM Metrics and Analytics https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/XBSFY53
• Strategic Total Rewards Management (STORM)
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PQWGNJJ and
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PHKFGQL
• Succession Planning https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Y7VCY2P
• HRM Auditing https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/FQD27Q7

81. DIAGNOSTIC TOOLKIT – L&D
• Strategic Learning Partner
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/VSLVTHX
• Skills Auditing
• https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/3YZDG8F
• Ethics of African Trainers
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/5B7XLPD
• Future Fit L&D Consultant
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/HWJR5FW

83. STRATEGIC HRM IN
SINGAPORE

84. STRATEGIC HRM IN
SINGAPORE

85. STRATEGIC HRM IN
SINGAPORE

86. STRATEGIC HRM IN
SINGAPORE

87. STRATEGIC HRM IN SINGAPORE

89. SUPERVISORY
TRAINING IN
RANDBURG

90. INDEPENDENT
TRAINER

91. LINKEDIN

92. PROJECT MANAGEMENT IN
PRETORIA

93. PROJECT
MANAGEMENT IN
PRETORIA

94. HRM METRICS IN KAMPALA

95. HRM METRICS IN
KAMPALA

96. HRM METRICS IN
KAMPALA

97. HR METRICS IN
KAMPALA
• youtu.be/PUqH560dxN0?
a

99. DISABILITY CONFERENCE IN FOURWAYS

100. PHD GRADUATION

101. PHD GRADUATION

103. PHD GRADUATION
• Video clip of the conferment of my PhD degree at
NWU (Potchefstroom) earlier this week. My PhD
thesis is titled, "Transforming learning &
development into a strategic, value-adding business
solution: A conceptual and business-minded
framework."
• https://twitter.com/i/status/102533001422770995
2

104. LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE IN
SUNNINGHILL

105. LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE
IN SUNNINGHILL

111. HRM IN DURBAN

113. SMU GRADUATION
IN NORTH WEST

117. CHANGE MANAGEMENT
IN TANZANIA

118. CHANGE MANAGEMENT
IN TANZANIA

119. CHANGE MANAGEMENT IN TANZANIA

120. EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE CONFERENCE IN
SANDTON

121. EMOTIONAL
INTELLIGENCE
IN PRETORIA

122. EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
IN PRETORIA

123. EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
IN PRETORIA

125. SLIDESHARE

126. 5 000th Tweet
I would like to dedicate my 5 000th
tweet to my wonderful 7673 followers
who have enhanced and enriched my
social media experience on Twitter over
the past 5.5 years. Thank you - much
appreciated. #gratitude #5000thTweet

128. PEOPLE MANAGEMENT
IN PRETORIA

129. STRATEGIC L&D IN
KEMPTON PARK

130. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/cotters-independent-
trainer-prosperity-future-fit-8-cotter-phd/

131. COTTER’S HIERARCHY OF DEEDS -
ITPROFaB
• Please complete the 2-minute quiz:
• https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PV2RTN2

133. HRM IN KEMPTON PARK

134. HRM IN KEMPTON
PARK

135. HRM IN KEMPTON PARK

140. JOB ANALYSIS AND –
EVALUATION IN MASERU
https://www.surveymonkey.co
m/r/732GHMP

141. JOB ANALYSIS AND –
EVALUATION IN MASERU
https://www.surveymonkey.co
m/r/732GHMP

142. JOB ANALYSIS AND –EVALUATION IN MASERU

144. OFFICE MANAGEMENT AT EMPERORS PALACE

145. OFFICE MANAGEMENT AT
EMPERORS PALACE

146. OFFICE MANAGEMENT AT
EMPERORS PALACE

147. HRM IN KEMPTON
PARK

149. PEOPLE MANAGEMENT
IN PRETORIA

151. EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
IN PRETORIA

152. EMOTIONAL
INTELLIGENCE IN
PRETORIA

153. EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE IN
PRETORIA

154. HR AND CHANGE
MANAGEMENT IN JHB

156. PRE-CONFERENCE
(WASHINGTON)

157. CONFERENCE
PRESENTATION IN
WASHINGTON – DAY 1

158. CONFERENCE PRESENTATION IN
WASHINGTON – DAY 1

159. CONFERENCE
PRESENTATION IN
WASHINGTON – DAY 1

161. CONFERENCE PRESENTATION IN
WASHINGTON – DAY 2

162. CONFERENCE
PRESENTATION IN
WASHINGTON – DAY 2

163. CONFERENCE
PRESENTATION IN
WASHINGTON – DAY 2

164. CONFERENCE
PRESENTATION IN
WASHINGTON
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
qlU_CD2MHWk&t=69s&list=LLMtDro
7N29l3KTat-rtRuGQ&index=2
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
rnn18zD0CwI
• youtu.be/oyyb_eza4Vg?a

165. HRM IN
KEMPTON PARK

166. TALENT MANAGEMENT
IN KEMPTON PARK

167. TALENT
MANAGEMENT IN
KEMPTON PARK

168. STRATEGIC L&D IN LUSAKA
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/VSLVTHX

170. JOB ANALYSIS AND –EVALUATION IN KEMPTON PARK

171. JOB ANALYSIS AND –
EVALUATION IN
KEMPTON PARK

172. TALENT MANAGEMENT
IN BOKSBURG

174. STRATEGIC HRM IN
CAPE TOWN

175. BUSY 1st WEEK OF DECEMBER

176. PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT IN KEMPTON PARK

177. STRATEGIC HRM IN
KEMPTON PARK

178. STRATEGIC HRM IN
KEMPTON PARK

179. STRATEGIC L&D IN
KEMPTON PARK

180. STRATEGIC L&D IN KEMPTON PARK

181. STRATEGIC L&D IN KEMPTON PARK

182. CELEBRATING MY 6-YEAR TWITTER ANNIVERSARY

183. SUMMARY OF HIGHLIGHTS 2018
• PhD graduation
• Highest business revenue (in 14 years as an independent training contractor) and
double digit % increase in business revenue (from 2017)
• Second highest number of training facilitation days (in 14 years as an independent
training contractor) and 9% increase (from 2017)
• Highest average daily facilitation fee (in 14 years as an independent training
contractor) and double digit % increase (from 2017)
• Achieved milestone of 10 500+ global LinkedIn connections and milestone of
7 500+ global Twitter followers
• Over 11k global views of portfolio of x28 curated presentations/content in 2018
• Achieved milestone of 533 000+ global SlideShare views, 32k downloads and
surpassed 540+ followers

184. SUMMARY OF HIGHLIGHTS 2018
• Received over 1 000 continental respondents to non-academic survey to measure the strategic impact
and value of African HRM practices
• Trained over x650 learners in 2018 and for the 14th consecutive year more than x500 learners per
annum
• Established sustainable business relationships with 34+ training providers (29% new partnerships)
• Created direct training facilitation opportunities for 13+ other trainers
• Achieved over 700 views of x3 published articles in 2018 and 3 440 views of portfolio of x8 LinkedIn
published articles
• Celebrated 14 years as an independent training (sub) contractor
• Facilitated various training programmes in x8 African countries
• Delivered keynote presentations at x13 national, continental and international conferences
• Business visits to countries like U.S.A and Singapore for the first time

185. BUSINESS TRAVEL
HIGHLIGHTS

186. GOOGLE MAPS
TIMELINE REPORT FOR
2018
• An extract of some of my travel
numbers:
• 69 places;
• 26 cities;
• 9 countries;
• Traveled 122 497 km, that's 3 times
around the World;
• Driving: 531 hr - 25 543 km;
• Furthest trip: Jhb to Washington.
• Longest trip: Pretoria to Jeffreys Bay;
• Most frequently visited hotel: Protea
Hotel by Marriott O.R. Tambo Airport
(18 visits) and
• Airports visited: 14

187. SELECTED EXAMPLES OF CONTENT
CURATION IN 2018
• Cotter, C.A. 2017. Transforming learning and development into a strategic, value-adding
business solution: A conceptual and business-minded framework. NWU. PhD research AND
https://www.slideshare.net/CharlesCotter/charles-cotters-phd-research-findings-
recommendationsstrategic-ld
• Cotter, C.A; Gerber, P.D. & Schutte, N. 2018. Proceedings of AC 2018 in Prague, pg. 142-149,
Academic Conferences Association, Czech Technical University, ISBN 978-80-88085-20-1
• https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/cotters-independent-trainer-prosperity-future-fit-8-cotter-
phd/ AND https://www.slideshare.net/CharlesCotter/independent-trainers-profabcotters-
hierarchy-of-deeds8-strategies
• https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/future-fit-code-10-strategies-future-proof-your-career-
charles-cotter/ AND https://www.slideshare.net/CharlesCotter/future-fit-code-10-strategies-
to-futureproof-your-careerdigital-economy
• https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/reality-check-chief-human-resources-officers-africa-hrm-
cotter-phd/ AND https://www.slideshare.net/CharlesCotter/diagnosis-of-the-strategic-
maturity-of-hrm-and-ld-practices-africaextended-scope

188. SELECTED EXAMPLES OF CONTENT
CURATION IN 2018
• https://www.slideshare.net/CharlesCotter/strategic-learning-and-developmentld-metrics-
and-strategic-learning-partnering
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUqH560dxN0&t=3s
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyyb_eza4Vg&t=3s
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnn18zD0CwI&t=1s
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlU_CD2MHWk&t=78s
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_zeVR89z2Y&t=18s
• https://www.slideshare.net/CharlesCotter/building-the-digital-hrm-organizationdigital-
transformation-skills
• https://www.slideshare.net/CharlesCotter/how-artificial-intelligence-is-revolutionizing-
learning-and-development-practices-throughout-the-addie-value-chain

189. MY FINAL
THOUGHT OF 2018
"As I age, I realize that New Year's
Eve is much less about an outward-
looking celebration, but much more
about an inward-looking
introspection and reflection and a
forward-looking projection of goal-
setting. Having definitive clarity on
your life's purpose always trumps
being the life of the party."
(Charles Cotter PhD, 31 December
2018)