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When Do You Dump A Client

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Buying a service business, I think not

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Outliers – Anything to Learn About Talent and Affirmative Action?

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Project Management and Leadership

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Consulting 101

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Should MIning Be Mechanized, In the Wake of the Current Labour Situation?

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ROI on People Management Interventions - It is Possible!!

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The People Management Story - A Narrative to the Development of the HR Scorecard

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Marikana, The Massive Failure of Leadership and the HR Function

Posted on October 8, 2012 at 8:11 11 Comments

In South Africa We Are Rewarding All the Wrong Leadership Behaviours

Posted on February 3, 2010 at 10:57 0 Comments

Management trends that shaped business decision making in the past decade

Posted on January 31, 2010 at 19:47 2 Comments

Interview With Yourself - I Love This (Re-post)

Posted on January 22, 2010 at 9:59 1 Comment

Reflections and Advice on Working or Sub Contracting in Luanda

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Reflection on the past nine months as freelancer

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Disability Equity A South African Perspective 5

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Disability Equity A South African Perspective 4

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Disability Equity A South African Perspective 3

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Disability Equity A South African Perspective 2

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Project Management and Leadership

Why not spend 3 Saturdays, from 09h00 to 15h00 with me to teach you about the essentials of Project Management and Leadership? I intend to host a workshop where you will practically learn:1. What a project is2. How to navigate the project cycle3. Developing a case and charter for your project4. The work breakdown, sequencing and scheduling for projects5. Control methods5. Very valuable leadership and teamwork leanings from my own experience4 May at 09:00 until 18 May at 15:00 733 Silver Shower…See More
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ContributorTass Schwab replied to Phil de Kock's discussion The WIsdom of Psychopaths in the group The Skills-Universe Book Club
""And I would hypothesize that certain work environments tend to reward psychopathic behavior." Sadly I think that you are correct - it always appears that the people who are hard, angry, toy throwing who appear to get ahead. However saying…"
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The WIsdom of Psychopaths

The most fascinating book I have ever read!! I tell you based on this we tend to test leaders trats as desirable for many of the psychopathic traits that they mention here. And I would hypothesize that certain work environments tend to reward psychopathic behavior. I have now taken two of these tests myself, and on the one I score average, but significantly below the threshold and on the other I score low. But wow this is an eye opener!!Written by Oxford Psychology Professor Kevin DuttonThe…See More
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Consulting 101

Some time ago, as a result of some incidents in my own career I wrote few tweets on the topic of consulting (named it "Consulting 101"). Recent events that challenged thinking in terms of ethics made me decided to consolidate these in a BLOG:Invoicing:Do not invoice before you finished the work. Except if you made a prior arrangement or the client ask you to do so. However, if you are unsure about the payment credentials of the client, dont be scared to ask for a guarantee payment upfrontDo not…See More
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Should MIning Be Mechanized, In the Wake of the Current Labour Situation?

Many, specifically engineers and economists argue that it is time to mechanize mining, given the current labour unrest and also the wake of Marikana. The basic idea is that it current depths and other physical considerations actually demands it and at the same time will the cost savings eventually benefit the economy as a whole. Here are some of my ideas on the issue:The issue is not only about cost saving and making profit. It is about reasonable profit (Business Economics 101) and whether the…See More
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ContributorTim Malone commented on Phil de Kock's blog post Marikana, The Massive Failure of Leadership and the HR Function
"Very well put Phil. To my knowledge, there isn't an institution in SA that offers a qualification in Leadership. Yes, MBAs and other degree and diploma courses sometimes have a module on leadership and there are a few 'certificate'…"
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sylvia hammond commented on Phil de Kock's blog post Marikana, The Massive Failure of Leadership and the HR Function
"Thanks Phil and Jean - I have an interesting article from last week's Mail and Guardian - I'll scan and add as well  - provides interesting context as well. After years of participating in job grading one of the definitions that is…"
Oct 8, 2012

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At 8:22 on March 18, 2010, Jyothi Rajan said…
Dear Phil,

I am producing a Global Learning Academy conference in Jo'burg by 10th - 12th May 2010. You can find event info at http://www.glaconference.com/

Should this be an event of your interest to attend, kindly let me know and we shall discuss.

Cheers
Jyothi Rajan, MBA
Conference Producer - APAC, Middle East & Africa
SALVO Global (Singapore)
Direct Line: +65 63051389 | Mobile: +65 9298 9904 | Fax: +65 6336 1716
Email: jyothi@salvoglobal.com
At 17:29 on February 2, 2010, iona minton said…
You dont look like you are previously disadvantaged, so what is your excuse?
At 12:25 on June 25, 2009, Neil Waugh said…
Hi Phil
We launched our PeopleSystems HR Management software suite this year. It is a South African developed system that offers the following:
HR Operational Management (people and job profiles, behaviour management, leave management, recruitment management).
Training Management System (all internal and external training as well as planned and actual training).
Compliance Manager (automatically completes EEA2, EEA4, WSP, ATR, LPR, PDP's in the format required for delivery).
QMS (ISO compliant Quality Management System)
Gap Analysis Manager
Evaulation Manager
Enterprise Performance Manager (Balanced scorecards, Strategy Maps, Dashboards etc.).

The best thing about our software is that it is a fraction of the cost of it's international competitors.
We are looking HR consultants who are interested in either referring potential customers to us or becoming a registered channel partner with fantastic revenue streams. Delete Comment
At 13:25 on May 14, 2009, Sue Nkwanyana said…
your blog is really interesting. TIPP Focus members are doing well. We have just moved to a brend new building in Midrand. It will be a pleasure if you can vistit us at: The Willows office Park, Erand Gardens - next to Vodacom. We have a beautiful training venue there, etc.
Thabelo and Jack are doing very well. Business is coming from all Angles. We have a new accreditation with the LG SETA for all Units Standards of MFMA - so we are targeting all Municipalities accross the country.We seem to be the best training Provider thus far in that regards!!!! You are Welcomed to join us when you are free, we have classes waiting for your excellent facilitation skills... It is really good to hear from you. hoping your wife and daughter are well. No, I missed out on my overseas trip but praying for another opportunity, maybe your daughter can invite me, ha!ha! is she still abroad? Wishing you the best
At 15:43 on May 13, 2009, Sue Nkwanyana said…
Good and a Blessed day to you Phillip. its Sue from TIPP Focus Training For Leadership. hope you still remember me!!!!!
I think your articles are great...
At 21:10 on May 12, 2009, Linda Howells said…
Hi Phil thanks for the hand of friendship - and here's to happy networking
At 18:48 on April 2, 2009, sylvia hammond said…
Hi Phil, welcome to our skills-universe - please let us know what is of interest to you & join in the discussions & join groups that interest you - as many as you like.

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Tell us about what you do
a. Passionate thought leader and problem solver in the areas of leadership and organization development, human capital management intervention design and project management
b. Extensive experience in the application of project management techniques and is regarded an expert in supporting software packages
c. Advanced degrees in organization psychology and human capital management, and published extensively, including the SA Journal of Industrial Psychology, People Management, and HR Future. In addition I have collaborated on two book projects as co-author and contributor.
d. Received the ESKOM Top Honours Student Award in 1991 for Academic Leadership and Excellence
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