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."
62.
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.”
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"
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)
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
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
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
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
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)