JOHN BLACKLAWS – TML ONE

John Blacklaws is an accredited international business consultant.  John gained his experience in senior Operations and HR management roles in the multinational corporations Liberty Life, British Petroleum, Anglo American Corporation and BHP Billiton.  

The focus of John’s consulting and project management is business optimization.  His clients are based in the Middle East, Southern Africa, the United Kingdom, Korea and the West Indies.  John lectures to MBA level, and is a regular speaker and panelist at international conferences.  

John’s company, TML ONE, offers the following types of consultancy:

1.   Business optimization.   Process modelling.  Process integration.  Developing work flow models.  Integration of business processes.  Identifying opportunities, obstacles and strategies to optimize organisational capabilities and streamline business processes. Facilitating agreement about goals, roles and responsibilities amongst senior managers and their teams. Workshopping to identify key performance indicators for each business unit. Identifying business process “hot-spots” where integration can be troublesome, and framing Service Level Agreements to ease these integration areas.

2.   Managing projects on behalf of organizations. John Blacklaws is a Project Management Professional (PMP) and can assist organizations with the management of their projects (i.e. facilitating a Project Definition Workshop; developing a Project Charter; budgeting; documenting the detailed plans & milestones; allocating resources; monitoring and reporting on progress towards project goals; controlling progress; etc.)

3.   Competency Frameworks. Developing (or providing external assistance to teams that develop) competency-frameworks for various positions. Identifying and documenting requisite competencies at various organizational levels. Developing Competency Profiles. Linking competencies to training & development needs. Training needs analysis.  John is a Chartered Human Resources Practitioner, accredited by the SABPP.

4.   Performance Management. Promoting an outcomes-focus for performance management, linked to the company’s Balanced Scorecard System. Linking cascading performance requirements from Business Plans through departmental goals to individual objectives and specific performance criteria.

5.   Assessments. This includes Assessment/Development Centers, Career Path Appreciations (identifying managerial potential), Competency Assessments, Leadership Profile Analyses, 360-degree assessments. These assessments can be conducted on a person-to-person level, or online at a distance.  John is a licensed Associate of EDAC and BIOSS International, both of whom are foremost global consultancies in assessment technology.
6.   Career Path Planning. Discussing assessment results with each candidate. Obtaining a commitment towards closing all identified competency gaps. The outcome of this would be a “Development Contract”, effectively sharing responsibility for development plans between the organisation and the candidate. Providing input to the organization for Succession Planning.

7.   Mentoring and Coaching. Regular meetings with specific candidates to discuss their development needs and progress. Personal coaching of fast-tracked employees. Providing the organization with reports on progress.  John is an Associate of COMENSA (Coaches and Mentors of South Africa).

8.   Succession Planning. Developing custom-built succession planning systems and linking these to existing organization systems. Developing and promoting policies in respect of employee development and talent management. Installing software to manage the HR and talent database.


John R Blacklaws
Chartered HR Practitioner & Project Management Professional (PMP)
TML ONE  “Realising Capability”
| Tel: (Qatar) +974 559 8620 | Fax: +27 86 669 2317 |
| PO Box 22916, Doha, QATAR |
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Raymond Salzweidel – Urban Canyon Consulting

Urban Canyon Consulting is a niche consulting practice focusing on personal and organizational transformation. Established in 2005 by Raymond Salzwedel, Urban Canyon has become a vehicle through which individuals and groups can experience progress towards alternative futures.

Raymond is a consultant with 15 years experience in a range of industries from education, technology, supply chain management to human resources. This diverse background provides Urban Canyon with the capability to blend disciplines and synthesize innovative solutions. But Urban Canyon also offers detailed insights through careful and insightful analysis.

www.urbancanyon.biz          This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it      - +27 83 632 2338

Gordon Chilvers – Orbitalk – Comunication and Leadership Strategists

We enable companies, teams and individuals to deliver compelling presentations to their intended audiences.
We also develop leadership skills within organisations – typically at the level of first-line management.
Our commitment to clients is that we will first seek to understand their needs and then collaborate with them in producing desired results. It’s not about packaged solutions. It’s about the flexibility to add value where our clients need it most.

Telephone     : +27 11 792 3370
Mobile            : +27 83 629 1771
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Snail-mail      : PO Box 1264, Bromhof, 2154, South Africa
www.orbitalk.co.za

Jenny Douglas

ABBREVIATED CURRICULUM VITAE 2010

Jennifer Ann Armstrong-Douglas (Jenny Douglas)

Jenny is the Managing Member of Devgro Training and Development Consultants cc, which was registered in 1994. 

Jenny has been involved in the Human Resource Development field for over twenty years in a number of organisational settings ranging from Higher Education to Quasi-State, Industry (corporate) and HRD Consulting.  She has worked as a high school teacher, training and development officer, HRD consultant, Corporate Training Manager and Director of her own consulting company over these years, and has gained tremendous experience working with people at all levels in organisations.  Jenny has consulted to/done work for organisations in most sectors, ranging from small, to blue-chip and governmental organisations. She has been a freelance consultant to various provider institutions over the past seven years, namely; Primeserv HR Solutions, PricewaterhouseCoopers, The Renaissance Network, GIMT, Learning Resources, The Da Vinci Institute, Wits Business School, The University of Stellenbosch’s USB-Ed, QED, Rims Infomage Group, IPM, IBEX Skills Development, University of Fort Hare’s PFSA, Bridging the Gap, Competent Hand, Nimico, Edge Training Consultants, Talwin Consulting, Imphophu Centre of Excellence, amongst others. She also has her own clients to whom she offers her consulting and coaching services.

Her knowledge, skill and experience lies in the following topic areas: (NQF Levels 1- 6)

• Team Leadership training at Team Leader, First-Line Supervisor and Middle and Senior Manager levels;
• Mentorship and Coaching training and implementation;
• Diversity Management in the context of Employment Equity;
• Facilitation of training interventions in the People Skills and Life Skills areas, including Customer Service, Telephone     Skills, Office Practice programmes, Motivation, Communication, Business writing, Business English, Leadership, Career Development and Self Management, Delegation, Time and Stress Management, Planning, Organising, Controlling, Performance Appraisal, Team leadership and Team Building, Change Management, Negotiation Skills, Conflict Management, Problem Solving and decision making, Assertiveness, Presentation Skills, Train the trainer, Assessor, Moderator, Personal Transformation, Emotional Intelligence, Employee Engagement, Valuing and Managing Diversity, amongst many others.
• One-on-one and group Coaching and Counselling (Lifeline trained telephone, face-to-face and trauma counsellor and Comensa accredited);
• Performance Management systems consulting and implementation; job profiling (Balanced Scorecard, Drotter);
• Adult Basic Education and Training (ABET): implementation, assessments, audits, consultation and materials sourcing;
• Managing Change and Transition;
• General OD and HRD consultation;
• Writing of Training Materials against Unit standards; development of Portfolio Guides for assessment purposes;
• Editing and Proofreading of training materials (simplifying English usage);
• Portfolio of evidence, assignment and project assessment;
• Assisted in Surveys (eg climate, culture);
• Chairing of and Presenting Papers at conferences.

Jenny has the following formal qualifications/ associations:  BA (Education - Wits), BA Hons (Applied Linguistics - Wits), IPM Training Diploma, UNISA SBL Fundamental Management Programme, registered Assessor with ETDP Seta and a Constituent Assessor with Services Seta, ETDP Seta and INSETA, Registered Moderator (ETDP and Services Setas), SABPP Registration as a Chartered HR Practitioner in the category ETD/HRD, COMENSA registered coach and mentor (practitioner), associate of Consult Women group of consultants, Lifeline Counsellor, Registered with the Services Seta as an ETDP, and a Toastmaster. She is also a mentor to women councillors in the Dept of Local Government, Gauteng – project ‘Kwanele’.  Jenny was awarded ‘associate of the year 2007’ by one of the large provider companies to whom she offers her services.