The functions of a properly established, managed and functioning Professional Body.

• What they are?
• What they are not.
• How they contribute to the Performance Management challenge in any company of any size?
• Why CPD is one of the most useful tools in a Professional Bodies arsenal?
• Professional Bodies and their Transformational Tools.
• Why a Professional Body has the potential is to lead the Branding Crusade in sectors which otherwise are not considered vital or true economic diamonds?

Presentation

Takeaways for the individual:

• Understanding that “Designations” distinguish you in the marketplace and provide you with Professional Identity
• Understanding that you have a Competency, Behavioral and Lifelong Learning Obligation and make that commitment when you accept your Professional Designation
• Understand what your membership and affiliation to your Professional Body means in your life.

Takeaways for the company:

• Understand that the Professional Body becomes a crucial partner in your Performance Management Process of every Staff Member
• Understand that your Trade Association working in-concert with your Professional Body has the capacity to offer you a Grading which can distinguish your company as truly compliant and excellent in the marketplace

For the Provider:

• Become part of your client sector’s inner circle
• Have the vistas of an entire sector opened for you with regard to whole qualification and CPD Training
• Have the Professional Body do your networking and marketing for you

For the BBBEE Rating Consultant and Agency:

• Understand how limited your days are if you make no effort to truly understand the business of the Professional Body
• Buy-into Professional Body Transformation initiatives to do your jobs properly

Presenter: Dr Ivor Blumenthal

Education:

• Matriculated at King Edwards VII (KES)
• Studied Law and Psychology at Wits
• Did Psychology Post Graduate Studies at RAU
• Completed a Post Graduate Diploma in Management at Wits Business School
• Completed a Phd. In Technology and Innovation at Da Vinci University

Work History:

• Clerked for a Supreme Court Justice.
• Has worked in General Management in the Banking and Printing Sectors.
• Was Station Manager of ChaiFM and has run his own shows on Chai FM, Radio Today and Summit Television
• Currently hosts Contemporary Business on Radio Today
• Has published over 500 articles and writes two columns for The Star Newspaper
• Has published a book : “50 Shades of Greed”
• Served as a member of the National Skills Authority
• Served as a member of three Standard Generating Bodies for SAQA
• Served as a member of the Professional Body Steering Committee for SAQA
• Established a Hotel Management and Business School in Marbella, Spain – Le Roche

Leadership Roles:

• City Councillor for Johannesburg – 1995 to 2000
• Vice Chairperson of Our Parents Home
• CEO: Furniture Industries Training Board
• CEO : The Association of Personal Service Organisations (APSO)
• Chairperson : The Services SETA
• CEO : The Services SETA
• Vice Chairperson : World Skills
• Board Member : European Marketing Confederation
• Board Member : International Certification Council
• Council Member of the European Union Social Dialogue – Personnel

Current:

CEO of ArkKonsult – Establishing Trade Associations, Professional Bodies, Skills Trusts and Institutes of Training and Development.

ArkKonsult:

A Consultancy established to correct the power imbalances in the workplace.

Activities:

For Industries:

• Building Trade and Employer Associations
• Building Professional Bodies and Confederations of Professional Bodies
• Establishing Quality Assurance systems for Provision
• Building Social Partnerships in Industries
• Establishing and managing Skills Trusts in Industries

For Companies:

• Gearing your Business for BBBEE Compliance and Achievement
• Establishing Employee Share Schemes and participative management initiatives in the workplace
• Reducing the BBBEE Risk and Threat and empowering the business for sustainability