Experience — Ralph Van Eck

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Experiences

Development of an Assessment Centre for Senior Executives (C-level and CEO) and Middle Management – In-Basket, Role Play, Group Exercise, Fact Finding, Analysis Presentation with scoring guidelines.
Administer and conduct various assessment centres (management and executive)
Development of competency profile for a key player in the retail industry, banking industry, liquor industry and in the global engineering mining industry
Development of a sales E-learning (retail) program for a major Business Consultancy Firm for the Liquor Industry
Development of an Accountability Workshop for Illiterates – practical including the train the trainer workshop.
Development of a Sales Workshop (cold calling, market and competitor analysis and value proposition) for sales of ATM’s.
Development of Coaching, Change and Culture questionnaires including the theoretical foundation and items and scoring.
Development of a 10 day Project Management Leadership Programme for ArRiyadh Development Authority in Saudi Arabia (ADA). The program consists of 37 learning segments and incorporate PMBOK and Leadership content. It is a train the trainer .

Facilitate the company strategy and repositioning the company in the down-turn market by focusing on key leverages – allowing company to move to 25-fold turnover and stay composed in a very competitive commodity market;Setting up the HR function (strategic) and in the Business Units, Optimise and developing all HR policies, procedures and flowcharts; Implement performance management (business and individual), recruitment and employee relations processes, Implement Emiratisation talent management programs, Develop HR budget control mechanisms, developing a business performance management process (KPIs, Outputs), develop and implement Performance Appraisal System; Managing activities related to compensation and benefits function for the Group to ensure synergy between Business Units.

Setting up the HR function (strategic) and career development and training for the Group,optimise and developing all HR policies, procedures and flowcharts; Implement performance management (business and individual), leadership development, recruitment, Emiratisation, develop HR budget control mechanisms, developing a business performance management process (KPIs, Outputs), Facilitating the strategy of the Group and the Sales Strategy (vision. Mission, objectives, values, department objectives, individual objectives, markets, tactics,business model), Arkan competencies (functional and behavioural); implementing talent management program in group; establishing capability culture within the group; establishing 360 degree assessment (web-based) for functional and behavioural competencies as well as for Arkan Values and implementing Values driven program. Carry out all activities related to compensation and benefits function for the Group.

Setting up the training and development department for the group,developing policies, procedures and flowcharts for performance management, leadership development, recruitment, nationalisation, develop T&D budget control mechanisms, developing a business performance management process (KPIs, Outputs), develop and implement Performance Appraisal System and implement in organisation and facilitate and co-develop Business Plans for Meraas Holding.

Key activities have included the development of the corporation’s vision, mission and strategic objectives, a balanced scorecard linked to corporate strategic planning and business objectives, the design and delivery of corporate performance reporting mechanisms, the recruitment of staff into corporate development positions, and the transfer of skills and knowledge to local staff.

Growing the SHL Business Partner leg through training and certification of organisations in SHL Technology and Assessments; providing a HR Solutions consultancy service in Riyadh, UAE, Oman, Qatar, Koeweit, Bahrain, Jordan, Egypt across various industries namely, aviation, financial, telecommunication, banking, agriculture, medical, automotive, government, and oil and gas sectors.

Working with various associates, the company delivered a consultancy service (HR) to various organisations in South Africa.
Some of the most noteworthy strategy and business performance related projects included:The strategy development for A Hotel, Casino, Wildlife and Resort Complex. It included performance management for the resort, as well as leadership development for the resort.
The development and standardization of 360 degree competency-based assessment tools to be used in performance mangement for three major companies.
Strategy facilitated workshops to define vision, mission, values and strategies for an international hotel group.
Competency Development for various companies.

Deliver Psychological Evaluation & Psychopathology for Post graduate students.
Assist with development of Master-degree Program in Psycho-Education and Organizational Counselling. Modules include EAP, Program development, Psychological wellbeing, Emotional Intelligence, Advanced research methodology,
Development of Multicultural Psychology Semester Course for B.Psych III-degree

Key activities related to strategy and business performance included developing and managing performance management system implementation

Key activities related to strategy and business performance included development and Implementation of Performance Management System on the region, implementing various change management programs for strategic initiatives, facilitation of strategic business planning, assisting Line managers in their business processes – optimisation.

Group counseling, psychotherapy, testing, child guidance: learning problems, career guidance, interpersonal conflict, emotional problems, etc.; Career counseling, development and planning; Perform administrative, economical and educational functions as prescribed by the Department of Education

Ralph Van Eck