52. "The 7P's of the business success mix -
purpose; passion; potential; people;
patronage, partnerships which all
precede profit."
(Charles Cotter, 2 June 2017)
61. "The blueprint of success is focusing on generating and amplifying
positive energy, not trying to purify negative energy“
(Charles Cotter, 28 June 2017)
62. “The 7 C's for start-up entrepreneurs: Concept; Capital; Courage;
Competencies; Connections; Conviction and Clients.”
(Charles Cotter, 30 June 2017)
63.
64. "If you do not stay current, you will become
redundant.“
(Charles Cotter, 3 July 2017)
FUTURE-PROOF YOUR CAREER - STRATEGY #1:
70. "If you don't differentiate yourself, you'll be traded as a
low-end commodity.“
Charles Cotter, 10 July 2017
FUTURE-PROOF STRATEGY #2:
DIFFERENTIATION
73. "Distinctiveness practiced with diligence and dignity is
a dynamic and deal-breaking differentiator"
(Charles Cotter, 20 July '17)
FUTURE-
PROOF
STRATEGY #3:
76. "The business currency of the future, gig economy will be
specialization. The on-demand workforce will be driven and
dominated by expert taskmasters, not multi-taskers.“
(Charles Cotter, 3 August 2017)
FUTURE-PROOF
STRATEGY #4:
82. “Future fit consultants will demonstrate the agility to transition with
stealth-like fluidity and precision from gig conceptualization to
actualization.”
(Charles Cotter, 17 August 2017)
FUTURE-PROOF
STRATEGY #5: AGILITY
89. “HRM will have to migrate from the fundamentals of people
science to the complexities of data science.”
(Charles Cotter, 29 August 2017)
90.
91. "Just like we constantly refresh our social media
pages and update our status, so we will have to
rigorously reinvent our future career status to sustain
employment mobility."
(Charles Cotter, 1 September 2017)
FUTURE-PROOF
STRATEGY #6:
95. “Stop fixating on the cliché, value add – the business
calculator function of the future, will be multiplication, so
rather concentrate on being a value amplifier.”
(Charles Cotter, 8 September 2017)
FUTURE-PROOF
STRATEGY #7:
97. Project Change and Control: Presentation by Charles Cotter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ys5N9Qz09aE&t=88s
Project Scope - Terms of Reference/Charter: Presentation
by Charles Cotter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCDD2ISp3jY&t=82s
101. “To prosper in the Digital Economy job space, you will have to
innovatively redesign your thinking and business model to
explore uncharted frontiers like independent virtual consulting
gigs and abandon the notion and comfort of your full-time
employment status.”
(Charles Cotter, 18 September
2017)
FUTURE-PROOF STRATEGY
#8: NEXT DIMENSION
THINKING
107. “To actualize to a responsible and responsive digital citizen,
you’ll have to master the ability to navigate, curate, analyze
and communicate via digital media sources across an array
of 5-G technological platforms.”
(Charles Cotter, 13 October 2017)
FUTURE-PROOF
STRATEGY #9:
135. “The value of your business network will not be determined by the
quantity of your direct connections, but rather by your analytical ability to
penetrate, mine and harvest the business relationship potential and
exploit mutually-beneficial collaboration opportunities within the scope
of your secondary and tertiary connections.”
(Charles Cotter, 14 December 2017)
FUTURE-PROOF STRATEGY #10: HYPERCONNECTED
COLLABORATOR
138. SUMMARY OF HIGHLIGHTS 2017
• Achieved milestone of 8 000+ LinkedIn connections
• Achieved milestone of 7 000+ Twitter followers
• Achieved milestone of 400 000+ SlideShare views, 25k
downloads and surpassed 400+ followers
• Established sustainable business relationships with 30+
training providers (44% new partnerships)
• Created direct training facilitation opportunities for
10+ other trainers
139. SUMMARY OF HIGHLIGHTS 2017
• Achieved over 2 300 views of x5 published articles on LinkedIn
• Completed and submitted my PhD thesis for examination
• Celebrated 13 years as an independent training (sub) contractor
• Achieved x17 courseconductor.com trainer reviews (of which 82%
are 5-star ratings)
• Facilitated various training programmes in x6 African countries
• Delivered keynote presentations at x8 national and continental
conferences