Thought Leadership At Its Best

The Human Capital Institute Africa (HCI Africa) is the only not-for-profit professional association in Africa specifically focused on the strategic leadership and management of Talent. Since 2006 HCI Africa has been recognised as a consistent provider of innovative, and thought provoking educational summits and learning opportunities both for line and Human Capital professionals operating in the Talent space.

Our Purpose

HCI Africa advises and supports companies to become Talented Places 2Work4. Talented Places 2Work4 = Talent Rich Companies. We firmly believe that companies that work towards becoming Talented Places 2Work4 collectively contribute to South Africa standing out from the crowd in a globally competitive business environment.

Strategic Priorities

HCI Africa sticks to it's knitting and focuses on a manageable and sustainable list of strategic priorities. The priorities for the period 2011 - 2015 are:

• Visible Identity & Brand: build on the past and continue to grow into the future
• Membership Growth: offer an affordable and tiered membership offering for companies
• Alliance Building: Active collaboration and resource sharing with like-minded organisations
• Clear Value Proposition: A unique set of products and services that cannot easily be copied
• Applied Research: Develop local norms/standards forTalent Leadership/Talent Management

Mission: 2011 - 2015

Within the context of supporting and advising companies to move towards becoming Talented Places 2Work4 our mission for the next five years is to:

• Promote the use Talent Leadership and Talent Management as a core enabler of business strategy in the name of country and company competitiveness;
• Promote and support both line leaders and Human Capital/Talent Professionals in a role reversal process whereby line will increasingly assume their critical talent leadership role as a core leadership/management practice;
• Support the value of line leaders, and executives being held accountable by Boards of Directors and Executive Committees to produce talent results as part of the wider risk management portfolio of running a business;
• Advocate and promote the use of differentiated Human Capital/Talent strategies as the way for HR to go for business sustainability and completive advantage i.e to move away from a one-size-fits all approach to managing their most expensive intangible asset (being their talent base)

Operating Structures

• Board of Directors: The Board of Directors are collectively the legal guardian of the vision, mission, strategic priorities and business plans of HCI Africa. This role is largely prescribed by the old and new Company's Act and Income Tax Act, as well as the Access to Information and Consumer Protection Acts.
  
  
• ExCo: As part of evolving HCI Africa's structure to more closely resemble that of any company as described in the Companies Act an Executive Committee (Exco) is responsible for the day-to-day functioning of HCI Africa. Exco. makes strategic, business and financial decisions. These are ratified by the Board of Directors.
  
  
• Advisory Panel: The roles and responsibilities of the Advisory Panel are to act as an independent body that meets twice a year to take stock of emerging trends and next practices in the Talent domain. This input is used for annual business planning purposes. Membership of this exclusive Panel will fluctuate and is a 'by invitation only' structure of HCI Africa and will fluctuate & change as circumstances dictate.

Product & Service Mix

We offer a range of products and services that empower and enable CEOs, executives, line managers and Human Capital professionals to more easily assume their talent leadership - talent management roles.

• Organisation Engagement Survey Bureau: provide a local measurement and monitoring service
• CEO/C-Suite Talent Leadership Assessments: confidential and personalised assessment, coaching and advisory service; align talent roles with in-company Talent strategies, structures and programmes
• Corporate Membership offering for medium and large organszations
• Annual Educational Summits: 2-day events in the Talent Leadership - Talent Management and Engagement domains
• Executive Thought Leadership Forums for CEOs/C-Suite Executives (half morning forums)
• Executive Thought Leadership Forums for Talent Executives (half morning forums)
• Talent Leadership - Talent Management Master Classes: Continuing Professional Development for Line and Human Capital Professionals
• Applied Talent Research & Publications (surveys, polls, post event publications)