Derek Hendrikz is a strategic leadership and strategy development specialist who as renowned trainer, speaker and consultant offers training, seminars and consulting in this field. He has twenty years experience and have worked in South Africa, Austria, Lesotho, Swaziland, Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, Zambia, Malawi, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Mauritius, Maldives, Ghana, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and United Arab Emirates. He specialises in the training of executive teams and is mostly contracted to train Board Members and EXCO teams in the field of strategy development, implementation, governance and other executive areas. In consulting Derek has undertaken a myriad of projects, but holds highest acclaim for his work in the development of organisational strategy and performance measurement. www.derekhendrikz.com

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About Derek:
Derek Hendrikz is an international strategic leadership & strategy
development specialist. As renowned trainer, speaker and consultant, Derek
has twenty years’ experience and have worked in South Africa, Austria,
Lesotho, Swaziland, Botswana, Namibia, Mozambique, Zambia, Malawi,
Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Mauritius, Maldives, Ghana, Egypt, Saudi
Arabia, Bahrain, and United Arab Emirates.
He specialises in the training of executive teams and is mostly
contracted to train Board Members, EXCO teams and senior managers.
Derek trains in the vicinity of 3000 highly satisfied customers per year and
over the past 20-years has worked with more than 150 companies and has trained more than 50 000 participants in
various work sessions.
In consulting Derek has undertaken a myriad of projects, but holds highest acclaim for his work in the
development, implementation and measurement of organisational strategy.
Academically Derek holds tertiary and post graduate qualifications in the fields of Business Administration,
Labour Relations & Law; Training & Development; Facilitation Skills; and Group Process Consultation.
He plays a leading role in the occupational training industry as the founding member and first elected president
of the Southern Africa Professional Trainers Association (SAPTA), who is the leading association within the
professional training arena in the Southern Africa Development Countries (SADC) region.
As a well-respected presenter and motivational speaker, his lively and inspirational presentations have inspired
many top business people and government executives to take action.
Derek regularly publishes articles in the field of strategic leadership and strategy development and has appeared
in various television talk shows as a quest member. His current book “Wizard of Org – The Art of Leadership and
Practice of Management” is due to be published in 2015.
He was the creator of various International events. Some of these were, ‘The Robben Island Diversity
Experience’, ‘The National Diversity Indaba’, ‘The Annual ‘Batho Pele’ Indaba’, ‘SA’s Top Gurus’, and many others.
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Strategic Leadership &
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Strategy Development Specialist:
As consultant, Derek specialises in the field of strategy development, implementation and measurement. He offers
comprehensive services in this regard and has worked with a myriad of clients internationally, including high level
strategy development within the public, private and non-profit sectors. His process is scientific and methodological
which ensures a clear translation process from strategic thinking to operational action.
In terms of consulting, Derek offers two programmes, namely:
1. Strategy Development, implementation and measurement; and
2. Conducting of a strategy audit.
Executive Trainer in Strategic Leadership:
As professional trainer, Derek annually trains Directors, Board Members, EXCO Teams, Senior Managers and other
Organisational Executives in Strategic Leadership. His Strategic Leadership Master
Class is presented publically (participants from various companies attend) and in-house
(programme is run for delegates from the same organisation). The training workshop is
a well-developed and researched programme and is suitable for executives who already
attained an MBA or other advanced managerial training. For more information on the
programme content, target audience, in-house arrangements and publically scheduled
workshops, please visit his web site www.derekhendrikz.com
Keynote Speaker on Strategic Leadership:
As keynote speaker, Derek tells the inspirational story of strategic
leadership in an entertaining and humorous way. Any person in a
managerial and leadership position will benefit from this conference
presentation and not only people who work with strategy development
and implementation.
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Derek’s Clients & Projects:
NB: Complete list of Customers & Consulting Projects available on
www.derekhendrikz.com under the ‘About Derek’ tab…
Derek Hendrikz has worked with more than 150 organisations in more than 20 countries worldwide.
On his web site, www.derekhendrikz.com, is a complete and alphabetical list of the customer companies who have used
him for training workshops, conference seminars and consulting projects, mostly in the field of organisational strategy
development, implementation and measurement, and strategic leadership programmes.
To date, Derek has completed more than 40 consulting projects worldwide.
Currently we will only accept strategy development, implementation and measurement projects, and will no longer
engage in consulting work outside this area of specialisation.
Below are recent customer organisations who have engaged Derek in high level strategy development projects...
For a detailed list Derek’s projects, please visit his web site,
www.derekhendrikz.com
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Derek’s customers are saying...
NB: List of Customer Testimonials available on www.derekhendrikz.com
“He demonstrated mastery of the subject matter; open to questions and was extremely motivational.”
Chroiel Mshana (Civil & Project Engineer) – September 2014
Tanga Cement, Tanzania
“Very motivational, funny & realistic. It was a wonderful encounter, full of new experiences and highly
educative.”
Juliana Mhimbira (Branch Manager) – August 2014
CRDB Bank – Tanzania
“I rate Derek as the best trainer I’ve experienced so far. All trainers are good, but Derek puts emphasis on his
practical experience.”
Mak Sambo (ICT Manager) – June 2014
CDH Investment Bank – Blantyre, Malawi
“It was an inspiring workshop. No doubt, one of the best I have ever attended.”
Abdulaziz Alsaadoun (Corporate Governance Manager) – March 2014
Takween – Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia
“Highly relevant content and presentation.”
Sebetlela Sebetlela (Chairman of the Board) – February 2014
Botswana Power Corporation (BPC) – Board of Directors, Botswana
“Absolutely great. Please let him come again.”
Thomson Njewa – January 2014
ESCOM, Malawi
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“A wonderful presenter.”
Prof. Shaban Mlacha (Deputy Vice Chancellor) – December 2013
LAPF Board of Directors, Tanzania
“Derek’s workshop is one of the best training sessions that I have ever attended.”
Shahid Sohail Khan (OD Manager) – October 2013
MEPCO – Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
“His ability to relate theory to practice is fantastic.”
Robert Tomu (Head of IT) – September 2013
NMB Bank LTD, Harare, Zimbabwe
“The guy is great! Energetic and knows his stuff.”
Doc Lukhele (COO) – August 2013
Lesotho Highlands Development Authority, Lesotho
Contact Derek
Annelize Burger
Derek Hendrikz Consulting Office Manager
Pretoria, South Africa
Main: +27 12 567 2824
Mobile: +27 71 873 2568
Fax: +27 86 619 3550
admin@derekhendrikz.com
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