Terry Meyer

Terry Meyer is an independent consultant, academic, author and speaker.

After spending a number of years in various corporate roles, including having overall responsibility for Human Resources Development in a very large South African Company, he joined Wits Business School as an academic.

In addition to teaching in the areas of organisational design and development and strategic HR Management, he was responsible for redesigning and managing the highly acclaimed Masters in Management (HR) programme and various Executive education courses such as Strategic HR Management and Strategic Skills Development.

During that time Terry was involved in a variety of consulting projects involving strategy facilitation, organisational re-design and change management, leadership development and HR strategy. He has worked with various organisations to reposition their HR functions and improve their effectiveness.

In 2003, after spending a year with Deloitte Human Capital Corporation, he started his own consulting business, Leadership SA, which specializes in strategy & organisational design, leadership, change and human capital effectiveness.

For the last 10 years Terry has been involved in a considerable variety of high level consulting assignments involving strategy facilitation and organisational design, leadership development, change management and HR strategy.

On the academic front, he is closely involved with the University of Stellenbosch Business School where he is the Director of the Programme in Strategic HR Leadership and runs a number of similar programmes for companies.

He is the Director of the International Executive Programme in L&D offered by Wits Business School which visits some of the world’s leading companies in the US and Europe to learn from their experiences. As such he has had exposure to some of the world's leading companies.

He has taught on the UNISA School of Business Leadership MBL and Executive Development Programme. During this time he designed an Executive Development Programme for a leading cell phone operator.

Terry has a Master of Management (HR) from Wits Business School.

He has presented papers at a number of local conferences as well as at international conferences.

He has also written a number of articles for various journals.

He has contributed to, and co-edited, six important South African books on Leadership & Human Capital Development.

As a leader in the HR profession, Terry was a Board member of the IPM where he has been responsible for strategy facilitation and for chairing the 2007 and 2008 IPM Convention Committees.

He was awarded the IPM Presidential Award for his contribution to the Profession in 2007. In February 2010 he received an international award at the World HRD Congress in Mumbai where he was also a speaker.

In 2012 Terry achieved a lifetime award from the SA Board for People Practices.

Terry has the ability to blend extensive research and academic knowledge with practical experience in corporate roles, as an academic and as a consultant. He is considered a leading thinker and advisor in his various fields of expertise. In advising Executives, his experience enables him to have a considerable impact on his client organisations.

In his spare time, Terry manages a small family property portfolio and is an enthusiastic amateur photographer.

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