The Behaviorshop - Cyber home of Dr Jacques van Zyl

Inspired by Human Behavior

CONSULTING

Jacques is an expert organisational behaviorist, specialising in people metrics and human capital efficiencies

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

For the past 15 years Jacques has been involved in facilitating and consulting in the area of business ethics and corporate governance

PUBLISHED BOOKS

Jacques publishes various books in the fascinating field of human behaviour

RESEARCHER

An area of his directorship for AssessmenWorld, is to involve himself in research and publishing in the field of psychology, specifically psychometrics and human capital measurement

COMPETENCY ASSESSMENTS

Jacques is the co-director of AssessmentWorld Pty Ltd, developer and distribution of psychometrics/competency/performance appraisal solutions to corporates, both in the off-line and online environments

INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH AND SAFETY (IOPHS)

As director of AssessmentWorld Pty Ltd, Jacques also leads the IOPHS, which researches, measures, consults, and trains on occupational psychological health and safety in the workplace, as per ISO 45003.

WEBINARS AND PUBLIC SPEAKING

Jacques is an accomplished presenter and speaker

COACHING AND COUNSELLING

Jacques has 26 years experience in both psychology practice and management consulting. He offers online coaching and counselling in a variety of human behaviour areas, such as management, leadership, personal development, and others.

INSTITUTE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF DUAL-TRACK VOCATIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMMES IN AFRICA

Jacques is a founding member and secretary for IDDVET.

PSYCHOMETRIC ASSESSMENTS FOR THE PUBLIC

AssessmentWorld Pty Ltd, of which Jacques is a director, provides the public with various psychometric assessments for self-discovery. Visit: www.assessmentworld.co.za/aw5_public

INSTITUTE OF ROAD BEHAVIOUR (IORB)

The IORB studies road behaviour in its endeavour to ensure more collaborative road usage leading to less angry incidents and accidents. To this end Jacques created a Road Behaviour Profiler assessment instrument, which assesses various areas of road behaviour, e.g. Road Age Proneness; Road Use Values & Motives; Information Processing, etc.

MALE WELLNESS INDEX

Male wellness is vital for the gender to thrive in a tough world. Men suffer from various 'un'well symptoms, such as physical and psychological. Based on his book: "The Incredibly Sensitive Male Mental Penis', Jacques developed this index for men to gain insight into their own wellness functioning.

DEBT PROPENSITY BEHAVIOUR INDEX

Debt levels globally are out of control, and consumers, who have to borrow to make ends meet, suffer the depressing consequences of a 'debt trap'.

PERSONAL INTEGRITY PERCEPTION INDEX

Linked to his interpersonal ethics book, "Why some rats will never be good at playing cards", Jacques developed an assessment instrument on personal integrity. Take the test at AssessmentWorld's public site - www.assessmentworld.co.za/aw5_public

ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGICAL WELLBEING INDEX QUESTIONNAIRE

Jacques developed the Adolescent Psychological Wellbeing Index Questionnare (AdPWIQ), which assesses seventeen areas of adolescent psychological wellbeing, such as stress, depression, self-mutilation, relationships and cynicism.

STUDENT WELLNESS

Students are our future human and intellectual capital base, and their wellness is a vital imperative.

PARENT WELLNESS

The USA Surgeon General says parents experience a range of unique stressors that come with raising children; including common demands of parenting, financial strain and economic instability, among others and his office advises and recommends that applicable stakeholders can help reduce stress for and better support the mental health and well-being of parents and caregivers through, for example, policy changes.

HOPEFULNESS INDEX

Jacques is conducting research on people's hopefulness index. Please assist him by completing the anonymous and confidential online survey at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/YJT9DHJ

SHARP EDGE PSYCHOLOGY (SEP)

Sharp Edge Psychology (SEP) is an approach to thinking that endeavours to identify, expose and remove the blurry edges of unethical exchanges in human interaction, such as the defence mechanisms of denial, rationalization, projection and others to defend unacceptable and hurtful inter personal behaviours.

Jacques studied a BCom degree with majors in Accounting, Economics and Industrial Psychology. He completed a doctorate in the field of psychology in 1996, and practised in various areas of psychology, specifically focusing on organisational behaviour. Since 2001 he has primarily been involved in management consulting, as well as education and training, inclusive of management development programmes in Africa with the University of Stellenbosch Business School. He also lectures on various MBA programmes on leadership, ethics and corporate governance.

In 2012 Jacques took up co-directorship of Assessmentworld.com, specialising in the development and distribution of psychometric, competency and performance appraisal software for corporates. He also consults in these areas.

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa