by Jonathan Cook | Apr 3, 2025 | Articles, External articles
(Published in Business Day – 14 January 2025) In a time of great fluidity in culture, politics, and economics, I think it would be great if managers held the line on values. Managers have a substantial impact on the thinking and behaviour of their people, so...
by Jonathan Cook | Jan 30, 2025 | Articles, External articles
(Published in Business Day – 29 October 2024) In what respects will humans outperform AI in management? As a psychologist in management, I have felt pretty secure that my particular gift of understanding and facilitating human interactions would be difficult for...
by Cedric de Beer | Dec 4, 2024 | 360, Articles
We run 360° feedback projects so that leaders and managers can learn about how others experience them as leaders, build on their strengths and plug any major gaps. Done well, this can be enormously valuable. There is another benefit we don’t often talk about: What...
by Jonathan Cook | Nov 27, 2024 | Articles, External articles, Leadership
(Published in Business Day – 1 October 2024) I have long been intrigued by the interplay between ordered structure and exuberant energy in human activities. When we have wonderful energy without the discipline of structure, the energy can be wasted in...
by Cedric de Beer | Nov 7, 2024 | 360, Articles
At Thornhill, we are often asked if 360° assessments are appropriate for use in performance appraisals. Our answer is “perhaps, and sometimes”. We prefer 360° feedback to be used in companies to support the personal and leadership development of managers and...
by Jonathan Cook | Oct 24, 2024 | Articles, External articles
(Published in Business Day – 17 September 2024) Some apparently unique business ideas go boldly where no one has thought to go before, while other ideas fail because they have been tried before, but have been filtered out by some intrinsic flaw. Where is the...
