by James Reader | Oct 15, 2026 | Surveys, Talent Management, Team Functioning
As a team, do you really know who you are? Ask a leadership team how well it works and you may well get a confident answer. Ask each team member privately and you can get a completely different picture. On important dimensions of team effectiveness such as...
by Cedric de Beer | Oct 13, 2026 | Surveys, Talent Management, Team Functioning
Successful businesses are built on high-functioning teams. The team is the essential conduit between individual competence and organisational success. It is where most staff members spend much of their time, and it is where the work of the company is organised and...
by Thornhill Associates | Aug 20, 2026 | 360, Articles, Surveys
Seventy years after South African women first marched for their rights, gender equality in the workplace is still a work in progress and the numbers below show how far there is to go. Women’s Day in South Africa On 9 August 1956, 20 000 women marched on the...
by Cedric de Beer | Apr 15, 2026 | Articles, Employee Engagement, Surveys
Understanding “Quiet Quitting” and Employee Disengagement “Quiet quitting” is a highly expressive term that has emerged in recent years in discussions about employees’ level of commitment to their work¹. It describes a form of disengagement. Employees come to...
by Cedric de Beer | Oct 4, 2022 | 360, Articles, Surveys
In these high pressure, social media influenced times, we like our wisdom pre-digested. There are lists: “Ten things all CEOs should know”, and then there are pithy quotes which attract us through their simplicity. “Culture eats strategy for breakfast” is an aphorism...
by Cedric de Beer | Nov 16, 2021 | 360, Articles, Surveys
Thornhill has noticed an increase in the number of companies and organisations wanting to conduct climate surveys. This is a welcome response to what is, in South Africa, the most trying of times. Anecdotally, it seems that anxiety levels are at an all-time high. This...
