For almost 20 years, The Thornton Group has been a trusted advisor to CEO's and their teams, helping improve leadership and organization performance. Our team has extensive experience both as senior executives and consultants, so our work is always practical, pragmatic, and result-focused. Our methodology and real world experience enable us to work quickly, aligning executives and their teams around a clear strategy and supporting objectives. As executive coaches, we work 1:1 with leaders to both strengthen individual skills, and also maximize their role as a part of a broader team. Our consulting approach is simple. Everything we do is practical, operations-focused and fast.

Member of the Board of the Northern California Golf Association (NCGA) Foundation Youth On Course (www.youthoncourse.org).At Youth on Course, we provide youth with access to life-changing opportunities through golf. While it all starts with giving kids ages 6 - 17 access to golf for $5 or less at more than 400 participating courses in 12 states, it definitely doesn’t end there. We set them up for success beyond the green through paid summer job opportunities and college scholarships. Headquartered in Pebble Beach and born of the Northern California Golf Association, Youth on Course (www.youthoncourse.org). To date, Youth on Course has subsidized more than 400,000 rounds of golf for participants at 400+ courses; employed 341 high school students, and awarded nearly one million dollars in college scholarships. Currently, Youth on Course serves California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, New Mexico and Michigan with plans to expand nationwide. 400,000+ rounds played 17,000+ participants
341 high school students employed 400+ participating courses
171 scholarship recipients

"The Thornton Group is one of only a handful of Consulting Partners that has been trained and endorsed by my company, The Table Group. I have complete confidence in their ability to deliver our material in a very practical and impactful way.” - Patrick Lencioni, best-selling author The Five Dysfunctions of a Team and president, The Table Group, Inc.