Thomas International provides people assessments which empower business leaders to transform the performance of their people, teams and cultures – and deliver an immediate impact on their organisation.We help our clients recruit, retain, develop and manage their people. We’ll give you insight into your staff – what motivates them, their core strengths and limitations, and their potential. And we’ll add a high level of certainty to all your people-related decisions.Thomas is different because our assessments are straightforward to understand and quick to use, with rapid results. Our client service teams will train you, advise you and provide practical assistance. Their aim is to empower you to use people assessments to create maximum value for your organisation.Thomas has been at the forefront of assessment innovation for over 35 years. We provide assessments in 56 languages and have a presence in over 60 countries. Today we are working with 32,000 companies and 300,000 trained Thomas users worldwide. Our clients span every type of business of all sizes and complete over 1.5 million assessments every year.

Self Employed

Transferred from Australia to South Africa to assist with the major change initiative required in Sewells SA• Working with other unit heads to determine company strategy• Heading up the training and consulting division• Selecting, recruiting and performance managing all T & D staff• Setting and managing budgets and achieving targets• Conducting quality control training and consulting initiatives• Establishing and maintaining relationships with existing clients; prospecting for new clients• Monitoring quality of existing products; developing and launching new products• Gaining and maintaining SETA accreditationsKey achievements. Turning a business unit around - moving the unit from a loss to a profit situation and restructuring this part of the operation including repositioning staff, upskilling staff and removing staff.

Relocated from the UK to Australia to assist with the establishment and growth of Ronald Sewell and Associates (Sewells) in Australia• Setting up an operational infrastructure• Developing and implementing a retail strategy, allowing Sewells to raise its profile through its channel to market MotorOne Dealer Academy in the motor industry• Managing new client development initiatives including the recruitment of a support team and associate consultants• The development and approval of quality training material and introducing new programmes and products• Overseeing departments which trained and deployed sales cadets into the motor industry as well as locum finance and insurance managers into motor dealerships• Training interventions included developing specialist training programmes and developmental programmes; obtaining accreditation for the programmes; development and facilitation of specialist programmes and conducting training throughout Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand and Malaysia.Key achievements Together with three other managers, substantially developed the business - the staff complement increasing from 4 - 20 and the client base growing exponentially on the OEM (manufacturer) and retail levels Guest speaker at the Australian Automobile Dealer Association - a national conference attended by international guests and speakers; presentation was ranked alongside those of the international key note speakers

Key achievements Thomas International is a psychometrics consultancy which operates globally - initially, as a sales consultant, achieved highest 'new consultant' sales in the first year; after 18 months promoted to Key Accounts Manager for the south of England; 12 months later promoted to National Key Account Manager; offered a directorship 18 months later Trebled the key account portfolio in 3 years