Thomas Corporate Presentation Pdf

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Our assessments will provide insight on your people potential,

what motivates them, their core strengths and limitations.

Add a high level of certainty to all of your people decisions.

Our mission statement

We provide people assessments

which empower businesses

to transform and improve the

performance of their employees


About Thomas

30 60 56YEARS

At the forefront ofassessment innovationfor 30 years

COUNTRIES

Presence in60 countries

LANGUAGES

Assessments availablein 56 languages


About Thomas

50 00 97CONSULTANTS

50 locally basedconsultants in the UK

STAFF

100 staff in the UK: consultants, trainers,occupational psychologists,support staff

PERCENT

97% of clients say they wouldrecommend us

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About Thomas

1.5 MILLION

250000 32000

ASSESSMENTS

Over 1.5 million assessments completed every year

USERS

250,000 trained Thomas users worldwide

COMPANIES

We work with 32,000 companies worldwide


We work with over 32,000 companies

Who we work with

70% of the companies we work with are SMEs

27,000 SMEs 5,000 large companies


You’ll get immediate impact

because our assessments are

Accurate

Straightforward to understand

Quick to use

With rapid results

You don’t need to be an expert

Our client serviceteams will train you,advise you and providepractical assistance

We have more locallybased consultants thanany other provider

What’s different about Thomas?

What’s different about Thomas?


On the Origin of Species Charles Darwin

It is not the strongest of the

species who survive, nor the

most intelligent, but the ones

most adaptive to change


Our approach

We’ll help you to...

Our assessments will empower you to transform the performance of your teams and your individuals – and deliver an immediate impact on your organisation.

Spanning the entire employee lifecycle, from recruiting and retaining staff, to developing and managing performance, our assessments will give you a high level of certainty in all of your people decisions.


Why are successful executives successful? They seek more feedback on what they need to do to improve and perform better

Michael M. Lombardo and Robert W. EichingerHuman Resource Management


Recruit

The right hiring decision can have a huge impact on the performance of your team, function or line of business.

Get it wrong and you’re looking at a cost of up to 2.5 times the individual’s salary. And the disruption to your business and your teams can be considerable.


Recruit

Our assessmentswill help you:

Identify the candidateswith an ideal fit

Speed up yourrecruitment process

Make your selectiondecisions clearer

Hire people who willstay with your company


Retain

With one in four employees stating they intend to leave their employer in the next12 months*, retaining staff is critical to delivering successin any organisation.

Get it right and you’re delivering consistently on your business targets with a happy, loyal workforce. Get it wrong and you’re investing cash in new recruits, and dealing withdisruption to the business.

*Source: PWC, Managing people in a changing world, key trends in human capital – a global perspective 2010


Retain

Motivate your people

Ensure morale is high

Create engagement

Optimise performance

Reduce attrition



Develop

Employers say they needto focus on leadership andfront-line people management in order to meet their business objectives over the next two years.*

But with training budgets under more pressure than ever, how do you make sure your learning and development investment counts?

*Source: CIPD Learning and Talent Development, annual survey report 2010


Develop

Identify each individual’s exact areas for development

Give your trainingmore impact

Be a more effectivepeople manager

Transform the performanceof your teams and individuals



Manage

On average, 80% ofmanagement time is spenton poor performers*. Butwith so little attentiondirected at top and goodperformers, how do youensure you’re investing theright amount of effort toget maximum results?

*Source: Tracey Jones, Head of Training, Thomas International


Manage

Very quickly get an in-depth understanding of your people

Pinpoint why your peopledo – and don’t – perform well

Manage your peopleperformance effectively

Free you up to focus yourtime on adding real value to the business



Professor Howard GardnerHarvard University

We all spend far too much time trying to remedy our weaknesses, rather than building on our strengths. Therefore knowing one’s weaknesses = strength


Our process

Our process

Our assessments work together to give you a full insight into what makes people successful

Core strengths

Motivation

Potential

Communication & relationships

Skills & competencies


Financial Times

We hire people for their technical

skills, however we fire them for

their behavioural faults


PPA - behaviours

What are this person’sstrengths and limitations?

How do they communicate?

Are they self-starters?

What motivates them?

How will they behaveunder pressure?

Will this person ‘fit’with my organisation?

In just 8 minutes PPA provides an accurate insight into how people behave at work. It will answer questions such as:


PPA - behaviours


Identifying those with the most potential to lead and who can learn something differently requires a unique measurement – one that looks at learning agility

Michael M. Lombardo and Robert W. EichingerHuman Resource Management


GIA – aptitude & ability

GIA measures a person’s mental horsepower and gives you a prediction of their potential to grasp a new role or respond to training by answering questions such as:

Can this person think on their feet?

How adaptable is this person to change?

Can they cope with the mental demands of the job?

Could this person be a high flyer?

Is this person a problem solver?

To what extent can we develop this person using training?


GIA – aptitude & ability


Experienced business leaders rank

so-called ‘emotional intelligence’

capabilities as critical to the success

of today's leaders

San Francisco Business Times


TEIQue – personality & awareness

How aware is this person of their strengths and limitations?

Do they modify their behaviour?

How do they react to pressure?

Can this person control their impulses when under stress?

Do they excel at developing relationships?

How self-motivated and adaptableis this person?

TEIQue tells you how well your people understand their emotions, react to pressure, and manage relationships. It will answer questions such as:


TEIQue – personality & awareness


Other Thomas services

Other Thomas services


How we will work with you

VALUES & CULTURE

LOCALCONSULTANTS

WORKINGSTRENGTHS

We work withinclients’ values and culture

Work with real people;over 50 local consultants

Examine and identifyworking strengths


How we will work with you

UNDERSTANDYOUR BUSINESS

HRMETRICS

Consultants who understand your business and its objectives

Help clients to interpret and improve HR metrics


After introducing Thomas Job and PPA into our recruitment process we immediately saw a better calibre of candidate at interview and our churn rate reduced by 50%.

Client testimonial

Bob TaylorManaging Director

As a result of improved recruitment, retention and management practices, we have enjoyed good company growth and stability. We are regarded as a good company to work with and for, and are well recognised within our industry.


Using Thomas GIA has made a real difference to the quality of candidate we recruit. At final interview we are seeing candidates who have better communication skills, understand more quickly and are keen to learn.

Client testimonial

Sarah BensonUK National ResourcingTeam

Our aim is to recruit candidates who perform optimally within our organisation and thus help drive company profitability. Using GIA has made a significant contribution to that goal.


The merger enabled us to double our size, integration and cultural transition were the key words.

Client testimonial

Ed MossCEO

We wanted our people to make a positive contribution to the business and to do this we needed to bring out the best in them and maximise their potential. Thomas’ assessments helped all staff in the Group to understand the way they and their team members worked, increased their self-esteem and improved their confidence.


Emotional intelligence makes the difference between good and great leaders.

Client testimonial

Linda WatsonSenior Consultant

The key to great leadership is working with and through people rather than adopting a directive, finger pointing style. I use Thomas’ assessments to get a full picture of the individual’s work based behavioural preferences and emotional intelligence. This helps pinpoint the areas that need attention, gives the best possible service to our clients and produces results quickly.


The profiles are invaluable insupporting the initial coachingdiagnostics and providing aftercoaching ‘proof’ that clients haveactually changed.

Client testimonial

Joe McGrathManagement &Technical SkillsDevelopmentManagerUsing Thomas' profiling as an opener to a

coaching intervention provides us many benefits largely due to the profile accuracy being around 95%. The benefits include insights for both client and coach on coaching topics as well as helping to develop the client’s confidence in the coaching itself. The profiles are invaluable in supporting the initial coaching diagnostics and providing after coaching "proof" that clients have actually changed.


When we introduced Thomas profiling in 2005 our staff turnover was 29%, in 2008 it was 7% and we feel this is a clear indication of the success of Thomas’ profiling tools.

Client testimonial

Rupert WhitehouseSenior Manager, Customer RelationsFedEx Express Europe Inc, Middle East, Indian Subcontinent & Africa

Previously our recruitment success was, to put it mildly, hit and miss...more miss than hit! Managers used to feel they were the best interviewers in the world, however it wasn't until we really understood what made the candidate tick and understood their profiles that we were able to make truly informed decisions on whether candidates would be suitable for FedEx. I will continue to recommend Thomas to anyone.


We use Thomas Profiling in many areas of business. It gives us a broader picture of potential new team members, allowing us to make better recruitment decisions.

Client testimonial

Sue DaviesHead of Human Resources

We benefit by making more informed decisions about candidate fit to our business. We have also used Thomas Profiling in coaching and personal development and it has given us great benefits in raising people's self-awareness, which has improved our managers' ability to lead teams.


The Thomas tools help our people to communicate more effectively both with colleagues and clients…

Client testimonial

Sally ChacattePartner Head of Human Resources

Working with Thomas makes our recruitment process more robust and objective but the benefits go far beyond that. The Thomas tools help our people to communicate more effectively both with colleagues and clients to form an important part of our development programmes.


We have seen an improvement in the speed and quality of our people’s development.

Client testimonial

Philip YouellChief Executive

We have used the Thomas Profiling to assist us with the selection and development of our senior people for more than five years. In that time we have seen an improvement in the speed and quality of our people’s development.


A very valuable product...over the past year especially.

Client testimonial

Sarah CarterDivisional Head

Thomas International PPA has proved a very valuable product to Austin Benn over the past year especially, with proactive and comprehensive advice and guidance always at hand.


Our experience using Thomas Profiling is that they are vital tools for supporting these processes. The results are consistent…

Client testimonial

Chris ThorneCommercial Director

Recruitment and staff development has always been part art, part science. The instincts of the interviewer or manager will always play a vital part in decision making. Our experience using Thomas Profiling is that they are vital tools for supporting these processes. The results are consistent and most often reassure us we have assessed a candidate correctly. They help equally with planned staff reviews and often provide insight into issues that may otherwise remain undiscovered and unresolved.


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