Would you like to increase your employee loyalty, understand how to manage this individual, how to retain and develop? Then Thomas System! It's based on DISC theory. 88,49% valid!

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About Thomas
30 60 56YEARS
At the forefront of
assessment innovation
for 30 years
COUNTRIES
Presence in
60 countries
LANGUAGES
Assessments available
in 56 languages

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About Thomas
50 00 97CONSULTANTS
50 locally based
consultants in the UK
STAFF
100 staff in the UK:
consultants, trainers,
occupational psychologists,
support staff
PERCENT
97% of clients
say they would
recommend 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

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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

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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 service
teams will train you,
advise you and provide
practical assistance
We have more locally
based consultants than
any other provider
What’s different about Thomas?
What’s different about Thomas?

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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.

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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.

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Recruit
Our assessments
will help you:
Identify the candidates
with an ideal fit
Speed up your
recruitment process
Make your selection
decisions clearer
Hire people who will
stay with your company

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Retain
With one in four employees
stating they intend to leave
their employer in the next
12 months*, retaining staff is
critical to delivering success
in 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 with
disruption to the business.
*Source: PWC, Managing people in a changing world, key trends in human capital – a global perspective 2010

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Retain
Motivate your people
Ensure morale is high
Create engagement
Optimise performance
Reduce attrition
Our assessments
will help you:

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Develop
Employers say they need
to focus on leadership and
front-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

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Develop
Identify each individual’s
exact areas for development
Give your training
more impact
Be a more effective
people manager
Transform the performance
of your teams and individuals
Our assessments
will help you:

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Manage
On average, 80% of
management time is spent
on poor performers*. But
with so little attention
directed at top and good
performers, how do you
ensure you’re investing the
right amount of effort to
get maximum results?
*Source: Tracey Jones, Head of Training, Thomas International

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Manage
Very quickly get an in-depth
understanding of your people
Pinpoint why your people
do – and don’t – perform well
Manage your people
performance effectively
Free you up to focus your
time on adding real value to
the business
Our assessments
will help you:

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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

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PPA - behaviours
What are this person’s
strengths and limitations?
How do they communicate?
Are they self-starters?
What motivates them?
How will they behave
under 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:

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PPA - behaviours

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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?

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GIA – aptitude & ability

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

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TEIQue – personality & awareness

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Other Thomas services
Other Thomas services

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How we will work with you
VALUES &
CULTURE
LOCAL
CONSULTANTS
WORKING
STRENGTHS
We work within
clients’ values and
culture
Work with real people;
over 50 local consultants
Examine and identify
working strengths

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How we will work with you
UNDERSTAND
YOUR BUSINESS
HR
METRICS
Consultants who understand
your business and its objectives
Help clients to
interpret and
improve HR
metrics