Thomas Corporate Presentation

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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


23-Corporate2011About Thomas

30 60 56YEARS

At the forefront of

assessment innovation

for 30 years

COUNTRIES

Presence in

60 countries

LANGUAGES

Assessments available

in 56 languages



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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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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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


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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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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


23-Corporate2011Recruit

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.


23-Corporate2011Recruit

Our assessmentswill help you:

Identify the candidateswith an ideal fit

Speed up your

recruitment process

Make your selectiondecisions clearer

Hire people who willstay with your company


23-Corporate2011Retain

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


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Motivate your people

Ensure morale is high

Create engagement

Optimise performance

Reduce attrition



23-Corporate2011Develop

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


23-Corporate2011Develop

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



23-Corporate2011Manage

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


23-Corporate2011Manage

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



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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


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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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Financial Times

We hire people for their technical

skills, however we fire them for

their behavioural faults


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What are this person’s

strengths 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:


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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


23-Corporate2011GIA – 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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Experienced business leaders rank

so-called ‘emotional intelligence’

capabilities as critical to the success

of today's leaders

San Francisco Business Times


23-Corporate2011TEIQue – 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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Other Thomas services

Other Thomas services


23-Corporate2011How 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 consultantsExamine and identify

working strengths


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UNDERSTAND

YOUR BUSINESS

HR

METRICS

Consultants who understand

your business and its objectives

Help clients to

interpret and

improve HR

metrics


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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.


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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.


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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.


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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.


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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.


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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.


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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.


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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.


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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.


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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.


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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.


23-Corporate2011Next steps

Visit www.thomasinternational.net for videos and more info


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