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Built to answer one question: who will actually perform?

Professor Peter Saville started this company in 2004 to build a better predictor of workplace performance. The model he created is independently rated the most predictive of performance to this day, and it now sits behind hiring, development and mobility decisions in more than 180 countries. 

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2004

founded by Professor Peter Saville

180+

countries our assessments are used in

40+

 Languages we publish in

27/30

Independent rating of our science by the British Psychological Society 

Our story

Twenty years of asking who will actually perform

Professor Peter Saville founded the company in 2004. He had already spent a career in this field, and he started from a question most assessment at the time did not answer, and plenty still does not: not what is someone like, but how will they actually perform? So we built a model of work performance first, tested 428 measures of work behavior against independent performance ratings, and kept the 108 that predicted it best. That became Wave®. 

 

Some of the people who joined in those first years are still here, so the team you work with has seen most of the problems you are about to bring us. In 2023 Tenzing backed the business, and we have been accelerating our mission to put the right people in the right roles, powered by science, ever since. 

Since then, the work has been taking that science further and making it easier to use.

Across the full talent lifecycle

We took the science beyond hiring into development and mobility, so one model now follows someone through their whole career with you. 

Built into the systems you use

Our assessments integrate with more than 150 HR systems and applicant tracking systems, so they run inside the process you already have, not beside it. 

Used around the world

More than 180 countries and 40 languages, with the same science behind every one. 

The organizations that have seen results

Fujitsu, Heathrow, Jaguar Land Rover, Sainsbury’s and Virgin Money have used our assessments to decide who to hire, who to develop and who is ready to move.

The results are published, with the numbers in them. 

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What we believe

Four things we believe about people decisions

Most assessment tells you what someone is like. That helps in a coaching conversation. It helps far less when you have two finalists and one job. Ours tells you what they will do, and the British Psychological Society rated the science behind it 27 out of 30. The review is public, so you can check it yourself. 

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How we work with you

Our values

relentlessly client-centric

Relentlessly client-centric

We start with the problem you’re trying to solve, then recommend the assessments and support that fit it.

one winning team

One winning team

The psychologists who built our assessments work alongside the consultants who run your project, so you get the expertise without being passed around. 

strive for simplicity

Strive for simplicity

There’s a lot of science behind our assessments. We make the reports and tools you use clear and easy to act on.

courageously ambitious

Courageously ambitious

We keep raising the bar for our science and our service, and we give you an honest view of what will work.

Where we work

Global reach

With offices and accredited partners around the world, we support clients in more than 180 countries, in their region and their language.

Offices

United Kingdom

New Malden

CI Tower, 1st Floor, St George’s Square, New Malden, Surrey KT3 4HG
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United States

New York

100 Church Street, Suite 800 New York, NY 10007
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Nordics

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Asia Pacific

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Brazil

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Switzerland

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France

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Germany

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Egypt

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South Africa

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China

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Mexico

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Cyprus

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Kazakhstan

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India

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Italy

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Panama

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Japan

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Serbia

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Malaysia

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Caribbean

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Ireland

We have offices all around Ireland
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Greece

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Turkey

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Botswana

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Portugal

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Philippines

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Hong Kong SAR, China

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South Korea

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Indonesia

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Bahrain

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UAE (Dubai)

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Saudi Arabia (Riyadh)

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Chile

In their words

Why clients love working with us

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Our people

We don’t just provide assessments, we build relationships.

Come and work with us

The right people, in the right roles. Could that be you?