Thomas International Sport presentation

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Thomas International Sport



Contents

Introduction

Thomas International


Strengths and opportunities

Our products

Private and confidential



Introduction to Mike Walker

Member of Managing Director Group, Thomas International

Managing Director, Thomas International Sport

Former professional tennis player

Played Wimbledon and other Grand Slams

Played Davis Cup

TV presenter of ATV World and Sky

Chairman of Institute of Directors, Buckinghamshire and Milton

Keynes

Former Chair of Oxfordshire Sport Partnership/Oxford Olympic Legacy






30 YEARS

At the forefront of

assessment innovation

for 30 years

60 COUNTRIES

Presence in

60 countries

56 LANGUAGES

Assessments available

in 56 languages





250000 USERS

250,000 trained Thomas users

worldwide

32000 COMPANIES

We work with 32,000 companies

worldwide

1.5 MILLION ASSESSMENTS

Over 1.5 million assessments completed every year



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 organisations

to transform and improve the

performance of their workforce





Mission

Products

Potential Partners

To maximise the performance of every coach, athlete and sporting organisation in the world

• PPA Sport

• TEIQue Sport

• 360 Bespoke Sport

• 360 Elite Sport

• Sporting Job profiles

• Sports Team profiling

• Sport e-Recruit

• GIA Sport

• Sport Diagnostic


• Coaches

• Officiating

• NGB

• Sports administration

• Governance

• Athletes and Players

• Sports Club Volunteers

• County Sport Partnerships



PPA

In just 8 minutes PPA provides an accurate insight

into how people behave at ‘work’. It will answer

questions such as:

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?




How PPA could be used in Sport

Provide an accurate insight into how management, coaches and players/athletes

behave

Identify strengths and limitations, communication styles, what motivates individuals,

how they behave under pressure and what fears they have

Highlight increased training or coaching needs around high pressure events

Improve self awareness, confidence and focus

Enable team members to understand how best to communicate with one another

and what drives them

Provide coaches and management with a tool to manage/develop performance and

build high performing and more cohesive/efficient teams

Gauge motivation and morale and develop plans accordingly

Resolve team issues




TEIQue

TEIQue tells you how well your people understand

their emotions, react to pressure, and manage

relationships. It will answer questions such as:

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?




How TEIQue could be used in Sport

Identify how well management, coaches and players / athletes understand

emotions of self and others, react to pressure and manage relationships

Highlight key emotional strengths and limitations and areas for development and

support

Provide an excellent basis for self-reflection and helps coaches/managers to

develop behavioural agility

Highlight potential team leaders and captains as well as those players who need

coaching to avoid disruptive attitudes and behaviours

Facilitate better support of players and athletes who are affected by pressure

Identify team building needs, thereby developing stronger bonds, more cohesive

approaches, high team morale and higher performance output




Job

Job enables you to identify the behavioural

requirements of a job which will help you recruit the

right people for the right job, identify development

needs, restructure roles and redeploy talent. Use

Thomas Job to achieve a greater level of certainty for:

Recruiting or selecting the right person for the right job

Identifying mismatched employees and redeploying

them in more suitable roles

Boosting morale and loyalty

Managing underperformance

Getting the best out of your talent




How Job could be used in Sport

Identify the behavioural requirements of a coaching role or playing position,

enabling you to select the right person for the right position

Increase coach/player satisfaction by ensuring the right person is in the right

position

Enable mismatched players or coaches to be re-deployed into new roles or new

positions

Highlight gaps and development areas in workforce

Enable organisations / clubs to identify what makes a good youth coach / elite

coach / captain / vice captain etc.

Build more effective and happy teams, thereby boosting morale, loyalty and

performance




Team

Teams helps you ensure your teams perform to their

maximum ability, are motivated and loyal by

answering questions such as:

What motivates my team?

What role does each person play within the team?

Where are the areas of weakness in the team?

How do we address those limitations?

Where are the power struggles?

Are we playing to the strengths of each team

member?

What leadership style will inspire my team towards

high performance?




How Team could be used in Sport

Ensure your teams perform to their maximum ability, are motivated and loyal

Identify power struggles, what motivates individuals, and what leadership styles

inspire them

Enable coaches / players / athletes to understand strengths, limitations and the

value they bring to the team

Identify what role each individual plays within the team and where the gaps are

Enable team members to see the value and importance of their contribution even if

they are not team leaders or captains

Create a more efficient workforce using team analysis




360

360 provides an objective framework for

identifying performance gaps, developing

self-awareness, confidence and motivation -

and understanding how to improve personal

effectiveness. Using 360 Sport will help you

to:

rapidly pinpoint the issues that contribute to

under performance, keep performers

focused, and manage high achievers

identify how self-aware your employees are

and the impact they have on your

organisation

manage your underperformers and pinpoint

the areas you should focus on to develop

your staff

encourage employees to understand their

contribution to the company, thereby making

them feel valued and improve morale




How 360 could be used in Sport

Identify performance gaps, develops self-awareness, confidence, motivation and

how to improve personal effectiveness

Facilitate exchange of honest and constructive feedback between management

and coaches, coaches and players / athletes, and between players / athletes

Enable coaches and players / athletes to see how others perceive their behaviour

and performance and adapt accordingly

Identify areas for development in the business

Provide a tool for management of underperformance and performance

improvement

Results in more efficient and motivated workforce




Diagnostic

An expert assessment of your team that enables you to manage your team better,

improve performance, reduce conflict - and increase job satisfaction and morale.

Using Sport Diagnostic will:

provide an expert assessment of your team, which will enable you to manage,

motivate and inspire them in a highly effective way

enable your team to raise and address issues by talking about their behavioural

profiles, thereby highlighting any business or training needs

give team leaders and their team members a common plan of action for the future

empower you to improve your team’s performance, increase workplace morale,

pinpoint any training or development needs, and highlight skills gaps that can be

filled through recruitment




How Diagnostic could

be used in Sport

Provide heads of department and team coaches with an expert assessment of their

teams, thereby enabling them to manage their team better, improve performance,

reduce conflict, and increase team member / player / athlete satisfaction and team

morale

Give heads of department and coaches the skills to coach teams as a group rather

than individuals

Provide coaches with the knowledge to manage issues that arise with team

dynamics, personalities, competition and conflict

Deliver a common plan of action for the future, which has a shared language,

focuses the team, and encourages team members to commit to their challenges




Training

In-House Training available for up to 16 people

PPA

This is a two day course that will teach you the mechanics of the PPA system,

what it can do for your people and how it can help your business

It equips you with practical skills such as how to read a PPA profile, how to give

feedback to candidates, how you can modify your behaviour to manage your

team, how and when to use the assessments, the reports available and how

your organisation can benefit from using them.

TEIQue

A two day course that will help you to understand Emotional Intelligence. It will

enable you to work confidently with Thomas’ Emotional Intelligence

Questionnaire to help your people recognise and manage their emotions and

mange those of others so that they can be as effective and productive as

possible at work.

Learn where EI can add real value when recruiting, retaining, developing and

managing people. The course will also enable you to give feedback in an

effective and meaningful way.



Coaching & Mentoring

Use PPA, TEIQue and 360 to coach and mentor your staff efficiently

Facilitate the exploration of needs, motivations, desires, skills and thought

processes with the outcomes of the assessment

Save time, resources

Help develop insights leading to enhanced effectiveness

Provide direction and advice to clients

Ability to manage the client's progress with 360(PDP)

Design and create action plans and action behaviours with help of 360 & PPA