Talent Q is Wilton and Bain's strategic assessment partner, providing candidates with a seamless evaluation experience and clients with quantifiable evidence to support hiring decisions.
By incorporating psychometric assessment into the search processes, clients reduce the risk of making key hiring decisions and are able to differentiate between candidates on factors other than track record and experience. By providing objective insight into a candidate's motives and personality, development themes are understood right from the start allowing for an accelerated integration into both role and organisation.
Formed in 2005 and chaired by Roger Holdsworth, Talent Q has rapidly become a major force in the assessment market. Unlike other providers of psychometrics, Talent Q provides a joined up, strategic approach through one system of assessments where the data gathered at one point in time can then be re-used later for other talent management applications. The business has developed a suite of psychometric assessments complemented by Consultancy and Learning and Development expertise and assessments are available in over 30 languages.
Wilton & Bain are the preferred partner of choice when it comes to management solutions to the C-level executive suite at Colt. Colt are a constituent of the FTSE 100 share index, Britain's premier league of companies, with a market value of pounds 7.6bn. Colt is a multinational telecommunications, IT managed services and data centre services company headquartered in London, United Kingdom and with its registered office in Luxembourg. Colt provides services to city-based large enterprise, small and midsize business and wholesale carriers in 21 countries across Europe.
“As any organisation traverses significant periods of change the skills it will require sometimes differ from those they already hold.
Colt Technology Services having faced such a challenge in recent times required a flexible interim resourcing partner who understood the size and complexity of the task ahead and who could take the time to understand the culture of the day and the culture to be created such that when senior interim leadership with specific focused skill sets were required the fit was seamless.
Wilton & Bain have provided unique and specialist leadership skill with functional expertise to help Colt through this transition. I would not hesitate to recommend them highly as a partner of choice should you be faced with a similar set of opportunities. ”
Andrew Powell, COO
We solve critical business issues through human capital initiatives in today's leading companies. We are leaders in our field working with senior management to hire key talent. Our success lies in our people and our unique philosophy of the ‘Global Boutique’ which translates to exceptional results.
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“For over 5 years I have appreciated your knowledge and reach in the market, quick turnaround time and flexibility.”
Patrick Bertholon“Wilton & Bain have provided unique and specialist leadership skill with functional expertise to help Colt through this transition. I would not hesitate to recommend them highly as a partner of choice should you be faced with a similar set of opportunities.”
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“For over 6 years now Wilton & Bain have demonstrated an in-depth understanding and knowledge of our business. They are a strategic partner to Grant Thornton and work on the majority of our senior leadership hires”
“Before finding Wilton & Bain, I interviewed and tried to work with a number of alternative executive search firms. However and so far, only Wilton & Bain has fully met my expectations. They are professional, knowledgeable and a joy to work with. I always have the feeling that my current search is the most important they have ever done. It has been a real pleasure to work with them over the years. They found me some of my best people! I would wholeheartedly recommend them!”
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Clients deserve outstanding quality as well as intelligent market insight. Wilton & Bain has developed an enviable track record in providing both within the Global Technology and Professional Services sector.
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My career at Wilton & Bain has given me the chance to work on some of the most high profile search assignments within the Professional Services sector. I greatly enjoy working for a boutique search business that has genuine global reach within our sector vertical.
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My lengthy tenure with Wilton & Bain is testament to both the collaborative and diverse culture that the business engenders, and the continuous intellectual stimulation provided by the level of mandate we work on.
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My passion is professional services and how leaders within this market improve global industry corporations. At Wilton & Bain I see how that relationship is evolving at Partner level and am able to influence it.
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Businesses are transforming dramatically with the demand of consumers and clients for digital and multi-platform experiences. We have built deep networks with the global executives that are making a real impact on tomorrows biggest companies. It’s very interesting work.
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In my nearly two decades in the leadership advisory industry, I have yet to come across another firm that has managed to align its interests, behaviours and reward so tightly to that of our client’s needs.
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Clients want us to be flexible and deliver immediate value. Our culture and ethos goes hand in hand with this and that’s why firms want to partner with Wilton & Bain.
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Market leading service within the Executive Search world is synonymous with Wilton and Bain, but what makes it a particularly pleasurable and rewarding home is the manner in which it delivers this service, with the greatest of credibility, integrity and commitment.
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As a professional services firm our single greatest asset is our people, as such I can say without hesitation that I could not be surrounded by a more outstanding group of professionals.
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James leads Wilton & Bain’s Psychometric Assessment Competence Centre, leveraging the power of the Talent Q methodology for our clients.
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My favourite part of working for Wilton & Bain is the people. The business model of the company is structured entirely around delivering results through teamwork and collaboration. This has created a fantastic culture where intelligent and energetic professionals work together to deliver the best possible service to the client.
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Due to my language capabilities I work in our international research team. No day is the same, yesterday I was working on a CMO project for a Fortune 500 company and the next I was co-ordinating a 6 person project team in multiple countries for a VC backed online fashion retailer.
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Wilton & Bain gives me the opportunity to work as part of an international team, across multiple industries and sectors, dedicated to delivering exceptional quality of service. I work on high value international projects, and while I am trusted to produce results, I know that the support structure is never far away.
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Having worked for several competitor organisations, I can truly say that our Management Solutions Practice is unique. Our deep client and candidate relationships, coupled with our global presence, sense of pace, and unwavering focus on excellence is truly unusual in an industry that is becoming so antiquated as ours.
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Wilton & Bain’s Psychometric Assessment Competency Centre; leveraging the power of the Talent Q methodology for our clients.
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