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Personality and Behavioural Assessment

Personal Profile Analysis (PPA)

Thomas International is a leading provider of personality profiles.

Our work personality profile tool, Personal Profile Analysis (PPA) provides an insight into how people behave at work answering questions such as –What are their strengths and limitations? Are they self starters? How do they communicate? What motivates them?

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PPA has received a Certificate of Registration from the British Psychological Society (BPS) to confirm it meets all psychometric requirements for use as a psychological tool. Thomas is also a founder member of the Business Test Publishers Association (BTPA) dedicated to improving the quality of published assessments.

Key Benefits

Fast, accurate and cost effective
Takes only 7-8 minutes to complete
Eliminates the need for guesswork
Enables more effective people management

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What is personality profiling?

Personal Profile Analysis enables your people to become more aware of their work style. Only by improving their self awareness will they have the means to consolidate their working strengths and compensate for their behavioural limitations.

Personality profiling can be used to:

Improve your recruitment process
Increase staff retention
Enable more effective people management

Insights gained from personality profiles such as PPA lead to a greater understanding of why people behave the way they do and can be used to hone and modify managers’ communication skills.

Once a personal profile is completed there are a wide range of reports (see Sample Reports) available which will enable you to appreciate and understand the way your people work.

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If you would like to talk to a member of the Thomas team please call us on 01628 475 366 or email

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Q & A

How does the Personal Profile Analysis work?
Personal Profile Analysis is a series of 24 forced-choice questions, taking no more than 7-8 minutes to complete, in which the individual selects one adjective most like them and one least like them per line.

How valid is a personal profile?
Personal Profile Analysis has received a Certificate of Registration from the British Psychological Society (BPS) to confirm it meets all psychometric requirements for use as a psychological tool. Thomas is also a founder member of the Business Test Publishers Association (BTPA) dedicated to improving the quality of published assessments.

Seven to eight minutes? Is it thorough?
Very. The results are an extremely accurate and indepth reflection of an individual’s work style providing over 20 different report options.

Does it show ‘good’ and ‘bad’ qualities?
No. It provides an understanding of how a person prefers to behave at work and the characteristics they will demonstrate. There are no ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ answers or ‘good’ or ‘bad’ qualities.

Why would you use personality profiling?
It is a tool that enables you to confirm and back up the informed decision making process.

Can personality profiling solve HR issues?
PPA can provide objective and accurate behavioural-based data so that more informed decisions can be made. With a choice of over 20 different reports, our personality profiles provide extensive and diverse information specific to the issue at hand.

How will personality profiling help my business?
You are only as good as the people you employ and recruiting, training and developing the right people will give you a competitive edge.

Talk to a member of the Thomas team to find out how personality testing and assessment can make a real impact in your business. Call 01628 475 366 or email us

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