Saville Wave personality and behavioural assessments in the Middle East
Saville Assessment psychometrics delivered by Talogy – trusted GCC partner.
Talogy is a trusted Middle East reseller for Saville Assessment, the company behind some of the world’s most reputable psychometric testing solutions. Saville’s solutions are widely used for recruitment, high-potential identification, leadership development, and succession planning. The Saville Wave personality model helps organisations across the UAE and the wider Gulf region make confident, data-driven people decisions.
Saville assessments have been reviewed and registered by the British Psychological Society (BPS). We also provide the Saville International Accreditation Course and the British Psychological Society Qualifications featuring Saville tools.
Talogy’s regional expertise and flexible customisation
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Saville Assessment’s robust psychometrics
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Deep insight into how people think, lead, adapt and perform at work.
What is Saville Wave?
Saville Wave is a scientifically validated personality and behavioural assessment model that measures:
- Work-related behaviour
- Motivations and drivers
- Leadership style
- Team contribution
- Performance potential
Saville Wave was developed using a “validation-first” methodology and is supported by extensive global data, with over 100 million data points assessed annually, across 150+ countries and 37 languages, including English and Arabic.
To explore the global research behind the Saville Wave model, visit the official Saville Assessment site.
Accreditation for Saville Assessment
Talogy offers the BPS-certified Test User (TUOA & TUOP) qualification, featuring Saville assessments. This course is designed to help test users interpret results, understand the science behind psychometrics and integrate results into selection and development decisions in the workplace.
Talogy also delivers the 2-day Saville Assessment International Accreditation Course in the Middle East, enabling those who pass to administer and interpret Saville Wave and Saville’s cognitive aptitude tests.
Saville Wave-based psychometrics available through Talogy Middle East & Africa
The Saville Wave model underpins a range of Saville Assessment psychometrics. Talogy will help you select the most appropriate solution based on your organisation’s needs:
Wave Professional Styles
Wave Professional Styles is used for senior hiring, leadership assessment, development centres and succession planning. It delivers one of the most detailed behavioural profiles available. The inventory also powers the Saville Leadership Impact Report and the Saville Wave Leadership Risk Report for Executive Selection and Development.
Wave Focus Styles
Wave Focus Styles is a shorter inventory designed for First Line Manager to Senior Manager level and provides an assessment of personality, behaviours and environment fit.
Behavioural Screens & Strengths Profiles
Work Strengths is designed for frontline and operational staff, professional and specialist roles rather than high-stakes selection alone. It can also be used for high for high volume early-career and graduate hiring and rapid culture-fit screening.
Talogy – your Saville Assessment partner in the GCC
Talogy is more than a reseller. We are a full talent assessment and development consultancy, supporting clients across the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain, Kuwait, and the wider Middle East and Africa.
As your Saville Assessment partner, we provide:
- Test User (TUOA & TUOP) accreditation for the Gulf region
- Local consulting and interpretation including competency-based interviewing, assessment centres and business simulations, technical skills assessment, individual development planning, and executive coaching.
- Job profiling and competency mapping to support the implementation of your talent assessment strategy
- Solution and reporting customisation via our TalogyTech platform that provides access to customised reporting mapped to your assessment criteria
- Wrap-around consultancy and full project support such as competency framework design, high potential and succession planning and leadership development.
This ensures your Saville Assessment psychometrics are not just implemented but embedded. Enabling you to deliver true business impact, aligned to your organisation’s strategy and culture.
Start using Saville Wave with Talogy
If you are looking for Saville Wave or other Saville assessments in the Middle East, Talogy is your trusted regional delivery partner.
Speak to our consultants today to discuss your hiring, leadership or development needs.
Frequently Asked Questions
Saville Wave is a personality psychometric used for recruitment, leadership development, succession planning, high-potential identification, executive coaching and team assessment.
Yes. Talogy is a trusted partner delivering Saville Wave psychometric tests across the UAE and the wider Middle East.
Yes, Saville assessments are available in 37 languages including Arabic.
No, accreditation is not required, but it is recommended. Several reports are available for ‘untrained’ individuals, like Hiring Managers and Recruiters. However, for access to deeper level expert reports, accreditation is required. Talogy offers both the Saville International Accreditation Course and the BPS Test User (TUOA TUOP) certification for this purpose in the Middle East.
Yes, the Saville Wave assessments are scientifically validated personality and behavioural psychometric tests, supported by extensive global research and independent review. Saville cognitive aptitude tests are also considered psychometrics and include verbal, numerical, abstract, diagrammatical, spatial and mechanical reasoning assessments.
Saville Wave is one of the most predictive behavioural tools on the market, built using a validation-first approach and backed by the British Psychological Society (BPS) and the European Federation of Psychologists Association (EFPA). By combining Saville Wave with the Saville Cognitive Aptitude range, you can accurately predict likely performance in the workplace as well as potential to take on more complex roles in the future.
Yes. Saville Wave is widely used for leadership selection, high-potential identification, executive development, and succession planning. It is highly predictive of a leader’s strengths and potential development areas, and creates insight into what they are good at versus what they are interested in.
Saville assessments help organisations make fair and defensible selection decisions that help optimise the quality of hire for any population. Saville assessments are used extensively to support nationalisation initiatives both for recruitment and for development and retention.