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Saville Wave personality and behavioural assessments in the Middle East

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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.

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Deep insight into how people think, lead, adapt and perform at work. 

  • 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.

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How Saville Assessment psychometrics support organisations in the Middle East

Across the Gulf region, organisations face rapid transformation, nationalisation strategies and evolving workforce expectations. Saville Assessment supports these priorities by helping you:

Improve quality of hire

Build future-ready leadership pipelines

Reduce early turnover and derailment risk

Strengthen team effectiveness

Support inclusion goals

Create objective, explainable promotion and succession decisions

Saville Assessment’s market-leading psychometrics are available in English and Arabic, plus a further 35 international languages.

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.

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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 is a shorter inventory designed for First Line Manager to Senior Manager level and provides an assessment of personality, behaviours and environment fit.

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. 

Looking for support with other Saville Assessment psychometric tests?

Talogy supports the full Saville Assessment portfolio, from personality assessment and Aptitude Tests to Situational Judgement Tests and 360 feedback. Get in touch to learn more.

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.

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Start using Saville Wave with Talogy

Speak to our consultants today to discuss your hiring, leadership or development needs.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Saville Wave used for?

Saville Wave is a personality psychometric used for recruitment, leadership development, succession planning, high-potential identification, executive coaching and team assessment.

Is Saville Wave available in the UAE?

Yes. Talogy is a trusted partner delivering Saville Wave psychometric tests across the UAE and the wider Middle East.

Are Saville assessments available in Arabic?

Yes, Saville assessments are available in 37 languages including Arabic.

Is accreditation required to use Saville Wave?

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.

Is Saville Wave a psychometric assessment?

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.

How accurate are Saville assessments at predicting performance?

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.

Can Saville Wave be used for leadership development?

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.

Can Saville assessments help with achieving nationalisation targets?

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.