Saville Consulting Wave Conversion Course

Introduction
Saville Conversion is part of an integrated suite of training courses designed by Saville Consulting and presented by PsyAsia. These training courses are developed with 3 things in mind:
You are busy and want value for money
Testing has a big dollar impact for organisations and you want to know how to maximise that impact
Continuing education is a hallmark of professional life today
Saville Conversion recognises prior learning and builds on it by equipping you to get immediate benefit from both WAVE and Saville s range of new Aptitude Tests, in just one day.
Course Content
Theory
-21st Century trends in assessment
-A new model integrating behaviour, motivation, competency and culture
-Understanding the development of WAVE
-Reviewing validity, reliability and test construction
-What s new in Aptitude Assessment
-Quantifying the Return on Investment
-Ethical & practical considerations in assessment
Usage
-Interpreting Saville Consulting WAVE styles
-Response Styles and controlling distortion
-Understanding Talent and Motive
-Using Facets of Behaviour to understand the unique individual
-Interpreting the dual dynamic response format
-Aptitude Test sub-scores, response styles and profiles
Applications
-Giving Feedback
-Assessing Talent and Motive, Culture and Environment Fit
-Competency Potential
-Using WAVE Focus Types Report
-Getting more from Aptitude testing
-On-line and off-line solutions
The course will enable delegates to:
-Understand the implications for testing, brought about by information technology and other changes in the workplace
-Understand how the multi-dimensional nature of WAVE can revolutionise assessment in their organisation
-Interpret and provide feedback on the reports to individuals and line managers
-Assist with counselling and coaching employees
-Choose the right instrument
-Effectively argue the cost-benefit case
-Network with other experienced users
-Discuss their own specific issues with a highly experienced trainer
-Be a registered user
Who is the course for?
The course is for those who currently already have a good knowledge of personality assessment - usually assessed by way of the British Psychological Society's Level B Certificate of Competence in Occupational Testing. Those who have been trained by reputible psychologists on substantive tests such as SHL's OPQ32 or IPAT's 16PF are also eligible to attend.
Facilitator
This course is facilitated by Dr. Graham Tyler. Graham is a fully registered organizational psychologist, Chartered Scientist and executive director of PsyAsia International. His PhD thesis concentrated on psychometric assessment with particular emphasis on the validity of international and local models of personality in Asia. Previously an MBA lecturer for the UK s University of Leicester Dubai Campus and more recently a visiting lecturer for a Hong Kong university (teaching MSc HRM), Graham spends most of his time involved in training and consultancy in organizational psychology commuting between Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore and Australia. Graham's training and consultancy work in job analysis, selection and development systems, performance appraisal, assessment centres and generally maximising performance at work has seen him work with organisations such as Cathay Pacific, Citibank, BP, guinness, Hewitt Consulting and FedEx in addition to government organisations such as the Hong Kong Institute for Vocational Education, the Singapore Ministry of Defense and the Singapore Civil Service College. He is a full member of the Australian and British Psychological Societies and his research with psychometric tools has been recognised by the British Psychological Society with their prestigious prize for Scientific Contribution to Organizational Psychology. Graham is also an Associate Fellow of the Hong Kong Psychological Society and a member of the Hong Kong Institute for HRM. He continues to be interested in assessment and selection research and his research has been published in international peer-reviewed and professional journals whilst he is a reviewer for the Journal of Personality & Individual Differences as well as for the annual SIOP (Society for Industrial & Organizational Psychology) conference in the USA. In recognition of voluntary contributions to society and the less fortunate, Graham has been awarded honorary life membership of the British Red Cross Society and was nominated for the Wesley Hospital "Ideals in Action" award.