Crest Nicholson
Crest Nicholson is a leading developer of quality homes and thriving, sustainable communities. They create great places for their customers to live, selecting desirable locations for their developments and taking a holistic approach to the design of their homes and surroundings. Attractive placemaking helps Crest Nicholson deliver appealing and well-connected communities where people and nature can thrive.
Crest Nicholson are committed to taking a proactive approach to help tackle climate change. They aim to reduce the impact their homes and developments have on the environment, continually finding new ways to reduce carbon emissions and waste in their business activities and creating developments that are future-proofed for a changing climate. They work with ecologists to protect and enhance nature and biodiversity on their developments and where possible, prioritise the inclusion of accessible green spaces for the community.
How People Business assisted Crest Nicholson
People Business partnered with Crest Nicholson to assist them with the selection of a new Managing Director for one of their Divisions.
We selected Hogan psychometrics to assess personal characteristics of shortlisted candidates. These results then provide a comprehensive, valid and in depth summary of the candidate’s strengths, values and performance challenges. Once we had the psychometric reports we arranged feedback sessions which each of the shortlisted candidates to both provide them with the feedback and to check accuracy and validity with them.
Further to the feedback sessions we compared each of the candidates results with suitability and likely future success within the role and provided comprehensive reports to the interview panel giving them important areas they may want to probe at interview.
Finally we held a feedback session with the Head of Human Resources to debrief the full process.
What our client said
“I am a great believer in psychometrics to provide a more in-depth understanding of the interview candidates. They should never be used in isolation but a great tool to be part of a robust interview process.”
Jane Cookson, Group HR Director
