YSC is a global, business psychology consultancy.

We provide
assessment for recruitment and development, organisational consulting
and executive coaching. We are dedicated to transforming organisational
effectiveness through releasing the power of people.

Founded in 1991, we have since grown into a global business with offices in: London,
Edinburgh New York, Houston, Sydney, Hong Kong, Johannesburg and Ratingen,
Germany. All our consultants combine psychological insight, high academic
achievement and in-depth business experience.

Our clients are primarily multinationals and include over one third of the UK's FTSE 100
companies. In addition we work in close partnership with smaller organizations, as well
as the public sector and charities.

YSC is the trading name of Young Samuel Chambers ("YSC") Ltd. Registered in England at 50 Floral Street, London, WC2E 9DA. Company Number 2402857 WWW.YSC.COM
● INDIVIDUAL ASSESSMENT* ● ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ● EXECUTIVE COACHING ● 360 STAKEHOLDER FEEDBACK

● ASSESSMENT CENTRES ● LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT ● MANAGED COACHING SERVICE ● LEADERSHIP POTENTIAL

● TALENT BENCHMARKING ● TEAM DEVELOPMENT ● COACH TRAINING WORKSHOPS ● CULTURAL INDEXES

“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one

thinks of changing himself.”
– Tolstoy

The need to place and develop individuals to perform at their best is the life-blood of a business. Done
properly, it delivers the aligned, committed and highly effective workforce that is so often the
difference between commercial success and failure. It is YSC’s success in this area that has formed
the bedrock of our reputation amongst clients.

We believe the most effective business people are not necessarily the most well-rounded. Rather, they
are individuals with what we term ‘spikes’ – signature strengths that set them apart as world class.
Yet for spikes to matter they must be first identified, then deployed and developed.

We work in partnership with our clients at an individual, team and organisational level.

*both for Recruitment and Development

YSC is the trading name of Young Samuel Chambers ("YSC") Ltd. Registered in England at 50 Floral Street, London, WC2E 9DA. Company Number 2402857 WWW.YSC.COM
 “Know thyself”
– Socrates

Assessment Products
• INDIVIDUAL ASSESSMENT FOR RECRUITMENT OR DEVELOPMENT
• ASSESSMENT CENTRES

YSC's individual profiling process has won recognition as being amongst the most thorough and
incisive in the business. It comprises an in-depth half-day interview combined with psychometric
tools. The results of these tests are then used as the basis of a discussion with the individual in order
to help build as full a picture as possible of what makes them distinctive. It is an assessment we make
in the context of the 25,000 business leaders we have profiled.

The result is a report which describes the person’s characteristics, on-the-job strengths and
development needs, as well as predicting how they will perform. It can be used both by the individual
and the business to plan development or to make recruitment decisions. The client, however, also has
the option of a two hour feedback session which provides an opportunity to discuss the report and
start building on the insights it offers. This can then be further supported by a programme of
coaching, either from the YSC consultant who conducted the assessment or a recommended
colleague.

• TALENT BENCHMARKING

Businesses who assess the quality and calibre of their management against world class standards are
better poised to face the strategic challenges brought on by today's competitive environment. YSC has
extensive experience providing an independent and rigorous benchmarking service for clients. We
have a tried and tested process for identifying capabilities and providing organizations critical insights
into their people. We can do this on an individual, team or group level.

YSC is the trading name of Young Samuel Chambers ("YSC") Ltd. Registered in England at 50 Floral Street, London, WC2E 9DA. Company Number 2402857 WWW.YSC.COM
 “The illiterate of the 21st Century will not be those who
cannot read and write but those who cannot learn, un-
learn and re-learn”
– Alvin Toffler

Development Products
• ORGANISATIONAL & CULTURE CHANGE

We help organisations to identify and embed the values and behaviours necessary to deliver their
business objectives. We work with top teams to determine both the helpful and inhibiting aspects of
their culture and to describe a new way of working that reflects their vision and values as leaders.
Through a combination of workshops and one-to-one coaching, we support managers across the
business to make the attitudinal and behavioural shifts required to lead a new way of working at
individual, team and organisational level.

• LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

Development Workshops are produced in partnership with the client, and dove-tailed to meet specific
requirements. They may include 360 degree feedback, self-evaluation, paper-and-pencil exercises,
business simulations, group discussions around key business challenges and didactic input in aspects
of management and leadership skills. The emphasis throughout is on creating an environment
conducive to learning, and creating a compelling and motivating development plan that builds on
insightful development.

• TEAM DEVELOPMENT

YSC's approach to team development is based on a thorough diagnosis of team effectiveness

compared to leading teams. We go beyond simple team dynamics to explore issues such as the team’s
ability to deliver, and how they interface with their external contacts and customers. Following
diagnosis, we bring a wealth of experience to team development activity.

YSC is the trading name of Young Samuel Chambers ("YSC") Ltd. Registered in England at 50 Floral Street, London, WC2E 9DA. Company Number 2402857 WWW.YSC.COM
 “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny
matters compared to what lies within us…”
– Emerson

Coaching Products
• EXECUTIVE COACHING
• MANAGED COACHING SERVICE
• COACH TRAINING WORKSHOPS

As in many other areas of performance - sporting and artistic - coaching has established itself as the
way in which the best business people get better. It is primarily future-focused, targeting techniques
and insights that make a positive and profound difference to personal business effectiveness. It offers
guidance when requested and push-back when needed. It provides a safe place to talk, explore and
rehearse so that the individual is in a position to stretch themselves to a fuller expression of their
potential.

We use a structured approach in our coaching engagements, one which defines the destination and
maps the route to get there. We recognise that demanding development goals need to be specific and
measurable if both the client and their organisation are to have a sense of direction and progress. It is
this solid underlying structure that, we believe, allows us to be truly flexible. We encourage an initial
3-way meeting between client, manager and coach to establish mutual goals, and then look to
respond flexibly to what is necessarily a dynamic process.

YSC's Executive Coaching Practice represents coaches who are recognised for their combination of
interpersonal and commercial expertise at the highest level. We have offices across the world, whilst
our Executive Coaching Service provides the capacity to match and manage coaches for the needs of
the largest organisations. For more details, including profiles and references for our coaches, please
visit http://ysc.com/coaching.

YSC is the trading name of Young Samuel Chambers ("YSC") Ltd. Registered in England at 50 Floral Street, London, WC2E 9DA. Company Number 2402857 WWW.YSC.COM
 “We use psychometric as hypotheses – the basis for
rich conversations.”
– YSC

Survey Products
• 360 STAKEHOLDER FEEDBACK

Measuring and evaluating the effectiveness of interventions is of paramount importance at whatever

level change occurs. Psymmetry, our surveys division, has expertise in the administration of both
behavioural surveys and 360° feedback tools. These include our innovative Pulse feedback™
instrument, which initiates a mini-360° at specified intervals over the course of a year. This allows an
individual to support their personal growth by monitoring change on up to six dimensions.

• LEADERSHIP POTENTIAL

YSC has assessed 25,000 senior business people over the past sixteen years. This unrivalled
experience has informed our Potential Model, our distillation of the key qualities to be found in highly
successful leaders. Now available as, an online psychometric, it takes twenty-five minutes to complete
and generates a report which scores an individual against each of nine capabilities indicating
leadership potential.

• CULTURAL INDEXES

When the culture of an organisation is at issue – specifically its ability to win strong loyalty from
employees and customers alike - another approach is required. Here we employ a survey based on
research into today's most successful organisations and encapsulated in our book, Meaning Inc.
(Gurnek Bains et al, Profile Books 2007). Our Meaning InQ Survey allows an organisation to assess
the extent to which it shares the characteristics of high performing, Meaning Inc. organisations, or of
their shadow side – Attention Deficit or Soulless organisations. Meanwhile, cutting edge Discourse
Analysis techniques offer a 'deep dive' into any of the language used within an organisation to uncover
underlying values and the levers that might drive deeper engagement and sustainable performance.

YSC is the trading name of Young Samuel Chambers ("YSC") Ltd. Registered in England at 50 Floral Street, London, WC2E 9DA. Company Number 2402857 WWW.YSC.COM
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