Business Psychology Consultancy

    Chartered Occupational Psychology Consultancy

    People insight.Stronger performance.

    Working with organisations in the UK and internationally to select the right people, develop stronger leaders, strengthen culture and navigate change.

    • Chartered occupational psychologists
    • HCPC registered
    • BPS accredited
    • ABP members
    • 30 years practice
    • Worldwide

    Leadership consultancy for decisions that shape organisations

    The best people decisions combine objective data, contextual knowledge and informed judgement. Rely on any one alone and the picture is incomplete.

    Wharton Global brings these together. Our Chartered Occupational Psychologists combine validated data with your knowledge of the people, roles and organisation, drawing on more than thirty years of senior-level experience. We translate that evidence into practical recommendations, supporting fair and inclusive decisions that shape leadership, performance and the future of your organisation.

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    Talent Assessment & Selection

    Understand each candidate’s strengths, potential and suitability for the role. Our work includes psychometric assessments for recruitment, behavioural assessment, executive leadership assessment and assessment centre design. We interpret the evidence in the context of your organisation and the role, providing clear recommendations with care for both the organisation and the individual.

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    Leadership Development

    Develop the capability your organisation needs, from emerging talent to senior executives. Our leadership development consultancy brings together executive coaching, development centres, C-suite succession planning and our LEAD programme. We work with you to identify development priorities, prepare people for future responsibilities and review progress against agreed objectives.

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    Leadership, Culture & Inclusion

    Shape how your organisation is led, how decisions are made and how people experience its culture. Our organisational culture consultancy connects leadership behaviours with everyday working practices. We also work with boards and leadership teams through board strategy facilitation and DEI strategy consultancy, turning insight into practical action.

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    Leading Through Change

    Address the people decisions that come with mergers, acquisitions and restructuring. Our M&A people integration consultancy focuses on leadership, team relationships and cultural integration in mergers and acquisitions. When roles change or end, our outplacement services support individuals in planning their next steps. We work with you to protect organisational value and treat people with care.

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    Two clients in every engagement.

    Wharton Global works with two clients in every engagement: the organisation commissioning the work and the individual at the centre of it.

    Our HCPC-registered Chartered Occupational Psychologists bring independence, discretion and professional care to both relationships. We establish clear expectations about confidentiality and how assessment findings will be shared, and interpret the evidence carefully and in context.

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    The organisation

    Clear evidence, practical recommendations and a sound basis for action.

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    The individual

    Respect, discretion and clarity about the process and how their information will be used.

    Who commissions Wharton Global.

    We work with mid-sized, large, enterprise and fast-growing organisations facing important decisions about their people, leadership and future. Our clients choose our leadership consultancy for independent advice, clear evidence and practical recommendations.

    • HR & people leadersIncluding HR Directors and Chief People Officers
    • CEOs, directors & boards
    • Organisational development professionals
    • Recruitment & talent acquisition teams

    Founder

    Independent practice. Chartered practitioners. Thirty years of experience.

    Neville Wharton, founder of Wharton Global.

    Wharton Global was founded by Neville Wharton, a Health and Care Professions Council registered Chartered Occupational Psychologist, Fellow of the British Psychological Society, and founding member of the Association for Business Psychologists.

    He brings over thirty years of experience at the most senior levels of organisational life.

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    £1 million+

    A recent client calculated that a wrong senior appointment could cost their organisation more than £1 million.

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    We take client confidentiality seriously. Testimonials are attributed by role and sector to protect client identities.

    With deep cross-sector experience and a proven ability to assess leadership impact and build high-performing, diverse teams, the company consistently adds value to senior hiring and leadership development in complex, high-profile organisations.
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