ABOUT US

Invisible talent is not just a missed opportunity, it feels unfair

In many organizations, who moves up depends on the rapport with a manager or on who speaks up the loudest. Talensa gives everyone the same yardstick, with a team of psychologists and consultants who help put it to use.

Khalid Chiki

Co-Founder

Joost Gruijters

Co-Founder

Subject

The story of Talensa

Why we're building Talensa

Joost continued his father's assessment firm. Khalid oversaw major reorganizations as CFO and CEO. From two sides, we saw the same thing. Every investment within an organization is calculated down to the last decimal, but who gets hired or promoted depends on one individual's gut feeling.

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In selection, enthusiasm after a good interview often wins.

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In internal promotion, the loudest voice wins, or whoever clicks with the manager.

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An assessment often ends with a report, while development should begin after it.

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Those who quietly do good work drop out of sight and eventually leave for an employer that does offer a path.

Joost brought the craft: COTAN-reviewed tests and questionnaires, and psychologists and consultants who translate a result into a conversation. Khalid built the platform in which that measurement carries through into selection, internal mobility and development, with the job architecture as the shared standard.

As an employee, you are then seen for what you can do and what you have in you, even if you don't have the loudest voice. And you get a development path in which you are in charge.

The decision stays with managers and HR. We make sure it rests on something, because everyone deserves the same, fair standard.

THE TEAM

The people behind Talensa

Psychologists, consultants, partners and the people who build the platform. This is who you talk to during an assessment, an advisory meeting or an implementation.

Our partners

OUR HISTORY

From individual assessments to a continuous program

Talensa began as H&G, the assessment firm of Joost Gruijters' father. That expertise is still in every assessment we conduct. A continuous program was added to it, along with a platform that supports it.

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H&G

The assessment firm of Joost's father. Thorough and skilled, and the foundation of everything that followed.

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The takeover

Joost continues the firm and expands it, from individual assessments to programs in which people also genuinely develop.

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Going digital together

Joost and Khalid join forces and take the first step toward digitalization: alongside live assessments come e-assessments, making measurement more accessible and more widely applicable.

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Acceleration

H&G becomes Talensa and the Talensa Hub goes live. Everything comes together on one platform: from talent insight to development and career progression.

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Now

We serve more than 50 organizations and have completed 5,000 assessments. An assessment now carries through into selection, internal mobility and development.

WHAT WE STAND FOR

What we believe about talent

These three beliefs guide how we measure, advise and build the platform.

Wanting to develop starts with a process

Employees who don't want to develop exist mainly in organizations without a development process. Put the process in place and the same people start moving.

Favoritism is the opponent

As long as career progression depends on rapport with a manager, the quietest talent stays invisible and eventually leaves.

Measurement must be accurate

If you don't know how reliable your ruler is, you're measuring the ruler, not the table. That's why everything starts with a clear job architecture and why we measure with COTAN-reviewed instruments.

Security

Careful with data about people

Assessment results and development data are sensitive information. This is how we handle them.

Hosting in the EU
The platform and the database run in Frankfurt.
AI without training
Models do not learn from your data; we filter out names and contact details before any text reaches a model.

On request: certificate, data processing agreement and list of subprocessors.

CAREERS

Working at Talensa

There are currently no open vacancies. Do you recognize yourself in how we look at talent? Send us an unsolicited application.

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OUR OFFICES

You can find us in Weert and Amsterdam

Koningin Wilhelminaplein 2-A in Amsterdam, easily accessible by public transport and by car. Talensa Consulting is located in Weert, at Gouverneurlaan 1.

Shall we get acquainted?

Tell us where your organization stands on talent and career progression. We'll think along with you, even if you don't yet know whether Talensa is a fit.