THE BOOK


Talent is the new book from Professor Peter Saville and Tom Hopton. In it successful people share their personal results from a scientifically-established personality test, the Saville Consulting Wave®. They also give their views on the results and their careers, providing a rare insight into their personalities.


Each individual's story is presented in a separate chapter which considers their talents and positive aspects of their personality. Talent aims to better understand the aspects of personality which contribute to success.


Individuals featured in Talent are:



  • Stan "The Man" Bowles: The Ultimate Soccer Maverick
  • Ian Woosnam OBE: World No.1 Golfer and Winning Ryder Cup Captain
  • Ajaz Ahmed: Entrepreneur, Founder of the £9 Billion Company Freeserve
  • George Cohen MBE: 1966 Soccer World Cup Winner
  • Ronald Stouffer: Co-Winner Nobel Peace Prize, Global Warming
  • Sonia O'Sullivan: World Champion Athlete
  • Cary Cooper CBE: Guru on Stress in the Workplace
  • Ron "Chopper" Harris: Soccer's Hard Man
  • Kathryn McCusker: Australian Opera Star
  • Mark Ramprakash: International Cricketer, Strictly Come Dancing Champion
  • Ray Wilkins MBE: English International, Chelsea, Manchester United, Rangers and AC Milan Footballer
  • Rebecca Hossack: Art Entrepreneur
  • Gareth Edwards CBE: Voted The Greatest Rugby Player of All Time
  • Bob Wilson OBE: Soccer Legend, BBC TV Personality
  • Meredith Belbin: The Father of Effective Workplace Teams
  • Jeremy Snape: International Cricketer, Elite Performance Psychologist


Proceeds from the sale of the book are going to the Willow Foundation, a unique national charity which was founded by Bob and Megs Wilson and organizes special days for seriously ill 16-40 year olds.