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EVIDENCE SELECT™

Decide on merit. Defend every decision. Design out bias.

Evidence Select is the platform for high-stakes people decisions: restructures, redundancies, promotions and recruitment. Reduce bias, cut the risk of a claim, and produce evidence you can defend.

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Restructure

Redundancy

Promotion

Redeployment

Recruitment

THE PROBLEM

Bias costs more than talent

Hiring, promotion, restructure and redundancy decisions often lean on proxies and gut feel: the school, the employer brand, the familiar face, the loudest voice in the room. Strong people get overlooked. And even a sound decision looks subjective the moment it is challenged. The exposure is highest on internal decisions, where a single restructure or redundancy call canlead to an unfair dismissal claim and a discrimination claim at once.

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Assessed Fairly. Treated with respect. Given clear feedback.

Evidence Select is designed to make selection decisions fair and transparent. Applicants are assessed on what they can do, using work-based tasks aligned to the role - rather than on background, connections, or assumptions.

Personal and demographic data is handled securely and kept separate from assessment, so panel decisions are based only on evidence against clear criteria. Every applicant receives feedback, providing clarity on outcomes and supporting future applications.

The process is powered by technology, informed by expertise, and led by human judgement — ensuring decisions are consistent and fair.

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Enhance your offer: Give your clients a selection solution they can trust

Evidence Select is available under licence to consultants supporting clients with recruitment and selection.

It gives you a structured, evidence-led approach you can apply across client projects, helping you deliver fair, defensible, and effective outcomes without building tools from scratch. Whether you’re supporting hiring, promotion orrestructure activity, it strengthens your offer, improves decision quality and gives clients a process they can trust.

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Appoint on merit and improve your employer brand

Evidence Select helps you broaden your field of talent, cuts assessment time, and provides assurance that the candidates reaching your shortlist deserve to be there.

Evidence Select is AI Powered but driven by humans meaning which means that the process is efficient and the decisions are made by humans. The software helps you to deliver fair, defensible, and effective outcomes. It works for regular recruitment but it is particularly valuable in restructuring and competitive promotion selection scenarios where the risks of grievance and discrimination claims are high.

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HOW IT WORKS

From role profile to defensible decision, in six steps

Set up in minutes. Panels and applicants working the same day.

Step 1

Scope

Upload a fit-for-purpose job or role profile.

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Step 2

Set

Design work-sample tasks and an evidence framework aligned to the criteria.

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Step 3

Submit

Applicants complete tasks through a simple portal, with the option to upload a CV.

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Step 4

Separate

Identity is stripped out. Responses are anonymised and randomised before scoring.

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Step 5

Score

Your panel scores independently against the evidence framework.

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Step 6

Select

Ranked output, a chance to verify information, and a full audit trail.

Testimonials

What they say about Evidence Select™

Here’s what they shared about their experience working with our Software

Leading Kind brought rigour and evidence to a genuinely challenging topic. They drew on national and international research, engaged board members, panel members, equality groups and the public, and turned it into a strategy that is practical, proportionate and legally sound. They were straightforward to work with throughout.

Ian Bruce

Leading Kind gave us a clear, evidence-based picture of how our senior team works. They handled sensitive issues constructively, which made honest discussion possible. We left with a shared understanding of what needs to change and clear commitments to act on.

Audrey Cumberford, MBE FRSE

Working with Leading Kind was instrumental in helping Glasgow Kelvin College develop a set of values that genuinely reflect who we are and who we aspire to be. Their approach created the space for meaningful engagement across the College, ensuring that colleagues felt heard, valued and part of the journey. The result was not simply a set of words, but a shared sense of purpose and identity that continues to guide our culture and decision-making. Alex and the team brought insight, professionalism and warmth throughout the process, and I would highly recommend them to any organisation seeking to build authentic, values-led cultures.

Joanna Campbell

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