Our Clients

'As a L&D specialist I have seen many development programmes in my career and Horizons Talent is unique in what they do. The programme is fully integrated into our business and has developed both the participants as well as their line managers. By the end of the programme the participants are confident and demonstrate such a depth of understanding of our wider business that they are able to push the boundaries of our thinking. The experiences during the programme clearly help them to progress their careers and they grow enormously as individuals.'

Sheena McColl
Director, Leadership & Talent
Smiths Group Plc

'Horizons Talent combines creativity and rigor in bringing the best of development theory to life. Their programmes dramatically accelerate the development and career progression of the participants in a way that just doesn't happen when they go on the samey programmes churned out by too many business schools and training providers.'

Rowan Bradford
Client Director
Kaisen Consulting

'Horizons Talent runs an excellent development program for our talented managers, the program is known as Smiths Horizons. I have worked with the program on two occasions; the first when one of my managers undertook the Horizons Program and the second when I sponsored a project for one of the groups. The program gives our managers exposure to real business problems. It challenges them to work together in groups to develop solutions. The program operates across all divisions of Smiths Group; it is an excellent forum for participants to learn about the divisions they do not work in. Participants who complete the course have sharper communication skills, are commercially more astute and generally have a broader outlook as a result of being stretched to work on projects that are often outside of their comfort zone.'

Dave Anning
Director, Global Supply Chain
Smiths Medical

'Horizons Talent brings a fresh approach to Human Resource development, with many innovative ideas for learning and coaching.The 'Emerging Leaders' programme operated by Horizons in conjunction with Smiths is the best in the industry. It recognises talent at the grass routes stages and takes individuals through a very unique and extremely well structured programme, helping to develop a range of skills and competencies across a targeted range of disciplines. It takes not only knowledge and 'know how' to help individuals develop in their chosen field, but a whole lot more, and this is where Tracy, Horizon's founder clearly has the edge. She is charismatic, gently persuasive and very supportive towards the participants needs. She helps with confidence building and removes 'the fear" that sometimes can be associated with training and personal development.'

Mike Mansell

'I have had the wonderful fortune to work with Horizons Talent as a participant in one of their talent development programmes while I worked for Triasx / Kaelus. This experience was (without exaggeration) life changing. It changed the way I think about business, strategy, management and most importantly myself and my relationships with others in so many significant and positive ways. I cannot praise this programme highly enough - it has fast tracked by career and pushed me far beyond what I thought I could achieve. The development of commercial acumen through positive, pragmatic projects and experiences and the close involvement of very senior business leaders from the organisation was very effective and satisfying personally. However, I think I personally gained more from the focus on personal development because it caused me to totally re-evaluate my life and my future, a difficult but priceless experience! Thank you Tracy, Horizons Talent, and your team!'

Ashley
Software Engineering Manager
Kaelus Pty Ltd

'Horizons Talent created and organized a world-class talent development program that changed the way I work for the better. It is an intense, highly experiential set of challenges that forces you to understand, distill, and communicate a business need in a safe environment. Perfect proving ground for high potential technical managers. Highly recommended.'

Carrie Gray
Project Engineer, Global Operations
Smiths Medical

'The programmes Tracy and her associates have developed are unique and truly empowering, I have personally experienced a Horizons Talent based programme focused on emerging leadership and has benefited me at a personal level, my career and without a doubt my employer immensely. I am very proud to have worked with many other people that have also experienced programmes from Horizon Talent through an ever expanding network. The benefits of the Horizons experience are too many to list here, but I would say you will have a lot of fun challenging and exploring yourself and your colleagues at all levels, Horizons Talent is not just another management development company.'

Mark Bown
Project Manager
Smiths Interconnect - Hypertac

'Tracy is an enthusiastic, engaging and highly competent individual who provided an excellent service to Smiths Group in the area of talent development. She provided inspirational and challenging coaching to the high potential talent in the business and created real value with her rigorous attention to delivering results through the Horizons programme.'

Stephen Phipson CBE
President
Smiths Detection

'The Horizons development program is a well presented, structured and professional development course. It provides employees with the opportunity to develop sound business concepts through a range of learning styles and utilize these skills within a real business environment. As a graduate of this course and now a senior manager who promotes this course to my team and company, I have a full appreciation of the benefits to the employee and employer. I would highly recommend this course to any business that is serious about developing future business leaders.'

Craig Armstrong
Commercial Director
John Crane Orion