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Help the business work better.

Support for businesses of every size: grow with intention, optimize how work gets done, improve efficiency and discover new possibilities.

The Horizon Strategy Group starts with what your business needs. We bring strategy, people, evidence and practical implementation together, whether you have a defined project or need help finding the right opportunity.

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Four connected areas

Choose the work you need.

Each engagement can stand on its own. When the problem crosses boundaries, the work can connect them.

01 / Owners, CEOs and leadership teams

Strategy and organizational effectiveness

Help your organization carry strategic priorities through everyday decisions and action.

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When this work matters

A strategy can be clear to leadership while departments interpret it differently and decisions keep escalating. Conflicting deadlines, limited capacity or unclear authority often widen that gap between intention and daily work.

Approvals repeatedly return to one person.
The plan is set, but departments carry it out differently.
We want to find opportunities we have not yet identified.

What the work can include

Strategic planning and execution
Organizational design and role clarity
Decision rights, handoffs and leadership review routines

What you receive

Strategic priorities and measures
A focused set of priorities, the intended changes and the evidence leaders will use to review progress.
Responsibility and decision map
For each step: who owns the work, who makes the decision, who is consulted and where issues are escalated.
Strategy implementation plan
Each strategic priority broken into dated initiatives with an owner, a measure of progress and a regular review where blocked decisions get made.
Leadership review routine
An agenda and cadence that connect commitments, evidence, blocked decisions and follow-through.

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Discuss strategy and execution

02 / Business leaders, HR leaders and people managers

Leadership and team performance

Build the leadership practices, feedback and team coordination that help people perform their work well.

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When this work matters

Inconsistent management and unclear expectations can turn everyday work into repeated clarification, avoidable conflict and difficult handoffs.

Managers handle the same people challenges differently.
New employees need a clearer path into the work.

What the work can include

360 evaluations and development feedback
Leadership development and management practices
Team effectiveness, communication and facilitation
Onboarding, role expectations and performance practices

What you receive

Leadership and team development plan
Development priorities, practical activities and a plan for reviewing how learning is used at work.
360 evaluations and development priorities
Feedback from relevant colleagues and stakeholders, interpretation and practical development priorities, with confidentiality and reporting agreed before collection.
Onboarding and role expectations
A clear picture of the role, its relationships, early learning needs and the support a new employee receives.
Team working agreements
Shared expectations for decisions, communication, handoffs and how the team resolves issues.

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Discuss leadership and teams

03 / HR leaders, operating leaders and executive teams

Workforce insights and measurement

Ask the right questions, interpret the evidence and help leaders decide what to do next.

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When this work matters

A report creates little value if leaders cannot agree on what it means, what to do or whether a change is helping.

Reports show activity but leave decisions unresolved.
Employee feedback is collected, but little changes.

What the work can include

Employee engagement assessments
Pulse surveys and feedback
Custom survey development
Onboarding and exit feedback
Interviews and focus groups
Evaluation, measurement frameworks and leadership dashboards

What you receive

Listening and measurement plan
The questions, participants, methods, confidentiality arrangements and measures needed for the decisions at hand.
Findings and decision brief
A concise interpretation of the evidence, its limitations and the choices it raises for leaders.
Dashboard built around decisions
A dashboard organized around the questions leaders need to answer, with each measure’s definition available next to the number.
Action and follow-up plan
A small set of actions with owners, review points and an approach to communicating progress.

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Discuss feedback and measurement

04 / Owners, operations leaders and change sponsors

Workflow improvement and change implementation

Connect a better process with the tools, guidance and ownership needed to sustain it.

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When this work matters

When work relies on inboxes, status chasing or one person’s spreadsheet knowledge, handoffs become fragile and change is harder to sustain.

Requests arrive through several channels and get lost.
A new tool is being worked around rather than used.

What the work can include

Workflow redesign and automation
Configured or custom internal tools
Change planning, training, adoption and evaluation

What you receive

Simplified workflow with routing rules
The streamlined process plus the rules that send each request to the right person without manual sorting.
Configured or custom-built tool
The agreed workflow put into a tool: an existing product configured to fit, or a custom application where nothing suitable exists.
Adoption and rollout plan
How the change is introduced, to whom and in what order, with the support people will need along the way.
Ownership and maintenance plan
Who owns the tool, who can change it, how changes are tested and what happens when someone leaves.

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Discuss workflow and change

Ways to work together

Start with a defined piece of work.

A clear question, useful outputs and a decision about what happens next.

Choose a starting point below. Scope, participation, timing and fees are agreed in a written proposal.

After a review, implementation or an ongoing partnership can be scoped around the priorities you choose. Further work is not assumed.

01 / A focused place to begin

Clarity Review

You see room for improvement, but the underlying need or the most useful next step is not yet clear.

We explore one challenge or opportunity, review relevant information, speak with the people closest to the work and identify where a change could make a difference.

What you leave with

A concise challenge or opportunity brief
A map of ownership and friction
A prioritized set of next steps
A recommendation on whether further work is useful

Participation, scope and next steps

Who is involved: An executive sponsor, a named day-to-day contact and the people closest to the work.

Scope: One agreed challenge, opportunity or workflow. Organization-wide redesign and software delivery are scoped separately.

Next: Leave with a clearer decision: improve the current practice, test a focused change or scope implementation.

Timing, your team’s time commitment and fees are agreed in a written proposal before work starts.

Discuss the Clarity Review

02 / For a plan that needs traction

Strategy Execution Review

You have a plan. Strengthen the ownership, coordination and follow-through needed to carry it out.

Review a defined set of priorities, trace milestones and dependencies, and work with accountable leaders to clarify the next decisions.

What you leave with

A priority and ownership map
A decision and dependency register
A practical review rhythm
A first-cycle action brief

Participation, scope and next steps

Who is involved: The strategy sponsor and the leaders accountable for the priorities being reviewed.

Scope: Execution of an existing plan. Creating a new strategic plan is available as a separately scoped engagement.

Next: Agree on the first review cycle, the evidence needed and who follows through.

Timing, your team’s time commitment and fees are agreed in a written proposal before work starts.

Discuss the Strategy Execution Review

03 / For feedback that needs follow-through

Workforce Listening and Action

You need to understand the employee experience, investigate a recurring concern or make better use of existing feedback.

Define the questions, agree on appropriate confidentiality and reporting, collect or review feedback, and facilitate the move from findings to action.

What you leave with

A listening and measurement plan
A concise findings brief
An action plan with named owners
A follow-up measurement approach

Participation, scope and next steps

Who is involved: An executive or HR sponsor, a project contact and the agreed participant groups.

Scope: One agreed listening question or employee-lifecycle stage. Survey administration, interviews and follow-up are specified in the proposal.

Next: Choose a small set of actions, tell people what will happen and decide how progress will be reviewed.

Timing, your team’s time commitment and fees are agreed in a written proposal before work starts.

Discuss the Workforce Listening and Action

Before we begin.

Does the business need to be growing, or be a certain size?

No. We work around the business need, not a company size or growth stage. That may mean supporting growth, optimizing current operations, improving efficiency or exploring an opportunity you have not yet fully defined.

Do we need a defined solution?

No. Bring a recurring problem, a difficult decision, an opportunity or a question about what could work better. We help clarify where to focus before agreeing on the work.

Can we use our existing tools?

Yes. Improving how an existing tool is configured or used may be more appropriate than adding another.

Is this consulting, software development, or both?

Organizational-effectiveness consulting. The work can include strategy, leadership and team development, workforce research, a redesigned process or a practical tool. Technology is included when it supports the agreed change.

Do you only work with HR?

No. The focus is how organizations work, which can include operations, leadership, cross-functional coordination, reporting and change implementation, as well as people-related systems.

How will we judge progress?

Agree on the intended improvement, the starting point and the evidence to review before building. Then evaluate results, quality, use and the experience of the people doing the work.

How long does a project take?

Scope, data readiness, integrations and the amount of change determine the timeline. The proposal sets out phases and review points before work begins.

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