Horizons is a global programme designed to support the Smiths Group talent management strategy to accelerate the development of a globally identified pool of employees early in their current career and who could potentially fulfill a significantly broader and or future leadership role in Smiths Group.

The programme provides an understanding of Smiths Group, the business world in general and develops commercial and personal capabilities. The content acts as a great foundation for any employee who has the ambition and drive to pursue a leadership career and wishes to therefore accelerate their development as an individual contributor, team member and emerging leader.

It brings together participants from businesses across the Smiths Group so encouraging employees to establish a wide network of contacts early in their career. With this comes an unrivalled opportunities to meet management and senior leadership from many functions and levels from across the business and creates an appreciation of the kind of roles that exist beyond the business in which they currently work.

The programme stretches over a 20 month period of a year with five one week modular workshops, three action learning activities and one business assignment hosted by a Smiths leader. The participants' managers play a major role in supporting the application of learning and there is further support provided by a mentor.

Horizons currently runs as three separate programmes in Europe, the US and Asia with up to 30 participants on each.