A qualified coach/Mentor with the CIPD and I was schooled in the coaching process whilst at Ashridge Business School, participating in their Coaching for Organisational Consultants Programme. I have successfully worked with a diverse range of clients from project managers to photographers, first time managers to CEO’s.
Working with organisations within the public, private and third/charity sectors, I have- helped to develop training/development strategies, analysed training needs, consulted on training development, as well as designing and delivering programmes, using one-to-one/classroom/workshops and e-learning to deliver content.
Developing business plans with structured goals, I can help you to develop a clear direction for your business with a flexible plan to get you to where you want to be. Working with me I can help you develop your resilience and give you confidence in your own abilities to drive your business.
Recently I have been developing company standards, implementing training and development paths, in line with the businesses, role competencies and strategy for growth, along with employee engagement.
Specialties: Coaching- Business/Leadership/Management, through one-to-one and team sessions, employee engagement, mentoring, presentation skills, facilitation, personal branding, marketing including social networking, and sales/business development
Partnering individuals, teams and organisations, to build tailored solutions, I have developed and delivered programmes- Manager as Coach, in Customer Experience, Team Building (using experiential learning); one-to-one and team coaching, using HBDI profiling; personal brand development and facilitation.
Corporate Programme Manager @ Arrival Education Ltd is an Award-Winning Social Enterprise, with a bold ambition - to create long-term, sustainable solutions to key social issues.
Corporate Programme Manager responsible for the retention and development of AE’s existing corporate partnerships and the acquisition of new corporate partners. Working with partner- Heads of L&D, CSR Managers, Heads of Recruitment, Department Heads and senior business leaders.
Responsible for delivering AE’s existing programme of workshops, assisting in delivery of AE's coaching programme and training sessions, providing effective evaluation and feedback, and account management to ensure that AE maintain its reputation for delivering high quality, innovative work.
Success for life is AE's ground-breaking central talent & development programme, which intelligently develops and enriches leading business professionals, by supporting the long-term success of hard-to-reach youth from some the UK's most opportunity starved communities. It's intention is to guarantee social mobility.
Businesses engage with AE in the following ways:
- We deliver ground breaking change programmes to executives in business
- Corporate Sponsorship and Marketing
- Corporate CSR engagement– supporting the development of young people through our activities
- Corporate L&D engagement– developing your staff, by developing young adults (that have demonstrated the prerequisite skills, attributes & attitudes to be chosen.
- Engaging both L&D and CSR agendas and resources together for greater impact and value.
AE has a track-record of strong partnership relations, artfully- with a professional and light-touch- championing social engagement and change. Often reaching executives within organisations that CSR might otherwise struggle to reach.
AE has worked with the following organisations AMONGST OTHERS: Coutts, GSK, EDF, YSC, Linklaters, SKANSKA, Eversheds, Investec, Kerry Foods, ASOS, Endemol Shine and The Eden Project. From January 2015 to Present (1 year) London, United KingdomDirector/Coach @ tagg consultancy offers coaching (leadership/Management/Business/Life), consulting and facilitation within organisations, developing strategy, improved performance and communication, to create an environment for sustainable growth and success.
Partnering individuals, teams and organisations, to build tailored solutions, tagg have developed and delivered programmes- Manager as Coach, in Customer Experience, Team Building (using experiential learning); one-to-one and team coaching, using HBDI profiling; personal brand development and facilitation.
I have worked with business owners/managers to develop business plans with structured goals. Working closely with you, we can develop a clear direction for your business with a flexible plan to get you to where you want to be. Working with me I can help you develop you resilience and give you confidence in your own abilities to drive your business.
Paying particular interest in how organisations learn and work together using a "whole" thinking style, tagg partners can co create vision and inspiration to help carry the momentum to succeed.
“I have a particular interest in how we learn and work together, and so feel that coaching is a powerful tool in build self belief and resilience. I want to create a space that gives my clients room to grow and to ultimately succeed for themselves.”
Working with SME's & charities, I would like to develop these areas further.
Charity Chief Executive: "George Horn's challenging but supportive style of personal coaching was invaluable in helping me through a period of enormous pressure when it felt like things were getting the better of me. He helped me understand my strengths and have the confidence to face up to and work on my weaknesses. I am more resilient and self-aware as a result" From December 2008 to Present (7 years 1 month) Group and one-to-one Coach @ Supporting the youth counselling charity by offering a different solution to their existing and new clients.
Delivering several Coaching for Confidence programmes over a six week programme, and One-to-One Coaching sessions as part of a parachute programme to move individuals into greater confidence. From June 2012 to Present (3 years 7 months) Watford, United KingdomTraining & Development Manager @ Responsible for training & development, appraisals and retaining of the very best promotional staff across the UK. including developing a Customer Experience Programme, and the design of a Reward & Recognition programme.
Design and construction of Event Managers Programme- all aspects of managing an event, leadership, managing people effectively, performance management, team management, motivation and operational skills.
Responsibility for project managing the development of puritystaffing.com- site development to launch February 2014.
Helped Purity achieve our accreditation of ISO and the developing of Purity Compliance.
We are Purity, specialists in brand engagement. We define ourselves by creative thinking & great implementation. We bring brands to life delivering memorable & successful campaigns through brand engagement, experiential marketing, field marketing, event management & promotional staffing
The Purity staffing Team provide exceptional staffing solutions for clients across the UK and beyond. Purity Staffing is the online portal for all talent that we manage including event managers, promotional staff, brand ambassadors, models and entertainers. From March 2013 to January 2015 (1 year 11 months) Talent Manager @ (Pure) Talent Manager- Responsible for all aspects of resourcing, recruiting, training & developing, and retaining of the very best promotional staff across the UK.
We are Purity, specialists in brand engagement. We define ourselves by creative thinking & great implementation. We bring brands to life delivering memorable & successful campaigns through brand engagement, experiential marketing, field marketing, event management & promotional staffing
The PureTalent team at Purity provide exceptional staffing solutions for clients across the UK and beyond. Spectrum by Purity is the online portal f.or all talent we manage including event managers, promotional staff, brand ambassadors, models and entertainers.
Managing the Purity Talent Team, including: project expenditure & revenue; developing and ensuring standards are bench marked within the experiential marketing and event management
industry.
Supporting the account teams on live or prospective business, attending new business meetings
as and when required Achieving sales targets; Maintaining and expanding relationships with existing clients From March 2013 to January 2014 (11 months) Partner @ About Graspable
Through our years of learning and development we have acquired three fundamental truths :
-When we try to learn something new experts in the field can bring the theories to life.
-The knowledge required to gain expertise in a subject can be concentrated by experts in the field.
-Experts in the field can inspire us to find our own path to success.
We're on a mission. We know that when we speak to someone who's walked the walk, been there and done it, achieving the same goal is truly graspable. We work hard to provide examples and practice which help in the real world.
Graspable attempts to find the simple truths for people in small, medium and large enterprises. We endeavour to avoid over intellectualised and boring subject areas. We like practical solutions which have been proved to work for business and other organisations alike.
If this seems too simple, then we've done our job. From July 2012 to September 2012 (3 months) Publicity and Consultation Assistant @ To support the Chief Executive in maximising CHeCC’s interaction with young people both to promote CHeCC’s services and elicit their views on the development of community counselling services in Hertfordshire.
Promotional work
Working with Youth Connexions’ young people’s forum to complete the development of the young people’s website.
Planning and delivering the launch of the young people’s website
Preparing publicity for the young people’s website to ensure it is widely known about. Identifying corporate clients to work with, fund or support CHeCC’s work
Consultation
Developing CHeCC’s use of internet technology, such as twitter, website and facebook to provide an avenue for consulting with young people
Undertaking research with young people in general or former clients of CHeCC agencies to identify how services can be developed From June 2010 to June 2011 (1 year 1 month) Business Development Manager @ Account management, lead generation and business development: consultation with clients to provided possible solutions through energy reduction, or renewable energy generation options via feasibility studies. From May 2009 to September 2009 (5 months) Client Account Manager, VLRC @ As part of the VLRC I was responsible for managing a portfolio of 32 clients in the UK and the UAE, building relationships, maintaining subscription levels, running training demonstrations, and to grow new business working to quarterly targets.
Consultative-style advice and support within organisations, run staff training sessions, “Train the trainer” sessions, attend and/or present at meetings, client seminars and client conferences, provide updates on developments to the VLRC, and analyse to improve website usage statistics
Liaising with Senior Management, L&D and HR Personnel to ensure that delivery of expectations and quality service levels
Project manage the development of tailored portals, understanding client requirements, writing specifications documents, quotations, and liaising with client and developers to completion of project.
Actively identify opportunities for further business for Ashridge, generating and passing on leads to the Business Development teams around Ashridge, and maintain database of client intelligence From August 2007 to December 2008 (1 year 5 months) Deputy Food Services Manager @ Experience gained leading and developing several teams, creating a competency framework at
Ashridge which was aligned to group values/behaviours. To support the changes in working
practices I also developed a coaching programme to fit with other training initiatives.
Responsible across the departmental for all aspects Training & Development- role design, followed by constructing a competency framework, recruitment, induction, planning, appraisals and disciplinary. Achieved the HCIMA through TVU (now West London University).
Day to day management of Food Services (32 contracted staff and casuals aged
16-60), hygiene, health & safety, operational and capacity planning (e.g. staffing budget,
maintenance), and quality service standards eg Silver service, wedding/Banqueting. From June 2001 to July 2007 (6 years 2 months)
Management, Performance Management Leadership and Coaching @ Ashridge Business School From 2006 to 2008 HCIMA, Hospitality Management @ University of West London From 2001 to 2003 George Horn is skilled in: Organizational Development, New Business Development, Coaching, Executive Coaching, Team Building, Personal Development, Management Development, Training, Strategy, Performance Management, Training Delivery, Talent Management, Marketing, E-Learning, Hospitality Management
Websites:
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