Home Investors Offices Careers SERVICES INDUSTRIES CLIENT RESULTS NEWS & INSIGHTS ABOUT BTS Contact About BTS How BTS Accelerates and Improves Strategy Execution About Us Vision, Mission, & Culture Value Proposition Leadership BTS History Social Responsibility contact ABOUT BTS Business strategy, no matter how well researched and articulated, is only as good as its execution. For 25 years, BTS has been partnering with clients to accelerate strategic alignment and building execution capability to deliver business results. BTS CEO and founder, Henrik Ekelund, created a better way to engage organizations in strategic execution. The global leader in strategy implementation, BTS develops and delivers high-impact experiential learning initiatives that drive alignment, mindset and capability around strategic priorities. Catalysts for Profitability and Growth™ Our industry-leading tools—such as customized business simulations—create opportunities for meaningful practice. Practice strengthens alignment, builds confidence, bolsters competence and motivates action. A great plan, great practice and a rigorous results assurance process dramatically increase the odds of winning. When faced with the following opportunities leading companies turn to BTS: Alignment around strategy and key performance objectives Acceleration of strategy execution Building business acumen Improvement in business and financial decision making Transformation of sales organizations into business-results accelerators Leadership development focused on front-line execution Implementation of cultural change aligned to strategy Integration of newly merged companies Implementing new performance measurement systems Modeling complex value chains for collaborative improvements Culture, A Core Driver of Success at BTS BTS Overview BTS Fact Sheet VISION, MISSION, CULTURE & VALUES Catalyst for Profitability and Growth Vision Our vision is to be the Global Leader in Accelerating Strategic Alignment and Execution - innovating how organizations learn, change and improve. Mission We work with our clients to build commitment and capability to accelerate strategy execution and improve business results. Culture Our culture is the key reason why world-leading companies do business with us and it is why our employees consider BTS a great place to work. The following are the most powerful aspects of our culture: Values We seek to uphold six Core Values which make up our P.E.O.P.L.E. acronym. We hire new people who embrace the following: Positive Spirit and Fun. We believe that a “can do” attitude and humor enhance a successful business. We believe in looking at problems openly, and view them as opportunities. We strive to maintain a good spirit. Honesty and Integrity. We believe in being loyal to those who are not present. We believe in giving and receiving feedback constructively. We believe in treating people as equals and in respecting others’ differences. Opportunities Based on Merits. We reward and provide people with opportunities based on results and competencies. We make decisions and evaluate ideas based on their facts and merits. We achieve success through hard and effective work. Putting the Team First. We believe that BTS's success depends on teamwork and if the team needs support we do our very best to provide it. We believe in putting the team first in individual decisions and in thinking of the individual in team decisions. Lasting Value for Clients and People. We strive to build long-term relationships with our clients to create a legacy for the client and their organization. We focus on driving results forward - in learning, improved behavior and business performance. We encourage the learning, development and rewarding of BTS and its staff. We create our growth through our clients’ success and our active business generation. Excellence through Professionalism. We strive to deliver top quality solutions and services, within deadlines, to exceed client expectations. We balance client and BTS competencies, best practices and methods to achieve optimal results. VALUE PROPOSITION We deliver better results, faster. The unique BTS process offers fast strategic alignment and rapid capability building. Our key differentiators: Simulations and experiential solutions: the most effective way to help organizations understand, align and execute on strategies and business initiatives. In-depth customization: to what is relevant and actionable on the job. A results-focused approach: comprehensively and efficiently secures and measures business impact LEADERSHIP The overall goal of BTS's communication is to provide shareholders and employees, actors in the market and other stakeholders with an up-to-date, true and fair view of the Company and it's business operations. BTS believes that high-quality communication efforts actively help bolster confidence in the Company and management, making it easier to achieve business objectives. Read more about BTS's leadership below. Board of Directors Global Partners Senior Executives INSIGHT AND INNOVATION: THE STORY OF BTS In the early 1980s, Henrik Ekelund and three investors - from one of Scandinavia's most prominent strategic consulting firms, grew frustrated developing strategies for clients only to see them struggle with execution. The team sought tools to support the strategy implementation process and found an innovative new approach: business simulations. Their first implementation employed an off-the-shelf business simulation. They found that the client had good results and an enjoyable experience. Then, one of the client's division leaders requested a customized simulation to deal with a specific challenge facing the business. What does BTS stand for? Serious sounding English company names were all the rage in Sweden in 1986. BTS originally stood for Business Training Systems. Over the years, we’ve kept our initials but moved far beyond training. What they discovered was . . . The alignment and results from the customized simulation far exceeded the off-the-shelf experience. This breakthrough led to the founding of BTS Group AB in Stockholm, Sweden in 1986. At the time, its founders could only have imagined the reach this small firm would eventually have. More than 20 years later, the firm has grown into a global organization serving twenty-six of the world's 100 largest companies and more than a third of the Fortune 1000. BTS CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY Making an Impact is Critical to All Aspects of Our Business Corporate social responsibility has long been a fundamental part of BTS’s company culture and values. This belief has guided us for more than 25 years, and continues to shape our social and environmental responsibility. Recent global economic instability has emphasized the value of developing institutions for the long term, demonstrating responsibility in the present moment, while balancing a commitment to a sustainable world for future generations. We remain firmly committed to creating lasting social change in the issues that affect us all. And we have much to contribute. At BTS, corporate social responsibility is an active company-wide initiative and a dynamic grassroots affair. As a company, we strive to practice environmental sustainability, promote economic development, empower our employees’ personal volunteering activities, and develop thought leadership. As individuals, our people at all levels pursue the causes that empower them most and motivate the rest of us to get involved and make a difference. We are deeply committed to being responsible corporate citizens. It guides what we do as a firm, but we do it because it’s who we are. BTS employees are eager to make a difference and prepared to take the lead Henrik Ekelund, Founder & CEO Our Corporate Social Responsibility Engagements Our corporate social responsibility initiatives focus on three general areas: Sustainability We identify climate change and greenhouse gas emissions as a pressing priority. BTS is dedicated to embedding sustainability into our business practices and communities. Learn More » Economic Development BTS investments focus on initiatives, organizations and projects that share our vision for positive development and change achieved through learning processes and skill transfer. Learn More » Charitable Contributions We encourage volunteerism. To empower our employee efforts, BTS offers quarterly donations to support the charitable organizations and causes most important to them. 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