Words from CEO Henrik Ekelund

Ten times in ten years

2011 marks the tenth full year of business since BTS listed on the NASDAQ-OMX. Ten years ago we announced ambitious goals. How well have we done? We are proud over our achievements. Revenues have grown five times, and profit after tax has grown ten times. During these ten years, we have also invested to build a much stronger business. We have developed from a business in Sweden and the US to a global business with 27 offices on all continents, and from one product to a broad portfolio of solutions in three practice areas. We have a strong platform for continuous, sustainable growth.

Our success starts with our customers' results

Companies of today have vast business opportunities - at the same time significant risks and more intense competition than ever. A good strategy is a start. An effective and rapid execution will drive success. The traditional partners, who provide advice and support to companies, come in two formats. First, the traditional management-consulting firms, whose core competence is to find data, analyze a problem and serve their clients a deck of slides including recommendations. Second, the traditional training and communication businesses, whose core competence is to organize management training courses and internal communication events based on traditional one-way communication methods. In a world where speed and efficiency of execution is what separates winners from losers, both of these two are becoming less relevant. Enter BTS. Our ten-year growth track record is ultimately driven by the results our customers achieve when they partner with BTS. When our customers see results, they give us more business.

E=AMC

It is more difficult to execute a strategy than to create it. We apply an effective formula with our customers to drive excellent execution; E = AMC. We believe that Excellent Execution primarily is a function of an organization's Alignment, Mindset and Capabilities. Of course, resources allocated as well as the development of structures, systems and processes also drive execution. However – people lead all of this! People are – and remain – the critical factor in execution; and more precisely – the people's alignment, mindset and capabilities. Research shows that 70 percent of fired CEOs are terminated not because they lacked vision, but because they failed to engage the organization in carrying out their strategies. We have the privilege of working with many great business organizations that demonstrate excellence in strategic alignment and are adept at rapid execution; Accenture, Chevron, Unilever, Standard Bank, to name a few. Serving world class and demanding companies is where BTS truly excels.

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