Rolls-Royce strengthens leaders’ resilience to fortify the business

Rolls-Royce is an enduring and iconic brand known for quality, engineering excellence, integrity, and commitment to its customers. Since Tufan Erginbilgic joined Rolls-Royce as CEO in 2023, the company has been committed to becoming an even more “high-performing, competitive, resilient, and growing business” to ensure its success continues for the next century and beyond.

Rolls-Royce recognized that to build a stronger Rolls-Royce, it must “invest in the capabilities of its people, ensuring a high-performing, resilient and world-leading team.” Rolls-Royce needed leaders across all businesses—Civil Aerospace, Defence and Power Systems —to be supported so they could perform at their peak and support their teams, especially during times of immense uncertainty and change.

Rolls-Royce got started by ensuring key leaders and critical talent were equipped with the mindsets and behaviours to navigate change themselves and lead others through change. How people process change and strategize what action to take next is a deeply personal experience that often varies from person to person. Since coaching is one of the most effective and efficient ways to shift mindsets and build behaviours, Rolls-Royce partnered with BetterUp to coach its leaders over 6 months with BetterUp Lead.

Through BetterUp Rolls-Royce leaders received unlimited 1:1 coaching from BetterUp’s experienced, credentialed leadership coaches, as well as access to curated digital learning experiences to further support their development. Leaders focused on strengthening skills like resilience, agility, stress management, focus, strategic planning and goal attainment.