Last year, drawing on interviews with more than 50 automotive leaders, our Torque & Truth research found that the leadership pipeline is not ready for what comes next. The shortfall was not one of talent, because capable people exist in abundance. It was one of preparedness, caused by a mismatch between how leaders have historically...Read More

Last year, through our work with 50 automotive leaders, Ennis & Co found that AI had become everyone’s priority but no one’s strength. Leaders were unanimous that digital capability would define future competitiveness – and almost as unanimous in admitting their organisations were not yet confident in delivering it. A year on, in conversation with...Read More

Last year, through our work with 50 automotive leaders, Ennis & Co argued the case that cost pressure in automotive has stopped being cyclical. Leaders are no longer managing through a downturn and waiting for conditions to improve. The constraint, we found, is permanent and something that strategy must work within. In conversation with three...Read More

When we published Torque & Truth, the leadership analysis, one of the key themes raised by senior leaders was that speed of decision making and implementation had moved from being an operational concern to a defining strategic issue. Slow decisions, leaders were recognising, carry their own risk. The gap between strategic intent and execution pace,...Read More

“Change” might be one of the most overworked words in business today. Mention change internally and most organisations immediately think disruption, uncertainty, restructuring, cost-cutting or risk. In response, “change programmes” are launched to manage fear before anything has even happened. And yet, when you look at consistently high-performing teams, there is often a different emphasis....Read More

12–18 minutes Three leaders. Three organisations. One shared effort to close the gap between strategy and delivery. Earlier this year, Ennis & Co research drawn from interviews with fifty senior leaders across the automotive industry arrived at an uncomfortable finding. Leaders were broadly aligned on where the industry was heading but far less confident their...Read More

What if the market isn’t your biggest risk, but the capability gaps created by the automotive performance paradox? Across the sector, leaders are being forced into difficult trade‑offs. Cost pressures are driving job cuts and hiring freezes, yet the demands of transformation, electrification, and new‑brand disruption require more capability, not less. It’s a tension every...Read More

The hidden realities threatening transformation across the automotive sector The behavioural patterns holding organisations back when they must accelerate The practical leadership changes organisations can make to deliver their ambitions Stockbridge 19 March: Ennis & Co has released a major new leadership report, Torque & Truth, capturing a rare, unfiltered view of how senior leaders...Read More

Phil Moody, the 2026 Bunny Ennis Fund winner, shares the journey that took him from a quiet upbringing in the North East to leading Volvo’s growing Customer Care operation. In this interview, he reflects on stepping outside his comfort zone, building a people-first CX culture and how the award will help shape the next stage...Read More

Reflections from an intimate forum at Bonhams, London – 24 February Yesterday, in the refined surroundings of Bonhams, New Bond Street, Ennis & Co Group convened a room of senior automotive leaders for Torque & Truth. A forum designed as a thinking space for those carrying the real weight of leadership in the sector. Chairs,...Read More