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
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
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
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
