BTS Signs an Agreement worth more than SEK 4.5 million with Leading North American Financial Institution
Stockholm, Sweden and Stamford, Ct. - BTS Group AB (publ.), the global leader in
accelerating strategic alignment and execution is proud to announce that it has
signed an agreement with a leading financial institution. Â This agreement
includes the customization and delivery of a leadership development initiative
targeted toward the company's middle management is valued at approximately SEK
4.5 million.
"We are proud that one of the world's leading financial institutions has decided
to invest with BTS in the development of its mid-level leaders," says Henrik
Ekelund, President and CEO of BTS Group AB.
The objective of the initiative is to develop the company's 600+ mid-level
leaders. The main focus of the project is to expand their strategic thinking,
understanding and skills related to leadership effectiveness, and the role
leadership plays in impacting the company's performance and results. The program
will leverage BTS's newly released "Leading Strategy Execution" Program.
This agreement covers the program customization and roll-out commencing in early
2012.
For more information, please contact:
Thomas Ahlerup
Senior Vice President
Investor and Corporate Communications
BTS Group AB
Phone             +46-8-5870 7002
Mobile             +46-768 966 300
E-mail             thomas.ahlerup@bts.com
About BTS Group AB
BTS partners with leading companies to accelerate strategy alignment and
execution, innovating how organizations learn, grow and improve. BTS is the
world leader in customized business simulations and discovery-based learning
solutions that enable leading corporations to grow and become successful through
change and improvement processes.
BTS adds value to its clients through three practice areas: Strategic
Alignment & Business Acumen, Leadership & Management, and Sales Force
Transformation.  BTS also has strong capabilities in Operational Excellence &
Project Management and offer an innovative Engage for Change process.
BTS has approximately 300 highly talented employees serving more than 400
clients including 40 of the US Fortune 100 companies and 27 of the Global
Fortune 100 largest corporations in the world. In 2010 BTS revenues was SEK 694
million. Recent selected BTS clients include AT&T, Ericsson, Rio Tinto, BBVA,
Standard Chartered Bank, Kimberly-Clark, Sony, Unilever.
BTS serves its clients from Stockholm, Helsinki, Amsterdam, Brussels, London,
Paris, Madrid, Bilbao, New York, Stamford, Philadelphia, Scottsdale, Los
Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Austin, Mexico City, Sao Paolo, Johannesburg,
Sydney, Melbourne, Singapore, Mumbai, Bangkok, Seoul, Shanghai, Taipei and
Tokyo.
BTS is a public company listed on the NASDAQ-OMX Stockholm and trades under the
symbol BTS B.
For more information please visit www.bts.com.
About The BTS Advantage Way(TM)
This highly innovative process engages senior leaders to create a strong "line
of sight" from each learner to their organization's goals and strategic
priorities. The BTS methodology begins with impact mapping, which closely aligns
the learning initiative to corporate goals and works backwards to determine the
critical behaviours and skills required by employees. The process culminates
with built-in mechanisms that capture outcomes, ROI and anecdotal success cases
for replication across the firm
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