Ceo on LinkedIn speech1 Feb 2023 18:11
Last week I talked with our global Rolls-Royce family in my first town hall since becoming CEO.
What I want to inspire is an urgent need to think differently, challenge the status quo, and change the ways we work to become more efficient, higher performing, and more competitive. We need to earn the right to invest in our future so we can play a big role in the world, decarbonising the industries we operate in today. We are going to do this together, as one team, because I fundamentally believe history is written by the people who show up to shape things and to make a difference.
I will lead an open, frank, and transparent conversation about the business. I have always said: if you don’t understand where you are today and don’t have the intent to create a different future, you’ll always remain in your current reality.
My motivation is to get Rolls-Royce to a place where, in another 150 years, the company will still be doing great things for the world, as it has throughout its long history.
As I finished the day alongside colleagues, it was the enthusiasm, positive energy, and honesty that affirmed my strong belief in Rolls-Royce’s collective capability to win together—with mind and heart.