Energy

Across commercial oil and gas, utilities, power, and renewables, BTS helps close the distance between your strategy and the way your business runs: across leaders, teams, decisions and ways of working.

Energy companies navigating change on every front.

Energy companies are being asked to do two things at once: deliver the safe, reliable performance the world depends on today while building the more digital, lower-carbon energy system of tomorrow. The real challenge is not responding to each shift separately, but leading them as one connected transformation.

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Success will depend on leaders who can see the whole system, turn strategy into action, and give people the confidence to move forward. Companies that build this leadership capacity now will be ready to sustain performance today and shape what comes next.

A retiring workforce is creating knowledge and leadership gaps, making succession and accelerated readiness urgent.

AI is transforming operations, requiring leaders to drive human-AI collaboration and adoption across technical and non-technical teams.

Consolidation is accelerating across energy, putting deal value at risk when integration falls short.

Capital discipline is shifting commercial accountability to technical leaders, many of whom lack formal commercial training.

Renewables, storage, and lower-carbon portfolios demand new technical and commercial capabilities, requiring leaders who can run legacy-plus-transition portfolios.

Hyperscaler and AI power demand is compressing project timelines, forcing faster capital-project execution and new partnership models.

"The [BTS] program has shifted minds culturally to accept the need to exploit synergies in the group. It is the catalyst for change."

Roy Gardner
CEO, Centrica
How we help

Oil & Gas

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We bring deep oil & gas experience to highly tailored solutions built around the realities of your business, from workforce transitions and knowledge transfer to M&A, culture, and frontline performance.

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Through immersive simulations and leadership experiences, people practice the decisions and behaviors they need to navigate change, lead teams, and perform in the moments that matter.

Oil & gas client stories

Client Story
May 08, 2025
Sustainable leadership transformation in the oil and gas industry
A global oil and gas company partnered with BTS to empower 1,500+ frontline leaders to drive sustainable transformation boosting performance.
Client Story
January 1, 2020
Driving a safety culture
An international oil and gas corporation partnered with BTS to create a leadership development program that improved safety culture by 75%.
How we help

Utilities & power

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We understand the specialized demands of utilities and power, and design each experience around your strategy, operating environment, and business challenges, from enterprise alignment to new ways of working.

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Through immersive simulations and scenario-based learning, leaders practice complex decisions, cross-functional collaboration, and leading change before they have to do it for real.

Utilities & power client stories

Client Story
May 22, 2024
Maximizing M&A value creation through culture transformation
A leading global energy provider acquired a competitor and partnered with BTS to address cultural integration during the "first 100 days."
Client Story
November 1, 2024
Transforming leadership culture for enterprise alignment
A global energy company partnered with BTS to co-create an immersive simulation, transforming its ways of working.

How we work with energy clients

Business simulations

Put leaders inside your operating reality, from capital calls and outage decisions to regulatory pressure or a merger, and let them practice before the stakes are high.

Applying AI at scale

We work with AI inside every engagement, redesigning the roles, workflows, and decisions your people own, so the investment shows up in production, cost, and safety instead of another stalled pilot.

Strategy execution

Build a strategy that translates into the decisions your leaders make every day.

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Leader development

Development that results in real shifts in how your leaders think, decide and show up.

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Organizational transformation

Build an organization that thrives through change.

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Talent insights & assessment

Get clarity on who's actually ready to lead at the next level.

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Insights for energy leaders

Blog
September 25, 2026
The future-ready executive
Why the next generation of C-level leaders needs a different kind of readiness.
Blog
September 8, 2026
Succession planning check-in: Is your mid-year talent review actually working?
Is your succession planning actually working? Test your mid-year talent review against three questions: framework, conversations, and progress.
Blog
August 24, 2026
Selling changed. Did your kickoff?
Most sales kickoffs are roadmap readouts. Here is how to design one that changes what sellers do when they walk back into the field.
Client Stories
September 30, 2026
Developing a future-ready senior leadership pipeline in global energy
BTS partnered with an oil and gas company after an $11.2B acquisition to build its senior leadership bench. 10 of 12 leaders advanced within 12 months.
Client Stories
September 24, 2026
Building enterprise thinking across the utilities leadership pipeline
A U.S. electric utility used BTS enterprise simulations to build strategy alignment and enterprise thinking across 300+ leaders, from senior executives to frontline supervisors.
Client Stories
September 23, 2026
Redesigning critical workflows in Health Insurance with Claude
How a large U.S. health insurance organization moved beyond individual productivity to advance 30 high-value workflows with Claude.
Whitepapers
September 30, 2026
Pyramid, kite, or house
AI is removing the work that once built expertise. See how the kite and the house shape your talent pipeline, and why the choice shouldn't be left to default.
Whitepapers
September 28, 2026
The 6 challenges of top executives
Two decades working with senior leaders across four continents reveal the six patterns now defining what it takes to lead at the top.
Whitepapers
September 16, 2026
The EQ blind spot: What senior leaders get wrong about executive presence
BTS research on thousands of leaders reveals that while expertise builds credibility, emotional intelligence drives real executive presence and results.
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Every successful transformation begins with a meaningful conversation. Connect with us to explore how BTS can partner with you to make the shift.