Henley Customer | Case Trioworld: Leaders of the Future

HENLEY BUSINESS SCHOOL NORDIC

Case Trioworld: Leaders of the Future

The challenge

Trioworld identified a clear need to strengthen leadership capabilities in communication, influence, and cross-functional collaboration—especially within a matrix environment.

To address this, Henley and Trioworld designed a programme to develop Trioworld’s future leaders into ambassadors of change and make them feel like forerunners of their industry—people who would not only lead the way forward but also communicate that vision effectively across their organisation.

The key objectives were to enhance participants’ ability to influence in diverse contexts, lead across functions, and grow as self-aware, responsible leaders capable of shaping the company’s culture and future.

The Henley Solution

In cooperation with Trioworld executive committee and board representatives, Henley designed a development journey that addresses Trioworld’s current business challenges by using experimental learning and developing elements that are relevant for leaders in continuously changing business environment: freedom to fail, brave leadership and influencing for transformation. The programme was designed to bring impact on a personal, team, organisational and even sectoral level.

Programme Content

Participants experienced a dynamic, international learning journey through a combination of residential modules and virtual masterclasses. The in-person workshops took place in Malmö (Sweden), Henley-on-Thames (UK), and Amsterdam (Netherlands), bringing to life rich and diverse learning environments.

The programme covered topics such as:

Strategic & Future thinking
Tactical, technical and human-centric skills
Capabilities to drive the transformation; the mindset: beliefs, behaviours & habits
Influencing skills, such as communication, facilitation & collaboration, to catalyse transformation across the matrix organisation;
- leader as teacher' skills & capabilities to spread knowledge across their teams/business units
- the tools & techniques to build psychological safety and encourage a culture of experimentation, learning and innovation

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The Impact

The impact of the programme was measured on personal, team, organisational, and sectoral levels through an impact evaluation that was conducted six months after the end of the programme. The results speak for themselves.

Participants were asked to rate the programme’s impact using a five-point scale:

The programme helped me build the mindset I need to lead change: 4.0 / 5
I have built strong, trust-based relationships with other leaders at Trioworld: 4.5 / 5
I feel more ready to have open and honest conversations that lead to new ideas: 4.6 / 5
I feel more ready and motivated to help shape the future of the wider industry: 4.3 / 5

“I think I have grown as a person and become more responsive and open to other perspectives and ideas. I have a much better understanding of the importance of community, psychological safety, and relationships built on trust.”
– Anonymous participant

One concrete example of the programme’s impact is that 4 out of 17 participants were promoted to more senior positions within six months of completing the training.

The most important changes reported were deeply personal, yet organisationally significant: participants described feeling more