Our promise

Our promise

We will inspire and stretch you with role model leaders who exemplify our Leadership Expectations and consistently perform and transform.

That's Rolls-Royce working for you.

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What you can expect

We work with a Strategic Progress Mindset, meaning we are focused on performing and transforming at the same time.

This clarity of vision helps leaders of all types across Rolls-Royce to understand expectations, but also underpins training programmes, coaching and clear indicators to help them excel.

One Enterprise Mindset, One Team

Perform - Run the Organisation

Lead across the ecosystem, setting and communicating clear direction and expectations.

Embrace one Rolls-Royce, one team mindset

Transform - Change the Organisation

Believe in the extraordinary! Be passionate about the success of the business and hungry for success.

Encourage open and respectful debate and inclusion of diverse perspectives.

Adaptiveness and Resilience

Perform - Run the Organisation

Adapt to change and pivot strategies to ensure timely and effective execution in a dynamic environment.

Transform - Change the Organisation

Increase Resilience, build flexible and agile structure and processes.

Holistic Thinking, Simplification, and Decisiveness

Perform - Run the Organisation

Connect the dots and see the bigger picture.

Create fit for purpose solutions and reduce complexity.

Transform - Change the Organisation

Make fast and well-informed decisions leveraging world class benchmarks where it matters most.

Execution and Business Impact

Perform - Run the Organisation

Build high trust and mobilize teams through purpose, focus, and strategic alignment.

Optimise high performance and deliver consistent results.

Manage risks and take timely interventions.

Transform - Change the Organisation

Create a systematic rhythm in the organisation to enable our strategic progress ambition.

Operational Effectiveness

Perform - Run the Organisation

Prioritise dynamically (applying intensity, pace, and rigour where it matters the most.)

Transform - Change the Organisation

Build proactive responsiveness capabilities.

Build Talent and Capabilities

Perform - Run the Organisation

Apply high-performance focus across business and people, provide regular feedback, and have zero tolerance for mediocrity.

Transform - Change the Organisation

Increase curiosity and learning agility, future-proof capabilities by upskilling talent through hiring, reskilling, and talent mobility.

Your development

Leadership at Rolls-Royce is not about a job title. It’s more about a mindset – moving from running an organisation to transforming it. It’s about taking responsibility, inspiring others and guiding a team towards a goal. It’s not about being the loudest voice in the room, but about creating space for others to succeed.

We have high expectations of our leaders, but we also provide a wide range of tools and training to help those expectations be met – and to help you become the leader you want to be.


From coaching and communication to managing dispersed teams and maintaining environments of safety for your people, you will have access to courses and colleagues that will enhance your leadership confidence and capability.

Whether your career ambition is functional leadership in a specific discipline, commercial leadership in a global context, people leadership in a complex business or another type of leadership altogether, Rolls-Royce can help elevate your expectations and provide an environment in which your determination and commitment can thrive.

About you

You believe in the extraordinary.

Lead with vision and integrity, align others to our purpose, and turn challenge into progress.

You take ownership and accountability to drive strategic progress, regardless of where you sit in the organisation.

That's you at Rolls-Royce.

Hannah

In action: Hannah

"I am excited to be a leader in Design Engineering at this point in Rolls-Royce’s history where we are developing new technologies, looking at completely different engine architectures and have the opportunity to really make a huge difference to the way in which we work in Rolls-Royce and how we impact global society. 

I understand where I need to act as a change agent within the organisation to drive forward this transformation."

Find out more

Engagement & recognition

Engagement & Recognition

Capability & skills

Capability & Skills

Perfomance

Performance

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