Seco’s transformation journey earns international Gold
Seco and Hult Ashridge Executive Education were named recipients of the 2026 EFMD Excellence in Practice Gold Award in the Organizational Development category earlier this year.The EFMD award celebrates a partnership with Hult Ashridge that is turning leadership development into measurable value for customers and the business.
Seco and Hult Ashridge Executive Education were named recipients of the 2026 EFMD Excellence in Practice Gold Award in the Organizational Development category earlier this year. The award was formally presented at the EFMD Executive Development Conference in Dublin on October 8, 2026, in recognition of their joint case, Leading transformation from within. Stefan Steenstrup, Victor Folkebrant, Silvia Ciceri, and Dan Sikora accepted it on behalf of Seco.
The Excellence in Practice Awards celebrate learning and development partnerships that deliver measurable organizational and business impact. Seco’s winning case shows how the company is strengthening leadership and collaboration as it evolves from a product supplier into an end-to-end solutions partner.
Turning learning into business change
Seco’s collaboration with Hult Ashridge goes beyond traditional leadership training. Learning is applied to real business challenges, helping leaders and teams work across boundaries, hold more open conversations about transformation, and take greater ownership of change.
This approach connects new ways of leading and working with customer needs, supporting Seco’s ambition to create greater, more sustainable value.
“In our transformative work, in close partnership with Hult Ashridge, we’ve created the conditions for more open dialog, stronger collaboration, and continuous learning across the organization. This has helped us shift the way we create value for our customers, from being seen as a product seller to an end-to-end solution provider. I’m proud that our work and partnership with Hult Ashridge has been recognized with this EFMD Gold Award,” said Stefan Steenstrup, President of Seco.
Measurable impact
Reported outcomes include:
- The pipeline of opportunities involving solution based customer offers tripled.
- Revenue from sustainable solutions grew by 35% year over year.
- 82% of leaders felt confident facilitating transformation conversations, an increase of 24 percentage points.
- Seco’s employee Net Promoter Score (eNPS) rose from 11 to 25.
- Executive team increased time spent on strategic topics with 30ppt.
Together, the results link investment in people and leadership capability with stronger business performance and customer value.
Building on the recognition
The Gold Award reflects the shared commitment of Seco, Hult Ashridge, and colleagues across the organization. It provides independent validation of an approach that places learning and customer value at the heart of change.
As Seco advances its Strategy 2030 business strategy, the transformation journey now leads from within, will continue helping leaders and teams navigate change, work across boundaries, and create sustainable value for customers.
About the EFMD Excellence in Practice Awards
The awards recognize outstanding learning and development partnerships and assess the business challenge, the initiative, the partnership, and its impact.
