Andy Atkins

Executive and Team Performance Practice Leader

Andy is the Executive and Team Performance Global Practice Leader, overseeing BTS’s executive services in succession planning and readiness, executive presence and communications development, and team performance acceleration at all levels in organizations. Through advisory relationships and facilitation, Andy helps leaders and teams develop insights and acquire skills to create alignment for business performance. He brings a particular focus on how to increase trust and engagement through strategic communications and effective individual and group interactions.

Prior to joining Bates, a BTS Company, Andy was the Chief Innovation Officer with Interaction Associates where he led the firm’s development of products and next generation services. He has held senior leadership positions in Human Resources and Leadership and Organizational Development with Bank of America, Genuity, Fidelity Investments, and Arthur D. Little. Andy earned his MBA at Columbia University where he was the Goldman Sachs Fellowship recipient.

Industry expertise

Andy has coached and consulted to executives and teams in a wide range of organizations, including Dow, Fidelity Investments, Wells Fargo, Takeda, Biogen, Shire, State Street, BlueCross BlueShield, Corning, Comcast, GE, Kronos, Disney, Adobe, Verizon, TJX, Aldo, and Tory Burch.

Publications

Blog Posts
January 17, 2025
5
min read

Cultivate Braver Conversations for Trust & Innovation

Unlock the power of braver conversations
Blog Posts
July 28, 2023
5
min read

Training your way to culture change? Think again.

Andy Atkins, VP, shares reasons that training alone cannot sufficiently change culture across the organization.
Blog Posts
May 14, 2020
5
min read

On video, amp up your presence with your FIELD of vision

Here are five tips to upgrade your presence on video. To help remember them, think about being aware of your “FIELD of vision” on video.
Blog Posts
July 27, 2021
5
min read

Executive presence: more important than ever

Executive presence matters. That's why we launched the Bates ExPI™, the only research-based, validated, scientific way to measure Executive Presence.
Blog Posts
November 9, 2022
5
min read

Is your culture past its sell-by date?

Alex Amsden, Andy Atkins, and Mallory Meyer outline how to keep your culture fresh, spot the warning sings, and achieve your strategic vision.
Whitepapers
February 15, 2023
5
min read

The next generation team: an "outside-in" perspective

It’s commonly understood today that simply hiring great individual leaders won’t be enough to make your company successful. The work of the organization gets done in teams.
Whitepapers
May 5, 2020
5
min read

Influence by design

In this article published in the Spring 2020 issue of Rotman Management, Andy Atkins shares a new way of looking at influence.
Whitepapers
August 24, 2021
5
min read

The upside of positive team disharmony

Working in perfect harmony is not what makes a team great. It is actually productive disharmony that leaders should seek.
Whitepapers
November 9, 2022
5
min read

Is your culture driving your success—or tanking it?

The global pandemic made leaders realize that they now need to evolve their culture to keep supporting their business goals.
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Interested in joining the BTS team?

BTS is working to modernize business culture around the globe. We’re looking for creative, courageous, and empathetic individuals who want to help individuals and teams find a greater purpose in their work. We love what we do, and we think you would too.