Andy Atkins

SVP & Partner, Organization Activation CoE 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

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Blog Posts
January 23, 2026
The silent productivity problem: prioritization
Andy Atkins shares a practical and timely perspective on how leaders can address the root causes of prioritization by focusing on three essentials: tasks, tracking and trust.
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Blog Posts
November 5, 2025
From top-down to judgment all around: The AI imperative for organizations
Discover why AI makes human judgment the new competitive edge and how organizations can develop leaders ready to out-judge, not out-think, AI.
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Blog Posts
January 17, 2025
Unlocking Leadership Potential
Explore how coaching can elevate your leadership capabilities.
Blog Posts
July 28, 2023
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
November 9, 2022
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.
Blog Posts
July 27, 2021
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
May 14, 2020
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.
Podcasts
December 4, 2025
The science of great conversations
Harvard professor Alison Wood Brooks breaks down the science of great conversations, from asking better questions to listening out loud and building real connection.
Whitepapers
June 8, 2026
What high-performing teams actually do.
New BTS research reveals what separates high-performing teams from the rest. Discover the behavioral norms that predict team effectiveness and how to build them.
Whitepapers
February 15, 2023
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
November 9, 2022
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.
Whitepapers
August 24, 2021
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
May 5, 2020
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.
Future Relevant: Next Practices to Adapt, Thrive, and Go Beyond
Join us for a provocative webinar where we’ll unpack the six Next Practices that set Future Relevant organizations apart. Walk away with actionable strategies to challenge the status quo and ensure your organization doesn’t just react to change—it shapes it.
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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.

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