205: How To Lead & Inspire - Lessons From Nomadic Tribes With Kevin Cottam & Kevin Bees, Profit Maximisation Expert

He is a Global Nomad, Leadership Coach, Professional Speaker, Author. For over 40 years, Kevin has choreographed, inspired, coached, and guided, world and Olympic figure skating champions and directed the 1988 Olympic Closing Ceremonies as well as multi-million-dollar touring figure skating productions. He has lived and worked on 4 continents, in 15 major cities and over 60 countries.

 

Author of the iconic leadership book, The Nomadic Mindset: Never Settle…for Too Long, he integrates his nomadic research of wisdom, mobility, principles of nomads, nature and sustainability practices with contemporary leadership. This fresh knowledge, approach and methods, he shares with global coaching and speaking clients like Novartis, OCBC, Givaudan, the European Union Institutions and Agencies.

 

People say, Kevin, is ‘not a business as usual/out of the box’ coach or speaker. His authentic quiet supportive graceful authority, powerful and inspiring presence, and refreshing unique ability to dare, adapt and draw out the best performances in people as an industry outsider is why clients seek him out to work with them.

 

Kevin’s purpose, based on his global reflections and experiences, is to allow his light to ignite the light in others (potential/performance), inspiring his coaching clients and audiences to sustainably pause, reflect and expand so they can lead and MoveON impacting others no matter their role, situation, or location.

Kevin Cottam shared in this episode:

• What is a Global Nomad - expansive thinking, mindset.

• How to have a mindset of freedom, in a world of uncertainties

• The importance of inter connecting with other cultures

• How to better understand cultures, individuals and people

• What Kevin learned about leadership from being with nomadic tribes.

• Why we need a new mindset - we need to see and live in a different way.

• How uncertainty can be where we learn and grow.

• How do we detach and live in uncertainty & open to creativity & more.

• The importance of RISK - you have to risk every day…

• The importance of being uncomfortable in order to grow, especially athletes

• The importance of responsibility - we need to take responsibility for our lives, and for our performance.

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• How to remove borders and limitations for your team if you want them to succeed.

• What are the implications if you don’t do something?

• The 3 mindsets - settlers, builders, nomads

• Why The Community economy is growing, and why that is a good thing.

• His Life-changing question, which came from Viktor Frankl’s -  Mans Search For Meaning: “What is life asking from you?” and how this shifts you to a service mindset.

• And much more…

 

 

Resources Mentioned In The Show:

• www.thenomadicmindset.com

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-cottam/

• Mans Search for meaning - Viktor Frankl https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4069.Man_s_Search_for_Meaning
  
  

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