Keith Stevens | BSC Psychology, UK Diploma in Coaching

INTRODUCTION

A top-level senior executive, consultant, coach and mentor. A dynamic and accomplished CEO/MD/Marketing Director with a career spanning 30 years with deep Consulting, Coaching, Mentoring, Facilitation and global business experience. Keith is a global citizen with considerable achievements in business strategy, marketing, brand strategy, inspiring leadership, team development and general management. He has a great balance between big picture thinking and operational reality. Corporate and Entrepreneurship.

EXPERIENCE

Acknowledged leader and strategist, qualified Executive coach and mentor, Keith is able to embrace different cultures and operate effectively both nationally & internationally. Keith has a real passion for strategy, leadership development and team effectiveness. Experienced in growth, start up and turnaround strategies. Proven track record in growing profits, developing strategy, delivering on plans and growing brands and people. Keith has worked for the world’s largest and most successful private FMCG companies, with a glittering array of global brands and consistently voted a Top Company to work for – Mars, Inc. Keith has led WPP’s Marketing Consultancy, Kantar and consulted for some of the world’s biggest and most successful companies. More recently, Keith has followed an entrepreneurial path & created 2 award winning beverage start up business’s, PURA Soda and ABSTINENCE and launched a new business fractional/CEO designed to offer small and medium companies affordable access to CEO thinking.

COACHING PHILOSOPHY AND WAY OF WORKING

Keith is a thinking partner that embraces a solution-focussed approach. What this means is that Keith starts with a core belief in the competence of whomever he is coaching and focusses on creating solutions not dwelling too long on problems. Results oriented, Keith rapidly builds trust to encourage supportive yet challenging conversations. People are typically time poor & they & their organisations expect quick results and demonstrable momentum.

Keith has many years of executive and business coaching experience, and use a combination of structured coaching models, deep thinking and listening skills with a dose of pragmatism borne of his rich and varied work experience to achieve outstanding results. An innate ability to build rapport quickly, Keith builds trust, agrees dynamic goals and bring a positive challenge process with his Clients.

 EXPERIENCE AS A COACH

Keith has been coaching formally for more than 10 years. He has coached C-suite individuals as well as Senior Leaders and Young Talent in diverse industries from Financial Services (Banks, Asset Management, Insurance), FMCG & beyond. Keith has also done a significant amount of Team development work, especially in the area of “High Performing Teams”. Keith is also a mentor guiding people in their professional development. In addition, he has led lots of Senior Strategic workshops.

 QUALIFICATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS

  • BSC Psychology, University of Southampton, UK
  • Diploma in Coaching, South African College of Applied Psychology, Cape Town, South Africa
  • Time to Think (Nancy Kline)
  • Flawless Consulting (Peter Block)
  • Member of COMENSA
  • Enneagram/Five lens accredited                                                    
  • Strategy: Leadership, Added Value University UK/USA/Singapore
  • Strategy: Leadership, Mars, Inc University, USA
  • Senior Strategy Programme, Henley Management College, UK
  • Diploma in Marketing, Institute of Grocery Distribution, UK
  • Director-of two companies: Curated Beverages & il consigliere