Christmas in August! Cultural Approaches to Planning
Trust me, I don’t want to be thinking about Christmas in early August… But I live in the UK and have a young child, so the emails advertising festive shows and visits to Santa have started coming in… In...
Details
Attending ‘Mobility Untangled’
Barton Insights was delighted to attend the ‘Mobility Untangled’ event hosted by Pinewood Relocations and Q Apartments. What a treat to hear so many personal, knowledgeable perspectives on the future of global mobility from experts from KPMG, Publicis Groupe,...
Details
Is It Fake To Change How We Behave To Fit In Culturally?
Isn’t it fake and inauthentic to change how we behave to fit in culturally? Firstly, you don’t HAVE to change at all if you don’t want to. At a minimum, cultural awareness training at least helps you to more...
Details
Three Questions for New Expats or High Achievers
A video and three coaching questions for you, but especially if you are: ✅ A perfectionist / high achiever 🌍 An expat in your first year Questions (feel free to adjust the timeframes to suit you better):...
Details
The British and the Monarchy: Reflections
The British relationship with the monarchy is complex and opinions vary greatly from person to person. With King Charles III crowned this weekend, Director of Barton Insights, Katherine Barton, shares her thoughts, as well as ideas for how you...
Details
The Social Mobility Factory
Status, equality and the class system in the UK often come up in our British Culture Training. Whilst fairness is an important value in British culture, the UK actually has one of the poorest rates of social mobility in...
Details
British Pub Culture
With approximately 46,800 pubs in the UK, almost 1 in 4 Brits first meeting their husband/wife in a pub and records showing that they have been around for about 2,000 years (first introduced as ‘tabernae’ by the Romans), it’s...
Details
The Power of Great Questions
A great question stops you in your tracks. It pushes aside all other thoughts and brings you fully into the moment. You recognise it as important. You want to answer it. It lights up your brain or stirs something...
Details
What is Katherine like as a Coach?
What is Katherine like as a coach? What does she aim to be for you in a coaching session? The right ‘fit’ is so important in coaching – is she right for you or your organisation? She has created...
Details
Keeping the Fire in Your Belly!
On a scale of 1-10, how much fire do you have in your belly right now? How much inspiration and motivation? Just as with a real fire, you need to add fuel to keep it burning. How do we...
Details