Tara Grey Coste, PhD

Dr. Tara Grey Coste is a Professor of Leadership and Organizational Studies at the University of Southern Maine and teaches courses in communication, group dynamics, and deliberate creativity, among others. Her research focuses on creativity and innovation in multicultural, multinational environments, with a particular emphasis on work in larger corporate enterprises and communities in Africa and Asia.  Most recently, she is concentrating her attention on how ancestral belief systems drive modern behavior and The Montagu Project, a multi-decade global leadership lab in South Africa. This work aims to refine the training processes that enhance creativity in teams and to provide professionals with tools that will allow them to enhance their global leadership abilities.