Steve Tappin

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Steve Tappin (born Harrogate) is a leadership coach to CEOs and well-known political and cultural icons. He is best known for hosting the BBC World television series, 'CEO Guru'. Tappin is also co-founder and CEO of Xinfu and author of 'The Secrets of CEOs' books. Tappin has over 30 years experience successfully training global CEO's, corporate executives, and sports figures. His goal is to create an extraordinary world through incredible leadership.

Current focus[]

Tappin is currently co-writing a book in partnership with Wayno Linton, due to be published October 2021. Through Xinfu, he continues to work with top CEOs, leading political figures and cultural icons worldwide.

Early career[]

Tappin began his career with the chemical giant ICI, on a fast track management scheme. ICI's fortunes turned around under the leadership of Sir John Harvey-Jones. After he left, Tappin was mentored by Sir John Harvey-Jones.^[1]

In 2000, Tappin created a global growth and corporate venturing consulting firm, Edengene. During this time, Edengene helped British Telecom set up BT Broadband. Under Tappin's leadership, Edengene was awarded "Best Small Business" and "Gold Medal Award for Client Work" from the Management Consultancies Association.

During his mid-20's, Tappin realized his highest calling was to help CEOs transform their companies as a way to change the world. During the next three decades, he dedicated his life to meeting, being the confidant of, and training the top global CEOs.

In his late 20s and early 30s he worked as a consultant and managing partner in KPMG, PA Consulting and Heidrick and Struggles. It was here he noticed these global professional services firms faced similar challenges to the major corporations they advised. This motivated Tappin to create Xinfu - a professional services firm.^{[citation needed]}

BBC CEO Guru[]

The series featured Tappin hosting interviews with CEOs, sharing CEO best practices and the latest advancements on the global CEO agenda. It ran for eight seasons.

The format consists of several short films, plus associated web articles for BBC World News TV, BBC.COM, BBC Capital and BBC News online. These networks reach an audience of hundreds of millions across the globe.

Previous interviewees include: Richard Branson, Jeff Immelt (GE), Liu Chuanzhi (Lenovo), Ryan Holmes (Hootsuite), Sir Martin Sorrell (WPP), Walter Robb and John Mackay (Whole Foods), Guo Guancgchang (Fosun), Wang Shi (Vanke), and Paul Walsh (Diageo).^{[citation needed]}

Several episodes have featured specific CEOs and their organisations including WholeFoods (from the USA) and FoSun (from China).

The Secrets of CEOs[]

In 2008, Tappin co-wrote "The Secrets of CEOs – 150 leaders on business, life and leadership", with Andy Cave. The updated edition includes interviews with 200 CEOs including: John Browne, Baron Browne of Madingley, Ben Verwaayen, Michael Dell, Narayana Murthy, Liu Jiren, Sir Martin Sorrell and Carolyn McCall. Richard Branson wrote the foreword for the book.^[2]

Xinfu[]

Through Xinfu, we are paving the way for high growth companies to become extraordinary and we are pinpointing the Fortune 500 CEOs, political leaders and cultural icons who we think will have the most impact to change the world.

China and Dream to Last/Secrets of Chinese CEOs[]

Steve was the first Westerner to gain access to over a hundred of China's top business leaders in collaboration with the Chinese Entrepreneur Club (CEC) and captured his experience in his book Dream to Last. This was published by the Beijing University Press in partnership with the China Entrepreneur Club. A frequent traveller to China over many decades, he is a trusted confidant of many of the Western multinational companies in China, and a trusted friend to many of China's domestic entrepreneurs.

Philanthropy[]

Tappin makes altruistic contributions toward Wellness Gateway Australia by supporting subsidized sessions in soul-focused psychotherapy and has donated 100% of the proceeds of 'The Secrets of CEOs' towards cancer research.

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