As Operational Performance Consultant at McLaren F1 and Arsenal Football Club, Steve was part of the team behind one of the most dramatic turnarounds in modern motorsport. McLaren went from the back of the grid to back-to-back Constructors’ World Championships in 2024 and 2025. He helped embed the high-performance systems, behaviours and standards that made it possible.<\/p>\n
Before Formula 1, Steve spent more than two decades in the Royal Air Force flying and testing advanced fighter aircraft in some of the most demanding operational environments in the world. Environments where the margin for error is measured in milliseconds and the cost of getting it wrong is absolute.<\/p>\n
What connects the cockpit and the pit lane is not speed. It is discipline. Decisive communication, shared situational awareness, uncompromising standards of execution and a team culture built to perform when it matters most.<\/p>\n
Few speakers bridge elite military aviation and Formula 1. That rare intersection gives Steve a distinctive perspective on what it truly takes to perform, and win, at the highest level.
\nToday, he takes audiences inside these demanding environments, combining gripping real-world stories with practical frameworks that help leaders build alignment, navigate change, and turn ambition into consistent, repeatable results.<\/p>\n
Challenging organisations to move beyond motivation and engineer cultures where winning is by design.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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