Harrogate, England, United Kingdom
Stephen Elliot Tappin, is a British Leadership Coach and Global CEO Confidant and board advisor with over 30 years worth of experience advising CEOs and their boards on breakthrough growth and business transformation. Tappin is CEO of Beyond Unity, an Award-Winning Global Leadership Consultancy and Co-Author of The Awareness Code, published by Bloomsbury and The Secrets of CEOs, foreword by Richard Branson. Tappin is also an expert on China and a trusted Confidant to both Chinese leaders and Western companies in China. He also co-authored Dream to Last - Secrets of Chinese CEOs. He was the host of the BBC television series ‘CEO Guru’, where he interviewed CEOs of the largest and fastest growing companies such as GE’s Jeff Immelt, Virgins Richard Branson, WPP’s Martin Sorrell, Mckinsey’s Global Managing Partner Dominic Barton, China Mr Guo from Foscun, Whole Foods' John Mackey, Unilever’s Paul Polman and Qantas' Alan Joyce over six series. Tappin’s highest calling has always been centered around helping CEOs, boards and leaders of the world’s leading companies transform themselves and their companies.
CEO of Beyond Unity, a multi-award-winning transformational Leadership Consultancy, that acts as a Confidant to CEOs and Management teams, working with some of the most significant Fortune 500 companies and fastest-growing businesses globally.
Tappin is part of LinkedIn Top Voices / One of LinkedIn’s global top influencers alongside Sir Richard Branson, Bill Gates, Jack Welch, Arianna Huffington, and Barack Obama.
Steve Tappin was the host of the flagship and award winning BBC CEO Guru. The programme featured in-depth, on-the-record interviews with some of the world’s top chief executives and communicates global best practices for CEOs. Some of the featured CEOs include GE's Jeff Immelt, Virgin's Richard Branson, Lenovo’s Liu Chuanzhi, WPP’s Martin Sorrell, China Vanke’s Wang Shi, Wholefoods’ John Mackey, Unilever’s Paul Polman and Qantas' Alan Joyce. Steve also hosted a BBC special on the China Billionaire's Club where Steve was the first Westerner to be given access to this prestigious organisation.
Pilot CEO coaching business.