Steve's Story

For more than 30 years, Steve Simpson has been working with organisations across the world to help them boost performance and productivity by transforming workplace cultures.

Creator of the UGRs – unwritten ground rules – concept, Steve is an international speaker, author and consultant who has worked with the likes of McLaren Automotive and Next in the UK, Kmart Australia and New Zealand, SAP globally and Toyota Australia.

Steve is the author of two books including ‘UGRs: Cracking the Corporate Culture Code’. He is the co-author to a further three books, the latest being ‘A Culture Turned’ (written with his business partner, Stef du Plessis). He has a Masters Degree from the University of Alberta, and was invited to undertake an Australian city lecture tour to co-present with Harvard University Professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter.

Professional Speakers Australia recognised Steve’s achievements by awarding him two Hall of Fame Awards.

A pdf that provides more details about Steve is here

See some of the conferences at which Steve has spoken here.

The video above features a profile of Steve Simpson, including comments from some of his clients

Steve worked with McLaren Automotive over four years. Here’s what a couple of the senior executives had to say about Steve

The video above features Workwear Group CEO Doug Swan, who talks about the impact of Steve’s work on the company

The video above features Steve talking about his latest book, 'A Culture Turned' written with his great friend and business partner, Stef du Plessis

Andre Reich, former senior exec with Kmart, COO of Target and CEO of 'The Reject Shop' talks about Steve

The video above is of an interview with Clive Lloyd from global company Sentis about UGRs and working with Steve Simpson