Steve and the Xinfu team are active CEO confidants in China.
In addition, we recently visited Haier and spent an afternoon with Chairman Zhang Ruimin debating how best to lead a global Chinese business as part of the research for our next edition of "The Secrets of CEOs".

Visit to Haier, October 2009
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| Haier welcomes Steve and the team to Qingdao | Chairman Zhang and Steve - and a copy of The Secrets of CEOs in Mandarin | Chairman Zhang, Steve, Hugh, Jessica, Daio and Mrs Su |
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| Working the problem - Daio and Chairman Zhang work the problem with Steve and Xinfu team | Steve in action - working on how to grow Haier with Chairman Zhang |
Recent speaking feedback
"Steve did a keynote for us on Day 1 of the prestigious Leaders in London forum alongside Jack Welsh, Gary Hamel and Daniel Goleman. He shared his unique experiences of working with some of the top CEOs in the world and gave very practical guidance with both passion and impact."
CEO pay: value for money? BBC Business Daily get Steve’s take on the furore
As the controversy over Stephen Hestor’s pay at RBS continued to rage, Justin Rowlatt turned to Steve for an independent perspective on CEO’s remuneration.
You can listen to Steve explain the difference between rewarding great CEOs for sustainable value creation with overpaying for average or poor performance here:
The full interview is at 09.00 –...
26 January 2012