Stephen Elliot Tappin (commonly known as Steve Tappin), is a British leadership coach, author and the co-founder/CEO of Beyond Unity.
Tappin is also an expert on China and a consultant to both Chinese leaders and Western companies in China.[1][2] He is the co-author of The Awareness Code and The Secrets of CEOs and Dream to Last - Secrets of Chinese CEOs.[3][4]
He was the host of the BBC television series CEO Guru, where he interviewed CEOs of the largest and fastest growing companies.[5]
Tappin began his career with the chemical company ICI, on a management training scheme. In his late 20s and early 30s, he worked for KPMG, PA Consulting and Heidrick and Struggles.[citation needed] He noticed these global professional services firms faced similar challenges to the major corporations they advised, and this motivated Tappin to create Beyond Unity (formerly known as Xinfu) since 2008.[8][9]
Tappin is Co-Author of The Awareness Code,[10] and The Secrets of CEOs.[11] In memory of his mother Sylvia, Tappin has set up a charitable trust for cancer research.[12]
CEO Guru
In 2013, Tappin became host of the BBC business programme, CEO Guru.[5][13]The show was aired internationally on BBC World News.[5][13] The program included short films on the topic of management[14] and web articles on BBC websites.[15] As part of the program Tappin interviewed business figures such as Richard Branson,[16]John Mackey,[17] and Guo Guangchang.[18] In addition, Tappin documented the China Entrepreneur Club, a club made up of China’s top business leaders, for the BBC TV documentary China’s Billionaires’ Club.[19]
