Keynote speaker, workplace culture transformation specialist, and leadership facilitator
Executives, leaders, HR teams, and organizations seeking sustained engagement, performance, and culture change
Your employees can – and want to – ‘give’ substantially more, but chances are that they are being held back by workplace culture. Stef will show them – and you – how to change that for good.
Everyone is dealing with day-to-day challenges that distract and disengage them in the workplace. Stef – a master storyteller – shares age-old African Wisdom that provides simple, practical advice that will help us all to cope.
Before your people can do their jobs excellently, they first need to live excellently. Stef reveals five proven self-actualising characteristics that enable everyday personal excellence.
How to create an environment of truth and trust, within which everyone will support team decisions.
Your leaders need to influence their people to want to transform the way they do things for the better, which demands a unique brand of leadership. Stef shares with leaders the three essential elements of this style of leadership, that will inspire others towards lasting personal change.
Stef du Plessis is a globally respected personal and organizational growth expert, award winning keynote speaker, and workplace culture transformation specialist. For more than three decades, Stef has helped organizations fundamentally reshape how people lead, engage, and perform at work.
Together with his Australian based business partner Steve Simpson, Stef has developed a distinctive, evidence based approach to workplace transformation that has been implemented in over 50 countries. Their work has earned consistent praise from CEOs and executive teams for delivering measurable, demonstrable, and sustainable performance improvements across all key metrics, including engagement, productivity, trust, and leadership effectiveness.
As a professional speaker, Stef has delivered more than 3,500 presentations across five continents, earning every major award and accreditation available in the speaking profession. Known for his authenticity and conversational style, he connects effortlessly with diverse audiences, from frontline employees to senior executives, creating experiences that are both deeply human and highly practical.
Stef du Plessis is a personal and organisational growth expert and an award-winning speaker, specialising in employee engagement & wellbeing, authentic leadership, and workplace culture transformation. Together with his Australian-based business partner, Steve Simpson, their groundbreaking concepts and unique insights have over the past 30 years earned high praise from CEOs across the 50+ countries where their programmes have been implemented – affirming the measurable, demonstrable and sustainable performance improvements (across all performance metrics) that comes with the implementation of their one-of-a-kind approach to workplace transformation.
As a speaker, he has delivered 3,500+ presentations on 5 continents, earning every award and accreditation available in professional speaking along the way. Delegates and event planners alike say that it is his authenticity and captivating, conversational presentation style that allows him to connect with diverse audiences, from all walks. And as a workplace culture transformation specialist, Stef du Plessis has worked on an enterprise-wide scale with organisations large and small, across all industries – including some of the world’s most recognised brand names – and it is not unusual for him to work with his client organisations for years on end.
Stef du Plessis holds a Master’s degree in leadership and has earned wide acclaim for his work. He is a published author in his own right and has co-authored two books on workplace culture. Stef is recognised as “One of South Africa’s most influential motivators” by the Council on Education in Management and as “One of the world’s leading practitioners in his field” by the Dubai-based Institute for International Research. Stef has also garnered praise from influential figures like Springbok Rugby coach Heyneke Meyer, and former President Thabo Mbeki, who referenced his work as having “Nation-building potential”.
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Overview of User Reviews for Stef's Programs
Stef's programs have received high praise from various users, highlighting his expertise and enthusiasm as significant factors in their success. Many reviewers, including notable figures like former South African President Thabo Mbeki, emphasize the potential for nation-building through his initiatives. Users commend Stef for maintaining high standards of excellence even during challenging times, attributing their sustained success to his leadership and guidance.
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Overall, Stef's programs are seen as impactful and transformative, with strong endorsements from respected leaders.
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