Steven grew up in Motherwell, a former industrial heartland in the West of Scotland. Pursuing a PhD in Glasgow that took him to Stanford and Carnegie-Mellon, followed by teaching at IESE in Barcelona, IMD in Lausanne and CEIBS in Shanghai, he has helped improve the health and wellbeing of more than 20,000 people worldwide through the Sustaining Executive Performance program. He founded The LAB in 2007 and has led consulting and leadership development engagements with clients including McKinsey, Salesforce and Santander. He is the author of 6 books in the past 11 years, notably Sustaining Executive Performance and Chief Wellbeing Officer.