About Me

Biography of Stephen C. Lundin

Dr. Stephen Lundin is a writer and filmmaker with a rich history in business, management and graduate level business education. As a speaker he draws on his work as an entrepreneur and “working creative,” blending it with his personal story. As one attendee mused, “He doesn’t try to pump you up, he tries to show you where to find the pump.” By sharing his powerful, personal and authentic message, Stephen awakens his audiences to the possibilities that already exist in every workplace, every home and every life.

His best selling book, FISH!, has continuously been a business bestseller for more than seven years. The now business-staple has appeared frequently on the New York Times Business, Wall Street Journal, Publishers Weekly, USA Today, Amazon and Barnes and Nobles bestseller lists. Published in 38 languages with over 5 million copies in print worldwide, FISH! has taken the Dr. Lundin’s ideas about the quality of work life required to support recruitment, retention, customer satisfaction and productivity to all corners of the world. In the last year alone he spoke in Mumbai, Singapore, Sydney, Bangkok, Perth, Auckland, Brisbane, Dubai, Vienna and Kuala Lumpur.

In his life he has been a think tank executive, a camp director, a national sales manager, a hockey rink supervisor, a business school dean, a fitness instructor, a dishwasher, a small business owner, a serial entrepreneur and a golf caddy. Steve has won age group awards and holds worthless records in Clydesdale ultra marathon running, odd lift weight lifting and indoor rowing. He participated in hockey, track and football at Hamline University, with little or no skill but with a lot of passion.

Steve appears frequently as a speaker on work culture, customer service, innovation and motivation and has presented on five continents. A sample of his clients includes Standard Charter Banks of Malaysia, 3M, Guilda’s Club, Johnson and Johnson, Microsoft, Keyspan Energy, St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital, Credit Bureau Executives, Exstream Software, Agency.com, P&G, Chase, Wells Fargo, Blue Pumpkin Software, Singapore Institute of Management, Australian Institute of Management, Consolidated Banks of Africa, World Wide Shipping of Singapore, Price Waterhouse Coopers of Australia, The Human Resources Summit and the University of Florida Medical School.

Steve has written a number of books including the multimillion copy best selling FISH! and the simply bestselling FISH! Tales, FISH! Sticks and FISH! for Life. Top Performer, A Bold Approach to Sales and Service was published in January 2007 and looks to be a best seller. CATS: The Nine Levels of Innovation and The CATS Personal Guide were published in September of 2007 and are already in their third printing. The CATS books were published by the Australian Institute of Management Press and will be published in the US in January of 2009 by McGraw Hill.

Steve is presently CEO and co-founder of Ontend Creative Partners; a company dedicated to bringing natural energy to the world through books, films and highly engaging seminars and talks. The first film produced by Ontend is Top Performer, a film designed to accompany the book Top Performer. Visit www.topperformer.com to learn more.

Steve and his wife Janell have a blended family of six children, ten grandchildren, one great granddaughter and a dog Bo. They live in Vero Beach, Florida and Maplewood, Minnesota and can be contacted at slrunner@aol.com. Or steve@topperformer.com.