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 weekly Wall Street Journal bestseller and monthly Business Week bestseller for more than six years. The now business-staple has also appeared frequently on the New York Times Business, Publishers Weekly, USA Today 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 what constitutes a high quality of work life to all corners of the world.

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 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 and the University of Florida Medical School.

Steve has written a number of books including the multimillion copy best selling FISH!  The next book in the cue to be published is Top Performer, with a January 2007 publication date.  The focus of Top Performer is sales and service. He is also  publishing a book on innovation with the Australian Institute of Management.  It will be released in late 2007 and will be called CATS: The Nine Levels of Innovation.

Steve and his wife Janell have a blended family of six children, ten grand children and a dog Bo.  They live in Minnesota.