Keynotes and workshops for business conferences, leadership teams, churches, men's events and schools. Every talk is built for your room.
Lost in Translation, live at the Prometheus Group User Conference 2026. How operations and maintenance align around what matters most. Watch five minutes or the whole thing.
We've heard wonderful feedback from people who attended.
Noah MintonDirector of Marketing, Prometheus Group
A conference hall in Melbourne. A room full of reliability engineers. A crowd waiting on a rock band. Same message, built for the room.
"Maximizing the Effectiveness of External Partners to Drive Success"
"How Reliability Leaders Can Sell the Dream to CFOs"
Excellent scores from the folks who attended the session. We say anything over 4.20 is very good, so you really did excel.
Ian CollierHead of Content, Mainstream · attendee ratings, Melbourne 2024
Freedom is Steve's signature keynote on what it takes to live free, built on the Position, Aim, Train, Hold framework. Freedom isn't the absence of walls. It's knowing who you are, where you're going, and refusing to hand your say-so to anyone else, no matter what they're offering or who built the bars. Audiences leave with Position, Aim, Train, Hold: a simple, repeatable way to tell the difference between being released and being free, and one move to make today.
How operations and maintenance align around what matters most. The gap is rarely effort. It's language: different words, different scoreboards, different definitions of the problem. Leaders leave with the S.T.A.R.T. framework and a Monday-morning plan.
The best leaders are translators.
A personal growth keynote on choosing who you become. You are not who you came from. You are who you decide, deliberately and repeatedly, to become. Audiences learn to spot the parts of life they inherited by default instead of chose on purpose, and leave with one concrete move to start redesigning one of them this week.
Go build the blueprint nobody gave you.
A keynote on faith, marriage and leadership at home. For Christian men who are succeeding in the world and silently failing at home. Built on the FIRE framework: Fortify Faith, Ignite Man, Reclaim Home, Establish Legacy. Men leave with a wake-up call to lead spiritually, emotionally and relationally, and a simple framework to rebuild their home life.
He did just fantastic. And the reason he did so fantastic is because he actually cares.
"Men are going through two things at the same time: recovery and discovery. If you don't take care of your recovery zone, you won't enjoy your discovery zone."
Tim StoreyThe Original Comeback Coach. Recorded right after Steve's talk at an event where both spoke. Who is Tim Storey?The people who sharpened me, and the speakers I've shared rooms with, from Hollywood coaches to the top names in maintenance and reliability.
Pick a track, or tell me what your audience is facing and I'll build the talk around it.
When Steve takes the stage, audiences feel it. He speaks with the authority of someone who has lived it.
Kevin HarringtonOriginal Shark, Shark Tank
In person in the United States, Canada, Australia, Africa and beyond, or live online.
The main stage. One message your audience carries home.
Breakouts and half-day sessions. Smaller room, more hands-on.
Multi-session leadership training, built around your people.
Live online keynotes and sessions for remote and global teams.
Simple and fast. You'll hear back from me directly.
Date, location, audience size and what you want people to walk away with. Two minutes.
A short call so I understand your audience, your theme and what's happening in your organization.
The talk is tailored to your people. No canned speech.
Steve speaks on freedom, operations and maintenance alignment, personal growth, and faith and manhood. His four talks are Freedom, the signature keynote; Lost in Translation, a business keynote on how operations and maintenance align; Designed, Not Default, on personal growth; and Forged by Fire, for Christian men.
Steve speaks to business conferences, leadership teams, manufacturing and reliability events, churches, men's events and schools. Every talk is built for your room.
Lost in Translation runs 45 minutes, and you can watch the full session on this page. Tell us your slot and format, and Steve will build the talk to fit.
Yes. Steve delivers keynotes and workshops. The Training page covers the workshop options.
Steve has spoken at the Prometheus Group User Conference 2026, the Mainstream Conference in Melbourne, Australia in August 2024, the SMRP 29th Annual Conference, and a Disciple concert. He has spoken across the United States, Canada and Australia, in cities including New Orleans, Houston, Orlando, Philadelphia, Denver, Atlanta and Fort Lauderdale. Africa is booked.
Steve is based in Lincoln, Nebraska, and he travels. He has spoken across the United States, Canada and Australia.
Fees depend on format, travel and length. Send the details and you'll get a reply within five business days.
Tell me about your audience and your date. I read every inquiry myself.