As CEO of The Building Company, Steve’s responsibilities encompass company-wide leadership, with a strong focus on implementing strategy, innovation, collaboration and people development.Change management and leadership are challenges Steve has embraced as new company acquisitions required integration over the past several years. His overarching strength lies in his ability to build successful and productive teams, and his high regard for diversity and the values and principles necessary for growth in a multi-cultural environment, have enabled and established a company philosophy that encourages inclusion and creativity.A lover of analogies, Steve uses the common potjie pot with its three legs to represent the balance between Strategy, Organisation Health and Structure, fired by a winning culture. This management philosophy turns a collection of ingredients into a prize-winning meal – or successful high performance sustainable business.Common sense is a phrase he frequently uses, encouraging teamwork and unstructured thinking to find new business solutions. A large upside-down image bolted to his office wall is a permanent reminder to all who enter, that the unexpected is encouraged and exceptional thinking expected.With more than 25 years’ experience directing sizeable Southern African businesses in manufacturing, wholesale and retail, Steve’s energy is tangible: he believes in finishing what he starts and always questions how to achieve better results and to improve on past actions – “Don’t do things better, do better things”.Taking his learning from the African wild dog behaviour he admires, Steve says his team hunts for business by working efficiently as a pack in a synchronised manner; this requires the co-ordination of efficient strategy implementation, ensuring they’re running in the right place, coming from the right angle and heading in the right direction. Steve is a skilled negotiator who believes conflict resolution must result in a win-win.Not your average corporate citizen, Steve encourages fun, laughter and a genuine work-life balance; family and wellness is a priority, and he expects this to be the same for everyone. He believes in a work life balance which contributes to a motivated and productive workforce.Steve’s passion is personal growth, both his own and those around him. He encourages curiosity and ongoing development, and believes travel broadens the mind. Married with four children, Steve is a keen amateur photographer often found on the sides of sports fields and enjoying the wild areas of SA.
Listed skills include Leadership, Long Term Customer Relationships, Purchasing, People Development, and 19 others.
