Nick Bramley

Managing Director Jorvik Associates

I have worked with Steve as a fellow Associate on the high profile Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Programme, an Associate in the design and delivery of a high impact Sales Workshop for SME's and as a colleague in the design and co-delivery of an extensive in-house Leadership & Change Management Programme for a major Construction client.

In all cases Steve has been hugely impressive. His extensive experience is easily translated into practical content design and delivery that inspires his various audiences to improved performance. He is both grounded and real and can support his work with a myriad of real world examples of success at a senior and strategic level.

Steve is easy to work with, accessible to clients and passionate about his work - a rare combination that makes him a valued and valuable business Associate and colleague.

I continue to seek further opportunities to work with him and recommend him unreservedly to clients seeking his particular skill set and expert support

Claire Ferreira

Former Event Manager at Guardian Media Group

Engagement and Development Manager / Sleep Practitioner at The Children's Sleep Charity

Steve's leadership and engagement skills are second to none. Having worked for him for eight years, I was hired initially as a member of the team, but then given the opportunity by Steve to develop my skills and eventfully to reach a management position reporting directly to him, and managing my own team.

Having been part of his management team in challenging situations, his leadership and guidance meant that negotiations of the most sensitive nature were dealt with confidence and authority on the given subject, enabling us as his team to respond on a company wide basis appropriately.

Steve's belief is that people are everything, and your team will ensure your company success. He demonstrates by his previous successes that by providing environments to nurture teams, where appropriate communication is paramount, and where ideas and input are welcomed,recognised and put into action - you can achieve your goals.

Steve ethos of listening and responding to what teams need to succeed, ensure he is able to provide a professional environment that people WANT to be a part of. As a result, Steve's skills enable him to translate that need to "be a part of something" into productivity and engagement from staff on a phenomenal level

Shaun Bowron

Former Group Operations Director Guardian Media Group Radio Division

Non Executive Director at Gateshead NHS Foundation Trust

Steve worked directly with me in the roles of Sales Director and Managing Director at Real Radio Yorks. In both roles he was an enthusiastic team player being diligent and trustworthy with a good business mind. He was also an excellent trainer with great people skills. I'm sure he'll be successful in all that he does.

John Myers (Team)

Media Advisor, Chairman, Team Rock, Entrepreneur, After Dinner Speaker, Angel Investor

I’ve worked with Steve South for nearly 15 years and in that time, I’ve seen Steve excel in the important elements of his roles as Regional Managing Director and as Regional Commercial Director. He has highly effective skills of not only inspirationally leading people, cultures and organisations forward, but of creating and developing sales strategies and then ensuring they are implementing with very significant outcomes. Steve led flagship areas of the Guardian Media group, consistently over delivering revenue and profit expectations and targets and always delivering high double digit growth year on year. He led from the front, protecting the value of the Guardian portfolio, producing not only some of the highest value yields in the organisation, but in the entire North of England.
He is a rare mix of Strategic, Entrepreneurial, Creative, motivationally enthusiastic and ambitious. This explains why he is seen as a world class leader, capable of succeeding and delivering within the largest of organisations.
It’s rare to find someone that you miss working with, but Steve is like a breath of fresh air to work with, and for. I’d highly recommend that working with or doing business with Steve, is a very beneficial experience.