Steve Payne

Steve Payne is a professional speaker, performance coach, actor, and writer and founder of the Academy of Coaching and Training. He sits on the training and accreditation panel for the Association for Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP). Steve trained as an actor at the world-renowned Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London and spent 10-years as a professional actor in theatre, radio, theatre, and film. He has featured in many of the UK's best loved television series. Steve directed the 2009 television documentary ‘Swim, Fat Boy, Swim’, was an associate producer on the Oscar shortlisted short film Gone Fishing and a writer on “Morrison’s Birthday Party’, which won Best Short Film at the New York International Film Festival. Steve key speaking topics are on leadership, values, genius, rhetoric, and speaking and speechwriting. He was shortlisted for Best TEDx Speaker at the 2024 Speaker Awards in London. Steve is the co-author of the critically acclaimed book, ‘My 31 Practices’, published by LID Publishing, for which he was nominated as Best Personal Development Author for the book in 2017 by Best You Magazine. He also features as one of the authors in LID Publishing’s ‘250 Insights to Develop Your Personal and Professional Life’ Steve’s corporate clients include global organisations, such as Ernst & Young, IBM, RayBan , IKEA, Cisco Systems, eBay, APS Holdings, Peninsula (HR H&S), Oakley, Sunglass Hut, ADP, PaySafe (India), Avast. Steve was GANT CEO’S choice to host the Global GANT Awards in Stockholm, Sweden. Learn more at www.taoct.uk

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I act as a speaker mentor for various TEDx's. I train TEDx speechwriters and speakers. I delivered my first TEDx at TEDxMarbella in 2023. I am an avid TED and TEDx speech watcher and studier!

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