Steve Priest – Independent Consultant

Steve Priest was described by The Wall Street Journal as “one of the most sought consultants to keep companies on the straight and narrow.” Steve founded Ethical Leadership Group in 1993, sold it to Global Compliance in 2007, and is now an independent consultant who works with boards, senior leaders and ethics and compliance professionals to strengthen cultures of integrity.

Steve has:

• Consulted “on the ground” in 48 countries on every continent with more than 25% of the Fortune 200.
• Trained forty boards of directors and senior leadership teams, including Nobel laureates, CEOs and (retired) senior politicians.
• Served as the trusted, “go-to” adviser for CEOs, GCs, and compliance officers when organizations are in trouble, assisting with assessments, strategies, and communications within and outside the organization.
• Been relied upon by the U.S. Department of Defense and other government agencies to objectively assess organizational culture and compliance programs.
• Been approved by the government of India to conduct anti-bribery training and coaching in a sensitive case.
• Written the most widely imitated codes of conduct in the world, read by millions of employees.
• Informed and entertained hundreds of audiences with his skillful blend of facilitation and platform skills as well as conveying serious messages with a sense of humor.

Prior to founding the Ethical Leadership Group in 1993, Steve Priest was for three years executive director of the Center for Ethics and Corporate Policy, a Chicago-based ethics think tank. Priest received his ethics training both in the real world of business and inside the ivy-covered walls at Harvard University’s Divinity School, where he received a Master of Theological Studies degree. He has his MBA and BA from the University of Chicago and studied international organizational development in the Graduate Business School at the Katholieke University of Leuven in Belgium.

Contact Steve at 312-799-9586 or ethical@aol.com.

In his articles for Corporate Compliance Insights Steve will explore the challenges of creating a culture of ethics and integrity in global organizations.