Fractional People Director and Executive Coach Steve B Thompson combines high-level HR leadership with a proven entrepreneurial track record, specialising in strengths-based talent optimisation and positive leadership. Steve co-founded Touchpoint Resource Ltd in 2010, building and managing a global executive search firm specialising in IoT and Digital Innovations with a turnover of up to £3M before exiting in 2017.
As Global People Director at Datatonic from 2018 to 2023, Steve directed the global talent strategy for an AI and Data consultancy, significantly improving employee engagement and net promoter scores — including driving an eNPS score from -2 to +57 within a year. That kind of measurable cultural change is unusually concrete for the HR space and reflects his strengths-based, data-led approach.
Today, Steve runs Encourager, providing strengths-based coaching and fractional HR support to SMEs, startups and scale-ups undergoing high-growth transitions, and serves as COO at a stealth startup. An ICF Member, Certified Clifton Strengths Coach, Predictive Index Practitioner and CIPD Associate, he specialises in HR strategy, executive coaching, talent acquisition, strengths-based leadership and change management — ideal for high-growth technology, AI, data and IoT businesses where culture is a critical success factor.
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