Steve Lesser is an industry and services consultant with over 30 years work experience. This includes strategic consulting, development and implementation of organisational change, marketing, sales and credit programs and project management for multi-national and regional companies worldwide.

As InfoWorks International’s Regional Managing Director, he established the partnership with his Chicago based partners in 1991, following a successful career in business and industry. Steve manages the full-time operations for the Asia Pacific region.  Major clients include Bridgestone, McDonalds, Maybank, Petronas, Countrywide Bank, NEC, Citibank, Globe Telecom Philippines, JPMorgan and many others.  He has been actively consulting and training in the South East Asian Region (Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia Hong Kong and Philippines) for over eight years.

Client implementations include state-of-the-art development and implementation of retail and commercial sales and marketing programs for multi-national and regional companies as well as small business development programs and sales leadership strategies. In addition, he consults with major companies in the integration of systems and information technology support in the areas of marketing, sales, relationship selling, credit and company training, utilising traditional and alternative delivery systems. Implementations include the installation and use of just-in-time electronic support tools for high leverage competencies, utilising Intranet & multimedia.

As an Adjunct Professor at Charles Sturt University in NSW, he teaches in several market related programs at both graduate (MBA) and undergraduate level, specialising in marketing, retailing, project and finance disciplines. A frequent writer, Steve has published many articles relating to implementation of strategies, project management, financial markets, marketing and sales.  He has helped on a book and training outcomes related to the leading of organisations through the management of ideas.  He has also provided advice, articles and reviews for publishers in Australia.

Steve also speaks at local, regional & international financial and strategic conferences. Steve believes that real success comes from the development of long-term strategic retail & commercial business relationships. He is also a Fellow and member of a number of industry related bodies.
 

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• Dynamics of Leadership

Competencies to Succeed in the New Economy
• Insight-Problem Solving Workshop

The 6 Habits of Thought of Effective Problem Solvers
• Leading Through Ideas

Techniques to Develop and Implement Ideas
• Profiting from Your Company's Intellectual Capital

A proven system to enable companies to tap into the internal expertise that resides within
• Managing Successful Projects

Real World Skills for Project Managers and Teams
• Leading and Motivating Sales Teams

Answers to handle tougher competition, technological change, smarter clients and tighter budgets
• Client Focus - Building Consultative Relationships

Powerful tools to enable you analyze, critique and plan for  a variety of situations in pursuit of profitable, loyal customers
• High Performance Branch-Based Marketing

Leading Edge Strategies, Innovative Ideas, Techniques and Tools for Sustainable Competitive Advantage
• How to Conduct and Write Project Feasibility Studies

A thorough step-by-step guide to project feasibility studies as a management tool for sharp decision making 
• Consumer Credit