S.L. Robbins & Associates
S.L. Robbins & Associates
High Performance Begins with
Understanding Human Behavior
- Understand the brain
- Improve human behavior
- Elevate the performance
Trusted by the World's Top Organizations
In the Age of AI,
Your Greatest Advantage Is Human
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Expands Capability
Human Skills
Create Advantage
Build Your Human Advantage
Keynotes and Presentations
HERO High Performance Academy
Workshops and Custom Programs
Dr. Steve combines behavioral science, neuroscience, humor, and powerful storytelling to help audiences understand why even the best among us get in our own way—and, more importantly, how to respond more effectively. Attendees leave with practical insights they can immediately use to be more intentional, to show up better (even when we're stressed and tired), and to as Dr. Steve says, "be less sucky."
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Dr. Steve’s signature year-long system helps individuals and teams build lasting behavioral change through the development of Humility, Empathy, Reflection, and Open-mindedness. Participants gain a shared language and practical tools that translate insight into action, leading to stronger collaboration, better leadership, improved trust, and a measurable shift in culture and performance over time.
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Customized, science-based learning experiences designed to help organizations solve real-world challenges and achieve better outcomes. These programs equip individuals and teams to reduce defensiveness, give and receive feedback more effectively, strengthen psychological safety and belonging, and navigate change with greater alignment, resilience, and success - to Perform better together.
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Why Dr. Steve?
Serious Science
Human Stories
Practical Change
Dr. Steve Robbins makes the science of human behavior understandable, memorable, and useful. Drawing on neuroscience, social psychology, personal experience, and humor, he helps people recognize what drives their behavior—and gives them practical tools to show up better when it matters most.
SPEAKING
What do you get when you combine a human behavioral scientist, a master storyteller, and someone who genuinely thinks science should be fun? You get Dr. Steve L. Robbins — and audiences never forget it.
Dr. Steve holds a doctorate in communication science with deep roots in social psychology and cognitive neuroscience. But don't let that fool you into expecting a dry lecture. He makes the brain science of human behavior so clear — and so entertaining — that people leave not just informed, but changed.
Dr. Steve helps audiences close the gap between how people intend to show up and how they actually show up. His Ancient Brain/Modern Brain model gives audiences an immediately intuitive lens for understanding why smart, well-intentioned people still get in their own way — and organizations often find themselves using the terms long after Dr. Steve has left the building.
For more than two decades Dr. Steve has worked with organizations like Coca-Cola, Disney, Microsoft, NASA, Walmart, Toyota, Michelin, Amazon, Ford, and the NBA on creating high performance environments where the human brain can perform at its best. These and many other organizations bring Dr. Steve in…and back — for the staying power of what he presents AND how he presents.
His signature framework, the HERO Skills — Humility, Empathy, Reflection, and Open-Mindedness — gives leaders and teams a practical, science-grounded path to better decisions, stronger relationships, and the kind of culture where people actually want to show up. His 3R's of Intentional Behavior—Recognition, Reflection, and Response—are a mental operating system for navigating life’s Behavioral Action Moments (BAMs). They help people pause, think, and respond mindfully rather than react mindlessly.
Whether he's on stage with a Fortune 100 leadership team, a group of healthcare professionals, or thousands of front-line employees, Dr. Steve delivers the same thing: a room full of people who laugh, think hard, and leave inspired with something real to use at work and home.
VIDEOS
Steve and his team at S.L. Robbins & Associates has created multiple video series to assist on your continuous improvement journey. Experience these short, burst-learning videos with all of the humor, neuroscience and compelling storytelling that Steve brings to his live presentations.
TESTIMONIALS
“Dr. Steve has a gift for taking something complex and making it not just understandable, but practical. I walked away with tools I used the very next day with my team.”
— HR Director, Fortune 500 Company
“His storytelling keeps you hooked, but it’s the science that sticks. I thought I was signing up for a webinar. It felt more like a coaching session for real life.”
— Manager, Global Tech Firm
“Our people still reference his sessions months, years later. The blend of humor, humanity, and neuroscience is unlike anything else we’ve brought into the organization.”
— VP of Learning & Development, Manufacturing Company