STEVEN DAVID
LAMPLEY

Influence and Negotiation Strategist

The Psychology of Influence and Human Compliance

Steven David Lampley is a speaker and trainer known the world-over for delivering real-world insights on human behavior, communication, deception detection, and leadership under pressure.

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• He is the only police officer in history to convince a serial killer to voluntarily walk into a police department where the killer was subsequently arrested.

• Requested by a police department Captain to end a stand-off of an enraged husband who had been attempting to assault his wife with a butcher knife. Steven responded, had the Captain remove all officers from the residence (it was just Steven and the suspect) and, within fifteen minutes, convinced the husband to relinquish the butcher knife without incident.

• Steven single-handed and unarmed, approached an active workplace shooter and convinced the shooter to lay his gun down.

This is the real deal, he knows what he is doing!

He does not present theory, but actual, real-world, proven techniques.

"He (Steven) can take all that information and explain it in a way anybody can understand."

Nancy Grace

FOX Nation, Sirius Radio

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

Steven David Lampley

STEVEN DAVID LAMPLEY

Steven David Lampley is a number-one best-selling author, internationally recognized speaker, behavioral analyst, and former law enforcement Special Victim's Unit (SVU) detective whose work is rooted not in theory or classroom speculation, but in decades of real-world human interaction under the harshest conditions imaginable.

His understanding of human behavior was not developed from theory behind a university desk or research lab, but forged on the streets, through firsthand exposure.

Unlike many modern behavioral experts whose teachings are built primarily upon academic models and controlled studies, Lampley’s methodologies are grounded in practical application and field-proven results.

His work focuses on the reality of how people actually behave and respond.

Over the course of his career, he has interviewed thousands of individuals from every walk of life, criminals, victims, executives, addicts, predators, professionals, and ordinary citizens, giving him a uniquely deep understanding of communication, behavioral patterns, truth verification, and psychological dynamics in real environments.

Some of his cases have been covered by Investigation Discovery, Discovery Channel, TruTV, America's Most Wanted, New Detectives, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, and he is mentioned in Wikipedia regarding his negotiation and subsequent arrest of The Clairemont Killer, who was featured on America's Most Wanted.

Lampley is a former writer for Psychology Today, Death Investigator Magazine, and Law Enforcement Today and has become a highly sought-after voice in the fields of behavioral analysis, communication, leadership, and investigative interviewing.

He is also a recurring guest (seventy-four appearances to date) on Crime Stories with Nancy Grace on FOX Nation and Sirius Radio, where he provides expert commentary on criminal behavior, investigative processes, and the psychology behind violent and deceptive acts as well as other radio shows and podcasts.

In addition to his media appearances and writing, Steven David Lampley lectures regularly to colleges, universities, corporations, law enforcement agencies, and professional organizations across the world.

Known for his commanding stage presence and brutally honest delivery, his live events routinely draw standing-room-only audiences.

If you want the truth, plain and simple, this is where you get it!

Attendees describe his presentations as intense, eye-opening, and profoundly impacting because they move beyond sanitized textbook concepts and into the reality of human behavior as it exists in everyday life.

Standing-room-only, CrimeCon, Gaylord Opryland Convention Center, Nashville, Tennessee. Presidential Ballroom. over 850 people seated.

"His skills place him in the "cream of

the crop' category!""

Dr. William T. Gaut, PhD

Deputy Chief (R)

Homicide Division

Birmingham Police Department

Thalia Theater, Chicago

Steven's "How to Catch a Liar," civilian training program.

Speaking Programs

The Psychology of Influence and Human Compliance (90 minutes)

You can ask two different people to do something and one can be on-board and ready to act, while another is melancholy, lackadaisical, and totally uninterested. Learn how to motivate people based on personality based indicators.

Revealing Deception in Interviews and Conversations (90 minutes)

Presenting the physical and verbal indicators of deception along with the needed assessment techniques on how to understand what you are seeing.

Asking the Right Questions to Reveal Underlying Motives (90 minutes)

Just tossing out questions will probably not get you the true answers you a re needing. Learn how to structure and time your questions, when to be silent, and how to assess what you see and hear.

Predicting Behavior of Others in High-Pressure Situations (120 minutes)

Steven's, The Lampley Behavioral Model, is discussed on how to help predict someone's behavior in high-stress situations.

Steven David Lampley’s speaking and training programs provide practical, real-world tools for understanding people, improving communication, identifying deception, strengthening leadership, and navigating high-pressure interpersonal situations. Unlike traditional corporate seminars built largely around abstract theory, personality quizzes, or idealized workplace models, Lampley’s programs are rooted in decades of firsthand experience dealing with conflict, manipulation, crisis, negotiation, and human behavior in unpredictable real-life environments.

His presentations help lawyers, executives, law enforcement, managers, sales professionals, HR departments, security teams, and organizational leaders better recognize behavioral patterns, hidden motivations, emotional dynamics, and communication breakdowns that directly affect workplace performance and culture. His programs help individuals gain actionable insight into areas such as interviewing and hiring, conflict resolution, leadership presence, crisis communication, negotiation, trust assessment, employee interaction, customer engagement, and recognizing manipulative or deceptive behavior before it becomes costly.

One of the major distinctions of Lampley’s programs is his focus on “real behavior versus presented behavior."

His programs are especially valuable in industries where communication, trust, leadership, and human dynamics are critical, including executive leadership, sales, healthcare, finance, law enforcement, education, legal professions, and corporate management. Attendees often leave with a deeper understanding of not only how to read others more effectively, but also how to communicate with greater clarity, confidence, authority, and authenticity themselves.

Because his material comes from real investigations, high-stakes interviews, and years spent working directly with people under stress and pressure, audiences often describe his presentations as unusually engaging, memorable, and immediately applicable to real workplace situations rather than theoretical concepts that rarely translate into practice.

"Almost 1,000 people in a standing-

room-only ballroom!"

The New York Times

"The crowd LOVED YOU!"

Red Seat Ventures

New York

"It was standing room only. We were sitting on the floor in the very back. Great session!"

Beth Smith Fink

"I specifically attended his session of that I could return to interviews featured in the Netflix docuseries, "The Keepers.""

Gemma Hoskins

Netflix

"The Keepers"