About the Coaching Team

Steve works with leaders on executive and leadership development, strategic and systems thinking, productive communication, relationship building, navigating networks, and using influence to positively reach organizational goals. He helps leaders reach insights necessary for success by enhancing what they do with an emphasis on how they do it. This integration of “doing” and “being” is what makes outstanding leadership possible. He supports and challenges leaders to search for new perspectives to respond to the demands of leadership. This moves the leader into action and increased effectiveness. 

Steve’s approach to executive coaching guides leaders in behavior change by building on their strengths and focusing on their development needs. His focus is on helping leaders reach their desired outcomes by creating a trusting environment, deeper awareness of possibilities, and to design change that can be sustained. He’s known for his warm, personal, and engaging style.

Using inquiry, and feedback from 360 interviews or assessments, he helps leaders discover and clarify areas for development, encourages leader self-discovery, becomes a thought-partner, elicits leader-generated solutions and strategies, and holds the leader responsible and accountable to their goals. 

Steve has extensive experience coaching in Fortune 50 to mid-size companies, ranging from C-Suite executives to mid-level managers. He has coached in a variety of industries from global clients to companies in the private and public sectors. Industry experience includes financial services, technology, insurance, healthcare, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, telecommunications, construction, engineering, manufacturing, automotive, and government contracting. 

As a former COO and Director of Sales, Steve has worked to organize, automate, and streamline operations, administration, and sales functions. He possesses excellent analytical, evaluative, communications, and interpersonal skills and is a strategic and systemic thinker. 

Steve is a Professional Certified Coach since 2009, certified by the International Coach Federation.  He has been trained as an Action Learning coach, in Organization and Relationship Systems Coaching, and the Immunity to Change® process. He began his coaching practice 16 years ago at the Coaches Training Institute and is a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach. Steve holds a bachelor’s degree from San Diego State University.