Speaking
Sustainable leadership is the work of our times.
Sustainable leadership is
the work of our times.
Keynotes for leaders, talent professionals, and conference audiences ready to hear what is changing in how leaders develop.
Signature Talks
Three talks. One body of work.
Leading as a Way of BEING™
The signature talk. Five research-validated practices, the findings from a study of 400 leaders, and a clear case for why mindset shift — not skill accumulation — produces lasting leadership change.
The Five Mindsets of Sustainable Leadership
The framework, and the leader the work produces. Whole-systems, values-driven, relationship-focused, grounded, adaptive — for audiences ready to engage with what they are becoming.
Resilience Under Sustained Pressure
What the research with 400 leaders shows about how sustained pressure affects effectiveness, what the practices predict, and what leaders can do to build the resilience the data identifies.
What audiences
take away
A clearer sense of what sustainable leadership actually requires.
Language for what they have been feeling but could not yet name.
Concrete practices they can begin the next morning.
A felt sense of why this work matters now, more than before.
"Steve gave me so much motivation and inspiration with several presentations I experienced! His knowledge, insight, and passion were instrumental to our organization and benefited many colleagues. I can't show enough appreciation for what Steve offered me."
Hua Gong
Head of Genomics Biomarker
Navigate BioPharma
Past Engagements
A few of the audiences and organizations I have spoken to:
CALSTRS
Listening as a Courageous Act · Power of Mindful Leadership · Embrace Possibility · Thriving as Leaders & Community in Times of Change
Disrupt: The Rebellious Future of HR
Leading at the Edge of Uncertainty: Embracing Stress & The BEING Factor
California Utility Executive Management Association
The Power of Mindful Leadership: Managing Stress, Increasing Attention & Leading Well
Northeastern University
Navigating Uncertainty and Building Resilience through BEING Leadership
Association of Corporate Council
The Surprising Truth About What Drives Stress & How to Build Resilience
Project Management Institute
Building Resilience & Managing Stress from the Inside Out
City of Newport Beach
Listening as a Courageous Act
Dr. Bronner's Magic Soap
All Things Collaboration: What's Your Story?
Sweetwater Springs Water District
Embracing Change: Are You Ready?
City of Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce
More Than a Feeling: How a Post Pandemic World Demands Greater Emotional Intelligence
Association for Training & Development
Team Fuel and the "IT" Factor
Navigate BioPharma / Novartis
Multiple sessions on sustainable leadership and BEING practices
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