No organization will outpace the growth of those who lead it.
The leaders I work with are not struggling. They are succeeding — by most visible measures, doing exactly what they set out to do. And yet something is asking for attention that the work itself cannot answer. A growing sense that the person doing the leading has not kept pace with the leader the organization now needs. A loneliness that comes with altitude. A suspicion that the next chapter requires something different — not just a new strategy, but a different quality of presence.
This is the work I was made for. I am a coach, a guide, and a thirty-year practitioner who brings depth psychology, somatic intelligence, and the full weight of organizational experience into every engagement. I do not separate the leader from the human. I work with both — because the inner life of a leader is not separate from their impact. It is the source of it.
Who I work with
Senior executives, C-suite leaders, and founders who are navigating transition, complexity, or a vocational crossroads. Leaders who want to grow from the inside out — not just add more tools or frameworks to an already full toolkit. People who are ready, as the poet Rilke wrote, to live the questions — and willing to be changed by what they find.
I work with a small number of clients at any given time. This is by design. The work asks for presence, and presence cannot be scaled.
A Few Coaching Clients
About this work
I have spent thirty years building organizations, advising leaders, and studying the interior life that makes leadership sustainable. I am the founder of Matter Consulting, the author of The Beautiful Business, and a graduate student in Jungian Depth Psychology — a field that has given me language for what I have always known to be true: that the deepest leadership challenges are not technical. They are human. And they ask for a guide who can accompany you inward and downward, not just forward and faster.
I trained in Somatic Experiencing, Internal Family Systems, CliftonStrengths, and the Enneagram — not as a checklist of credentials, but as a set of lenses that help me see what is actually happening in the room, and in the person sitting across from me.
If you’re at an inflection point in your leadership, we can explore whether individual or team coaching makes sense for you.
“Steven’s whole-human, integrative approach transformed the way I think, feel, and work. He helped me unlock hidden resources, deepen my self-awareness, and connect with my soul in a way that has profoundly impacted my work and my life. He is result-oriented without being result-oriented.”
— Sabine Henrichfreise, Executive Coach for CEOs & Leadership Teams, Paris, France
