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 way of being and leading from 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 earned business acumen, depth and humanistic psychology, somatic intelligence, and the full weight of organizational experience into every engagement. I don’t separate the leader from the human. I work with both — because the inner life of a leader is not separate from their impact. It’s 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
Ways we can work together
One-on-One Coaching
For senior leaders (C-Suite Executives to Managers) who are ready to grow from the inside out — not just add more capability to an already full toolkit, but develop the quality of presence, clarity, and groundedness that changes how everything else works. We meet twice monthly for 75-minute sessions, with unlimited access between meetings for the moments that can’t wait. Every engagement begins with a 360° leadership assessment to establish an honest baseline, and closes with a second assessment to measure what has shifted. Minimum six-month commitment — because real change does not happen in a quarter.
Team Coaching
For leadership teams who want to move from functional to genuinely cohesive — removing the friction that slows decisions, deepening the trust that accelerates them, and building the collective clarity that makes a team greater than the sum of its parts. I work with teams over a sustained period, not a single offsite, because alignment that lasts is built through repeated honest engagement, not a one-time event.
Deep Dive Days
For leaders at a crossroads — a vocational pivot, a significant decision, a moment that deserves more than a normal session can hold. A half or full day, in person, going deep on a single question or challenge. Some clients use these once. Many return annually. Advance planning required.
“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
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, an ex-CEO who’s built, run, and sold businesses, trained in psychology and ontological coaching, all fields that have 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 — as a set of lenses that help me see what is actually happening in the room, and in the person sitting across from me.
“Steve has one of the best minds and hearts in the business. He’s a brilliant coach and advisor. Fresh, creative, thoughtful and wholehearted.”
— Dorie Clark, Best-Selling Author, Speaker, HBR contributor
