The Coach-Approach Leader
Steve Gladis serves as president and CEO of Steve Gladis Leadership Partners, a leadership development firm focused on helping leaders and their teams achieve both success and significance through executive coaching, leadership development, and motivational speaking. Clients include executives and teams from publicly traded and private corporations, U.S. government agencies, associations, and nonprofits. At George Mason University, he teaches leadership and communication courses. The author of 17 books on leadership and communication, Steve is a former member of the University of Virginia s faculty and served as an Associate Dean and the Director of the University s Northern Virginia Center. He is currently an executive coach, certified by the International Coach Federation, for the Darden Business School s Executive MBA program and also teaches courses in leadership coaching. A former FBI special agent and decorated U.S. Marine Corps officer, he is a committed civic and academic leader. Steve serves on the Executive Boards of both the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce and The Community Foundation of Northern Virginia and is active in philanthropic activities in the Greater Metropolitan Washington, DC area. His company donates a significant portion of its annual net profits back to the community.