STEVE TRAINOR
I am passionate about helping leaders and organizations transform and achieve their highest goals and dreams. My background as a career military officer, university professor, and executive development professional provides me with a diverse perspective on growth, performance and leadership and real compassion for the lived experiences of people. In my most recent role as an internal coach, facilitator and mentor to Google senior leaders, I gained new insights on the challenges of growing, adapting and surviving in a complex and ever-changing world.
As I reflect on all of those experiences, I realize that I am rewarded most by 1:1 and small group interactions where relationships are built, the beauty of nature is shared and the paradox of being more deeply human is discovered. I think you'll find that what I love to do and what I'm really good will help you achieve your career goals and aspirations.
Fun Fact: I recorded my first (and only) album track at age 16 with my high school marching band. While my musical talent peaked at the same time, my love of rhythm, melody and harmony has never ceased.
More about Steve
Steve Trainor is a student and practitioner of transformative learning and development. Steve’s diverse career of leadership in the military, higher education, non-profit and global corporations combines with his deep passion for individual growth and development to deliver coaching and learning that enables a better, more sustainable future. Steve’s unique methodology is focused on stretching, shifting and scaling the leadership operating systems of individuals, teams and organizations.
Steve’s extensive military career includes operational leadership as a Navy pilot, executive talent management, service as the U.S. Naval Academy’s first Permanent Military Professor of Leadership and the Director of Leadership Education and Development. While at the Naval Academy, Steve transformed the approach to leadership education and development and in his business role he continues to help stretch, shift and scale the leadership operating systems of Fortune 50 organizations and for countless individual leaders and teams.
Steve is an ICF-certified executive coach from The School of Continuing Studies at Georgetown University and holds additional certifications in The Birkman Method, The Leadership Circle Profile and The Center for Creative Leadership Executive Dimensions. Steve graduated with merit from the U.S. Naval Academy and received his Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Maryland, College Park, a Masters of Arts in International Affairs from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and a Masters of Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College at Carlisle Barracks, PA.
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TOP 3 BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela by Nelson Mandela (1995)
Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration by Ed Catmull and Amy Wallace (2014).
Humanocracy: Creating Organizations as Amazing as the People Inside Them by Gary Hamel and Michele Zanini (2020)