Steve Thomas has spent more than 30 years helping organizations build leadership, develop people, and create cultures where people can come to work and be the best version of themselves.

He genuinely wants to see people live better lives and has a passion to develop people to get the most out of their leadership and life. Through speaking, coaching, and conversations, he challenges leaders to grow, rethink, and see leadership for what it is…a responsibility.

It’s obvious that better people make better organizations. While many start with tips and techniques to fix the deep challenges, Steve prefers to dig below the surface to address the deeper issues we often don’t…beliefs, blind spots and behaviors. Uncomfortable? Yes. But often times the uncomfortable is necessary. Convinced that leadership drives culture—and culture drives everything else, he challenges current thinking and belief systems to create growth and improvement…and maybe even a little more fun.

In fact, part of his mission is simple: make the work culture more fun. (Or “enjoyable” for the fun-impaired.)

Steve has a knack for making complicated ideas simple and practical. In fact, it’s almost a hobby. He loves challenging people to rethink what they’ve always thought. As he often says:
“If you think what you’ve always thought, you’ll get what you’ve always got.”
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When he’s not working with leaders and organizations, Steve coaches football and lives in Springfield, Illinois with his wife, Debbie. She’s a retired educational consultant who spent her career doing much of the same work he does—except she’s way better at it than he is.