Steven Howard
Award-Winning Author | Creator of Humony Leadership | Top 200 Global Voices on LeadershipLeadership Coach | Author | Keynote Speaker
Steven Howard brings expertise in leadership, business development, and marketing. He is the creator of the Humony Leadership approach to people-centric leadership.
He was named to the list of the Top 200 Biggest Global Voices on Leadership in January 2023 by the LeadersHum network. The honor was in recognition of his thought-provoking and leading-edge thinking on leadership called Humony Leadership.
An award-winning author of 22 books with 45 years of international senior sales and marketing experience, his corporate career covered a wide variety of fields and experiences, including Regional Marketing Director for Texas Instruments Asia-Pacific, South Asia / ASEAN Regional Director for TIME Magazine, Global Account Director at BBDO Advertising handling an international airline account, and VP Marketing for Citibank’s Consumer Banking Group.
Over the past 25 years, Steven has mentored, coached, and trained over 10,000 leaders at every level, from first-time supervisors and team leaders to managers, first-line and second-line leaders, senior executives, and business owners. He also creates and delivers customized leadership training programs that focus on leadership mindset, leading people, leading people development, and leading for results. He is a Certified VILT (Virtual Instructor Led Training) Facilitator, with over five years of experience running virtual leadership development programs and workshops.
Since 1988 he has delivered leadership development programs in the U.S., Asia, Australia, Europe, and Africa to numerous organizations, including Citicorp, Covidien, CVS|Health, DBS Bank, Deutsche Bank, DuPont Lycra, Esso Productions, ExxonMobil, GSK Pharmaceuticals, Hewlett Packard, Medtronic, Micron Technology, Motorola Solutions, Rackspace Technology, SapientNitro, Standard Chartered Bank, Rackspace Technology, and others.
He has been a member of the training faculty at MasterCard University Asia/Pacific, the Citibank Asia-Pacific Banking Institute, and Forum Corporation.
Steven Howard specializes in creating and delivering Leadership Development curricula for frontline leaders, mid-level leaders and high-potential leaders. His experience includes deliveries of Leading With Influence, Building Adaptability To Change, Leading Change, Leading Across Boundaries, Leading Complex Decisions, Dilemma Management, Coaching Clinic, Collaboration Skills, and bespoke leadership programs for ExxonMobil, Covidien, Motorola Solutions, Hewlett Packard, Micron Technology, and Rackspace Technology.
He approaches all client assignments with a truly international and multicultural perspective, having lived in the USA for 29 years, in Singapore for 21 years and Australia for 12 years. He currently resides in Southern California.
Steven is the award-winning author of 22 leadership, business, and motivational books and the editor of nine professional and personal development books in the Project You series. His latest book is Humony Leadership: Mindsets, Skills, and Behaviors for Being a Successful People-Centric Leader. The book received a Gold Medal from the Nonfiction Authors Association and was voted the 8th Best India Book of 2022 by the readers at ReadFreely.com.
His book Better Decisions. Better Thinking. Better Outcomes. How to go from Mind Full to Mindful Leadership, received a Silver Award from the Nonfiction Authors Association in February 2019. He also wrote Leadership Lessons from the Volkswagen Saga, which has won three prestigious publishing industry awards (2017 Independent Press Award, National Indie Excellence Award, and San Francisco Book Festival Award). He is also the author of Great Leadership Words of Wisdom.
In addition to his leadership facilitation work Steven has served on several Boards in both the private and non-profit sectors. He has also chaired a strategic advisory group for a local government entity and a national sporting organization that is a member of the Australian Olympic Committee.
Steven was a recipient of the 2021 Global Communicator award from Global Business News.
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