Clarity Coaching for High Performers

Where Insight becomes action.

Navigating Next helps high-achieving leaders navigate moments of change, transition, or uncertainty through a personalized blend of coaching, consulting, and facilitation. My work is designed to help you reconnect with what matters, clarify your next steps, and lead personally and professionally with greater confidence and intention.

Howard Steinman
Founder & Coach
Coaching For Leaders

Helping High-Achieving Leaders Get Unstuck and Lead with Clarity.

Whether you’re stepping into a new role, feeling stuck in your current one, or leading a team through growth or change, this work creates the space for reflection, strategy, and realignment. You’re not lost—you’re just in a moment that needs clarity. Together, we'll uncover what’s beneath the surface, reconnect with your energy and values, and chart a path forward that feels both authentic and actionable.

Most of my clients have spent years checking every box. They’ve built careers, led teams, and earned respect—but lately, something’s shifted.

You might be:
Preparing for a new leadership role
Feeling stuck as a Sr. Manager looking to become Partner, Director/Managing Director, VP/SVP/EVP.
Leading a team that’s misaligned or underperforming
Questioning whether your current path still fits
Craving clarity and momentum in the next chapter of your career
Approach

Clarity. Alignment. Growth.

This work blends executive coaching, strategic facilitation, and real-world consulting. I bring over 25 years of leadership experience from top-tier global consulting firms and technology companies, but I don’t show up with a script.

Every engagement is customized. Sometimes it’s coaching. Sometimes it’s consulting. Sometimes it’s a real conversation about what’s working—and what isn’t.

Together, we work to:
Clarify what matters most to you
Reconnect you with your energy, values, and leadership style
Identify patterns that are keeping you stuck
Build a plan that’s both actionable and aligned that delivers results

This isn’t about following someone else’s model. It's about honest conversations that go beneath the surface, creating a space for you to think clearly, define your next move, and step forward with confidence and intention.

Coaching

Lead with Clarity, Alignment, & Intention

If any of this sounds familiar, you’re in the right place. You’re smart, experienced, and successful—but this moment is different. You’re navigating your next step, and it feels unclear, unfamiliar, or just different from what came before.

My path has been anything but linear. I was once told to “wait until the next cycle” for partnership, but then saw the election to partner derailed by a merger. I had mentors who failed me, switched firms for a lateral move, and I even navigated RIFs, terminations, and buyouts. Still, I broke through—earning partner, sustaining success, and leading at the executive level in global consulting firms and at Amazon.

You’re looking for clarity and traction. And you want a trusted partner—someone who knows how to navigate complexity with strategy, empathy, and a grounded, supportive approach.

Clarity Coaching for Leaders

Navigating Next offers a 1:1 coaching experience tailored for high performers navigating key inflection points.

Together, we work to:
Stuck
Clear
Reactive
Intentional
Scattered
Aligned

This personalized blend of coaching, facilitation, and strategic advising is designed to help you:

Stop spinning and start acting
Rebuild alignment between who you are and how you lead
Lead your team with greater intention
Step into what’s next—whatever that may be—with confidence
Speaking Engagements

Inspire Clarity. Ignite Action.

I deliver straightforward, actionable talks designed for high-performing leaders facing pivotal moments. Drawing on over 25 years of leadership experience at global consulting firms and Amazon, my speaking blends real-world insights, practical strategies, and powerful lessons learned from navigating my own leadership journey.

Key Speaking Topics Include:
Navigating Uncertainty & Leading Through Change

Leading effectively even when the path isn’t clear.

Building Resilient & Influential Leaders

Cultivating confidence, resilience, and strategic influence at every leadership level.

Strategic Influence & Cross-Functional Leadership

Driving results by aligning stakeholders, even without direct authority.

Executive Presence: Beyond the Buzzword

Elevating your clarity, confidence, and decision-making power.

Thriving at Work—For Students & Young Professionals

Mastering workplace fundamentals, building trust early in your career, and developing executive skills to accelerate your growth.

When I speak, my goal is simple: move audiences from stuck to clear, from reactive to intentional, and from scattered to to aligned with some humor that entertains and makes the message stick. Attendees leave with insights they can apply immediately—feeling prepared to move forward with renewed clarity and momentum.

Praise

What Clients Are Saying

I’m grateful to work with thoughtful, driven leaders ready for change. Here’s what they’ve shared about our work together:

Working with Howard significantly boosted my confidence as a leader. He combines a distinguished executive background with a strategic, outcome-oriented coaching style that delivers tangible results. His scenario simulations and keen diagnostic skills helped me improve my leadership responses and communicate more effectively. His sessions were highly attentive, adaptable to changing needs, and focused on outcomes that directly supported my growth. Above all, Howard’s credibility, empathy, and accountability ensured both immediate relevance and lasting executive impact.

Michael H.
Executive
Amazon Web Services

Howard has been an invaluable guide to me as I settle into my new role at Google. His insights and tailored advice have been instrumental in helping me understand how to make an impact during this new phase of my career. I highly recommend Howard to anyone navigating changes and looking to accelerate their career.

Elena P.
Sales Strategy and Operations Manager
Google

Howard’s skill at identifying "the signal in the noise" inspires me. He possesses the tools that enabled my organization to realize our vision. Howard catalyzed my decision to take action, gain the trust of my organization’s leadership, and achieve results.

David H.
Government Executive (SES)
Missile Defense Agency, U.S. Department of Defense

As an executive with over 25 years of experience supporting teams and customers, I’ve always had confidence in my abilities. But I didn’t fully appreciate the impact a coach like Howard could have on my career until I started working with him.

Howard has helped me reflect on my current positioning, explore new opportunities, and ensure I am fully prepared to pursue them. What truly sets him apart is his depth of executive experience and his unique ability to read situations and people with clarity and insight.

If you're navigating a challenging professional situation, considering a career pivot, or looking to grow in your current role, I can’t think of a better person to have in your corner than Howard.

Geoff G.
Executive
Amazon Web Services

One of the things I've most appreciated about knowing Howard is his willingness to help, bringing his background and expertise to the table as valuable contributions, and his engaging, collaborative, and truly empathetic manner.  While I hadn't initially considered using an Executive Coach, when Howard suggested it, I said I was willing to give it a try.  I'm glad I did.  Howard has been very helpful in "teasing out" some thoughts I may have had about my future endeavors, and also helped crystallize some other ideas I hadn't even considered.  I also particularly appreciate his deliberate and methodical approach to working through our coaching and discussions engagement plan, and establishing and delivering on milestones and outcomes.  While I'm "still trying to decide what I want to be when I grow up," I can honestly say that Howard has been very, very helpful in lending some rigor to that effort and providing a more established and deliberate approach to my way ahead.  I'm looking forward to future sessions with Howard and seeing where this goes.  I'll definitely be better off with his work and insights.

William A.
Brigadier General (Retired)
U.S. Air Force; Government Executive (SES), Department of Homeland Security; U.S. Office of the Director of National Intelligence

I’ve spent the last 20 years in the government contracting world, beginning with supporting delivery teams and eventually moving into growth leadership roles across federal markets. Right now, I lead federal and S&L growth and strategy for a fast-moving small business. When I found out Howard had started his coaching practice, I was eager to work with him as I had been considering professional coaching to help enhance my capabilities. We’d worked together before, so I already knew he was someone I could trust, but coaching with him has been a whole different level of support.

Working with Howard has been a strong professional decision. He’s helped me think more clearly about how I show up - whether it’s presenting ideas, shaping growth strategies, or just building more confidence in my own voice. One of the things I’ve really valued is how open and judgment-free our conversations are. I’ve been able to talk honestly about things like stage fright or impostor syndrome, and he helps me get to the heart of it, then gives practical tools and feedback that actually help. If you’re thinking about working with Howard, know that he’s not just going to give you surface-level advice - he listens, he challenges, and he really invests in helping you get better.

Jarret C.
Director
Federal Government Sales Leader

I’m a speaker, coach, and podcast host. As a leader, I’m so glad I got the chance to work with Howard. He helped me zoom out, get perspective, and make clearer decisions when everything felt like it was moving at once. A leader needs a coach. It just makes sense. And I’m especially grateful I had Howard in my corner because he doesn’t just offer advice—he asks the kind of questions that make you sharpen your thinking and actually move forward.

Jacob H.
Speaker, Coach, and Podcast host

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Meet Howard Steinman

I’m a coach, advisor, and facilitator with over 25 years of leadership experience—as a partner at global consulting firms and as a technology executive at one of the world’s most innovative companies.

I've faced many of the challenges my clients encounter:
Managing complex teams and organizational dynamics
Leading through uncertainty and ambiguity
Navigating significant career transitions, reinventions, and being told "“wait until the next cycle” for that executive promotion"
Operating under high expectations and visibility

My work isn’t theory—it’s lived experience. I understand the pressures of leadership firsthand and know the value of having a trusted space to reflect, refocus, and move forward.

Today, I support high-performing leaders who find themselves at a crossroads, helping them uncover what's holding them back and move forward with clarity, purpose, and confidence

You might be:
Stepping into a new leadership role
Leading a team through growth or transition
Feeling disconnected from your current path
Questioning what’s next or how to move forward

This work is deeply personal to me because I've lived the pivots, promotions, setbacks, misalignments, and the growth on the other side. I help leaders who are already very good become undeniably promotable—and ready to thrive at the executive level.

If you’re navigating uncertainty or change, I'm here to help you find your signal in the noise—and lead with renewed clarity, intention, and momentum.

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