Stephen Sorkin

About Stephen Sorkin

AT A GLANCEWith 25+ years in leadership development, I bring a rare and highly effective blend of business acumen, inner-work depth, and structured results.• Clients such as Roche, Sony, Target, Accenture, Qualcomm, Toyota, Meta, Fisher, and Salesforce• Adjunct Executive Coach and former Coach Lead (for ~100 coaches) at Center for Creative Leadership• ICF-certified | Certified in MBTI, Hogan, Big 5, FIRO-B, PerSight, 360s, and more• Helped Korn Ferry leverage assessments to become the global leader in leadership development• Built a global consumer brand from scratch—creating a lasting new product categoryA DEEPER LOOKThe shift in you that everything follows.Everything you lead will rise—or stall—at your level of development.If you want to unlock trust, performance, and meaningful transformation, it starts with the only lever you fully control: you.That’s where I come in. I help leaders and teams activate deeper insight, outgrow self-limitation, and realign with what’s truly possible—sparking sustained performance shifts through tailored coaching, facilitation, and strategy.This enables the internal shift that elevates everything else. And once that shift happens—it multiplies outward.The result?More trust. More velocity. Sharper decisions. Stronger teams.Not from pushing harder—but by aligning with the version of you that unlocks everything else.Whether we’re working on presence, communication, influence, strategic clarity, team performance, or leadership identity—every growth area becomes a portal to deeper transformation and lasting impact.Clients describe me as insightful, disarming, and catalytic—someone who quickly earns trust, reads between the lines, and turns deep insight into grounded performance.“With Steve, it’s not just insight—it’s traction. I don’t just think clearer—I lead freer. And others respond to me differently because of it.”WHAT THIS MEANSFor You: You’ll outgrow self-limiting patterns and embody your next-level identity—backed by tools that transform deep insight into strategy, structure, and communication that elevate your influence and impact.For Your Team: Teams shift from function to flow—deepening trust, feedback, and shared ownership that amplifies cohesion and results.For Your Org: Leaders become culture-shapers. Silos soften. Strategy becomes lived. Execution sharpens across systems—at scale.#ExecutiveCoaching #LeadershipDevelopment #TransformationalLeadership #TeamPerformance #StrategicAlignment #SelfLeadership #InnerWork #ConsciousLeadership #NextLevelLeaders #SoulOfPerformance

Experience

1. Adjunct Executive Coach, Faculty and Coaching Community Lead

   Center For Creative Leadership

   Aug 2014 — Present · San Diego, CA, US

   As an Adjunct Executive Coach with CCL, I provide leadership coaching, facilitation, and organizational development support for a diverse range of international leaders and teams. I’ve also served as Coach Lead representing over 100 California-based coaches.I’m certified in CCL’s suite of proprietary and third-party assessments—tools trusted globally for developing high-performing leaders. CCL is consistently ranked among the world’s top executive education providers and has worked with over a million leaders across 130+ countries.

Education

• USC Marshall School of Business

  MBA, Entrepreneurship / Organizational Behavior / Leadership

  1993 — 1995

• UC Santa Barbara

  BA, Economics

  1985 — 1990

Skills

• Workforce Performance
• Management
• Team Building
• Management Development
• Change Management
• Strategy
• Teacher Training
• Coaching
• Performance Improvement
• Curriculum Design
• Executive Coaching
• Leadership Development
• Psychological Assessment
• Consulting
• Organizational Culture
• Creative Strategy
• Leadership
• Strategic Planning
• Business Development
• Entrepreneurship
• Business Strategy
• People Development
• Talent Management
• Executive Management
• Venture Development
• Start-Ups
• Management Consulting
• Business Innovation
• Innovation Development
• Organizational Development
• Training
• Marketing Strategy
• Performance Management