As an author, teacher, coach and consultant in business, education, sports and healthcare settings over the past four decades, Steve has specialized in leading breakthrough teams. As the founder of the Center for Team Excellence, Steve developed a simple model for team effectiveness that empowers leaders to diagnose their team’s strengths & vulnerabilities and identify targeted actions that create measurable results in productivity and culture. Thriving organizations like Kraft Foods, Kellogg's, Northwestern Mutual, Advocate Health Care, AthletiCo, the Illinois Hospital Association, the University of Illinois and the Chicago White Sox have embraced the Team Clock model as a key resource for managing growth and change.Specialties: Assessment, training, and consultation to support team health, organizational effectiveness and workplace culture.