Steve Mann
Steve Mann
Executive coach to Leaders, CEOs, CMOs, CIOs and CFOs.
I coach senior leaders in B2B technology and financial services to help them refine their leadership skills, strengthen communication, eliminate self-doubt, build more influence, and make better decisions.
As a four-time CMO & P&L leader, I also collaborate and coach marketing leaders. I've spent twenty-five years building, fixing, and leading marketing organizations inside enterprise software, AI, data, and cybersecurity companies.
Expertise and Focus
Important Coaching Scenarios
Eliminating Imposter Syndrome and self-doubt
Developing executive presence
Mastering communication competencies
Decision-making under pressure
Moving into bigger roles and broader scope
Stakeholder influence
Organizational politics
Leading AI adoption with fluency, through my AI Leaders Program
AI has become an essential motivation for coaching. Leaders need to learn how to lead when AI systems are reshaping the business world in fundamental ways.
As an AI leadership coach, I work with executives who have to set direction on AI before the answers are settled.
I conduct a 12-week AI Leaders Program to build fluency, operational proficiency and leadership strategies needed to manage AI in your organization.
Pragmatic. Focusing on concrete changes in the real world.
Partnership. Client and coach are accountable to one another and committed to client success.
Plainspoken. Always supporting client choices but candid when I think a client can do better.
Background
Education.
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BA, Emory University
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Graduate study in experimental psychology at NYU
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Graduate study in neuroscience at CUNY
Coaching.
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Certified leadership coach
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Certified Executive Coach (CEC), Symbiosis Coaching, completing December 2026
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ICF Member
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1900 Sessions | 1000+ Coaching Hours | 220+ Clients
Operator.
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$200M in incremental revenue at LexisNexis
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Axioma ARR grown from $72M to $100M
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Established JVP cyber startup beachhead markets
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P&L Leader at LexisNexis, growing revenue 37%
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$197M won from Oracle at SAP
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Category Creator. Story teller. Buyer Psychology GTM expert.
Case Studies
Planning for Advancement
A sales professional at a leading enterprise SaaS and AI company was doing her job well and moving from role to role, but without a deliberate plan career plan. Read how she worked with me to create a strategy that is helping her advance.
Leading Through Change With Clarity
Some leaders look for greater self-confidence and more internal insight to blossom as a senior executive. And they want a partnership with a coach who has walked in their shoes. Read their story.
Moving From Leader To Executive
Career advancement is predicated on building new competencies and ways of showing up. The growth of this engineer to commerical leader resulted in a key promotion.
