Steve Gutzler is the President of Leadership Quest, a Seattle-based Leadership Development company. Steve is a dynamic speaker and a recognized authority on Emotional Intelligence, leadership influence, and high-performance teams with a who’s who list of clients including Spotify, Seattle Seahawks, Microsoft, Starbucks, Boeing, Cisco, Starwood Corporation, Smart Choice Agents, Neenah, Inc., American Academy of Family Physicians, and Facebook to name a few.
As a master storyteller, Steve has an unparalleled ability to communicate dynamic business and leadership truths through stories, anecdotes, and humor. He believes every keynote presentation should transform lives, inspire leadership, and fuel teams to perform at their best.
He presents with passion and conviction to groups of 50 to over 5000 intimately in his high-performance Emotional Intelligence for Extraordinary Leadership and Unleashes the Leader Inside of You keynote programs. He knows how to deliver proven results and has been engaging and inspiring audiences with his messages of extraordinary leadership, achievement, success, and significance for over 26 years.
Having coached and trained CEOs, presidents, professional athletes, and world-class organizations, Steve’s insights have gained a reputation as a trusted authority on high-performance leadership, emotional intelligence for exceptional leadership, growing leaders at every level, and accelerated sales success.
A best-selling author on leadership and Emotional Intelligence, Steve is widely read and followed by over 142,000 Twitter followers. He resides near Scottsdale with his wife Julie where they enjoy time with their three adult children and six grandchildren.
"We had the pleasure of having Steve Gutzler as our keynote speaker this year. Steve’s presentation and speaking skills are exactly what we were looking for and his approach matched our culture in a way that was refreshing. If you are looking for a keynote speaker that keeps your audience's attention and deliver a profound message then Steve is your guy!”
"We had the pleasure of having Steve Gutzler as our keynote speaker this year. Steve’s presentation and speaking skills are exactly what we were looking for and his approach matched our culture in a way that was refreshing. If you are looking for a keynote speaker that keeps your audience's attention and deliver a profound message then Steve is your guy!”