UNLOCKING & DEVELOPING

POTENTIAL

Individuals, Teams & Organizations

Delivering practical advice, recommendations, and unwavering support to C-Suite executives and leaders within the organization, people, and human capital domains.

We provide executive coaching, organization and human capital consulting and advisory services to leaders who understand that their workplaces must provide everyone with the opportunity to contribute and utilize their potential for the organization to optimize its value and performance—and know that to do so, there must be a foundation of trust, empathy, and respect for every individual.

We believe that the most effective leaders treat employees the way the employees want to be treated, rather than how the leaders would want to be treated. These leaders actively listen to and engage with their employees, valuing and leveraging their diverse perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences to improve the work environment, the organization, and the world at large.

Steve Milovich

SERVICES

COACHING

UNLOCKING YOUR UNIQUE POTENTIAL

Great leaders are made, not born — and the path forward looks different for everyone. We offer a deeply personalized, whole-person approach to coaching, designed to meet you exactly where you are.

Whether you’re a senior executive looking to sharpen your impact, an emerging leader stepping into your own, a mid-career professional ready for the next chapter, or a leader navigating a meaningful transition — we begin by truly understanding you. Your experience. Your values. Your aspirations. The full context of who you are and where you want to go.

Our coaching goes beyond methodology. While a structured framework anchors every engagement, we also follow an organic, in-the-moment process — one that opens space for unexpected insight and genuine discovery. Together, we’ll surface opportunities you haven’t yet seen, name the challenges worth addressing, and clarify the landscape ahead so you can move through it with purpose and confidence.

CONSULTING

ORGANIZATION & HUMAN CAPITAL ADVISORY SERVICES

The most complex challenges organizations face are rarely technical — they’re human. We provide practical, candid advice and unwavering support to C-Suite executives and leaders navigating the full range of strategic and operational challenges within the organization, people, and human capital domains.

We work alongside leaders to assess, strengthen, and build the capabilities their organizations need to execute strategy with confidence. From optimizing structures and elevating leadership and team effectiveness, to improving employee engagement, ensuring market competitiveness, and developing talent — we are the trusted partner you turn to when the work is hard and the stakes are high.

We’re also deeply committed to supporting individual leaders in their most critical moments. As a sounding board and trusted advisor, we help you think clearly and act decisively — whether you’re navigating a delicate dynamic with a peer or your own leader, preparing for a high-stakes meeting, managing complex stakeholder relationships, or working through situations where the path forward isn’t obvious. Whatever the challenge, we’re with you every step of the way.

CAREER

STRATEGIC CAREER DEVELOPMENT & MANAGEMENT

Most talented professionals spend more time planning a vacation than planning their career. They react to opportunities as they arise — sometimes well, sometimes not — without a clear strategy for where they’re headed or how to get there. What would change if you took the reins?

We call it Strategic Career Management: a rigorous, personalized approach to defining and pursuing the career you actually want. Drawing on the same frameworks used to build strong business strategies, we help you move from reactive to intentional — mapping your development opportunities, critical experiences, and long-term vision with the same clarity and discipline a great organization brings to its future.

The result is a strategic career roadmap that is distinctly yours — aligned with your values, ambitions, and the life you want to build. And we don’t stop at the plan. Through ongoing personalized coaching, we help you implement it with purpose and momentum, so you’re not just steering toward your destination — you’re gaining ground.

Define success on your own terms, achieve it by your own rules, and build a life you’re proud to live.

Anne Sweeney

ABOUT

OVERVIEW & SUMMARY

Steve Milovich is an accomplished business and senior human resources executive with a track record of successfully working with leadership teams to drive results in diverse companies, industries and global environments – including highly regarded blue chip companies, startups, and turnarounds. He has held executive positions with some of the world’s most successful and iconic companies, including The Walt Disney Company, PepsiCo, and Honeywell.

He is a highly effective and trusted partner known for bringing creative and practical solutions to strategic and operational human resources and organization challenges. Steve is also known for working effectively with diverse individuals and teams, bringing an authentic human touch to those he interacts with.

SECOND CAREER JOURNEY

After a distinguished corporate career, Steve retired from The Walt Disney Company to begin his second career as a business school professor, human capital consultant and executive coach. He is now focused on developing the talent and potential of the next generation of business leaders and working with leadership teams to achieve their strategic goals.

He is currently President of Milovich Partners, a strategic human capital consulting, advisory and executive coaching company. He is also Chairperson of the Board of Trustees at the Institute for the Future in Palo, Alto, California, a Senior Advisor for The Boston Consulting Group and Executive in Residence and Senior Lecturer in The Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University. Steve has also taught at University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business and Pepperdine University's Graziadio Business School.

THE DISNEY YEARS

Prior to beginning his second career, Steve held several top executive human resource positions with The Walt Disney Company, including Senior Vice President of Corporate Human Resources, Global Organization and Leadership Development and Senior Vice President, Global Human Resources, Talent and Workforce Diversity for Disney | ABC Television. He led numerous initiatives that increased the engagement, capability and efficiency of the organization and its workforce, as well as the attraction, development, and retention of key talent at all levels. He also served as a strategic advisor for several joint ventures including A+E Networks and Hulu.

Steve was also the founding leader of The Walt Disney Company's digital and social media group, which developed

the strategy, platform, products and tools to increase the engagement, collaboration, and connectedness of employees while reinforcing – and advancing – the Disney culture.

A DIVERSE PORTFOLIO

Before joining The Walt Disney Company, Steve held several other executive human resources positions, including SVP Human Capital, Walker Digital; Vice President Global Human Resources and Communications, Honeywell; SVP Human Resources and CHRO Broadway/Macy’s; and Director Education and Executive Development, PepsiCo. He began his career at United States Steel Corporation, holding management positions in employee and labor relations.

BOARDS & AFFILIATIONS

Steve is Chairperson of the Board of Trustees at the Institute of the Future and he is also a member of the advisory boards for two startup companies: Clear Force and Concerto. Steve is an emeritus advisory board member of the University of Southern California's Center for Effective Organizations and Marshall School of Business. He is also a member of the National Advisory Board for the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University.

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS

Steve earned a bachelor's degree in economics from the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University and the Presidents and Key Executives MBA from Graziadio School of Busines at Pepperdine University. He also holds coaching certifications from both The Hudson Institute and The International Coaching Federation.

A PERSONAL GLIMPSE

Steve was born in Price, Utah, the county seat of Carbon County, where he grew up immersed in the rich ethnic traditions and cultures of his Serbian/Croatian and Italian parents, grandparents and extended family. Carbon County is known for its proud immigrant heritage and historical references as Utah’s melting pot of diversity. Family has always been the cornerstone of Steve’s life. He has maintained strong relationships over the years with extended family, friends and colleagues.

Steve and his wife, Tammy, are the parents of two children and one grandson. He is an avid reader and consumer of media and loves to travel internationally, especially to his beloved Italy. Steve regularly hosts "Socrates Cafe" sessions at his local coffee shop and is huge music fan and amateur musician.