Steven Goldbach leads Deloitte’s Sustainability and Infrastructure practice in the US, which serves the complex and novel challenges our clients face across energy, environment, resilience, and infrastructure. The practice helps clients make measurable progress on varying dimensions of these challenges by bringing to the table all areas of Deloitte’s experience.
Prior to assuming this role, Steve served as Deloitte’s US Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) for eight years. During his time as CSO, Deloitte made a major pivot in strategy, focusing on winning as an integrated organization. Before joining Deloitte, Steve was the head of the New York Office at Monitor Group and the head of strategy for Forbes.
Along with Deloitte principal Geoff Tuff, Steve has co-authored three bestselling books: Detonate: Why—and How—Corporations Must Blow Up Best Practices (and Bring a Beginner’s Mind) to Survive (Wiley, 2018), Provoke: How Leaders Shape the Future by Overcoming Fatal Human Flaws (Wiley, 2021), and Hone: How Purposeful Leaders Defy Drift (Wiley, 2025), which Thinkers50 named a Best New Management Book for 2026. Steve was also a finalist for the Thinkers50 2019 Distinguished Achievement Award in Strategy and for the 2021 Distinguished Achievement Award in Leadership.
Steve completed his BCom at Queen’s University and his MBA at Columbia University. He sits on the Advisory Boards of the Smith School of Business at Queen’s University and the New York Botanical Garden.
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