Hone: How Purposeful Leaders Defy Drift

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Join Steve Goldbach BCom’96, for an engaging discussion on leadership, strategy and organizational success in a rapidly changing world. Steve is lead of Deloitte’s Sustainability and Infrastructure practice in the U.S., and co-author of Hone: How Purposeful Leaders Defy Drift. Drawing on decades of experience advising organizations and senior leaders, he will share insights from Hone, a book that challenges conventional thinking about organizational transformation and offers a practical framework for achieving lasting impact.

• ​Monday, October 26, 2026
• ​3 – 4 pm (ET)
• ​Alan G Green Fireplace Reading Room, Stauffer Library, second floor, Kingston, ON
• ​This free event is open to all

Please join us for a conversation with Steve about the ideas behind Hone, followed by a moderated Q&A with the audience. This event is open to students, faculty, staff, alumni and members of the broader community with an interest in leadership, management and organizational effectiveness.

About the Book

The third in a trilogy of business books written by renowned consulting leaders and two-time Thinkers50-nominated authors, Geoff Tuff and Steve Goldbach, Hone explores how leaders can strengthen their organizations by thoughtfully designing and refining the management systems that guide performance and behaviour.

About the Author

Steven Goldbach leads Deloitte’s Sustainability and Infrastructure practice in the U.S., which serves the complex and novel challenges 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 U.S. 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 as 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.