EDUCATION
J.D., University of Minnesota Law School
M.A., Humphrey Institute for Public Affairs, University of Minnesota
B.A., University of Notre Dame
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Tom passed away on February 1, 2021. We hold this page to honor his passing.
Tom McSteen, MA, JD, CCL
Embodied Leadership Coach; Convener & Guide for Heart-Centered Conversations
Art of Convening™ Certified Convening Leader
That inner voice has both gentleness and clarity. So to get to authenticity, you really keep going down to the bone, to the honesty, and the inevitability of something.
– Meredith Monk
Since completing a nearly 30 year legal career in 2016, I have weaved together multiple trainings and my life journey learnings into two interrelated paths: first, as an embodied leadership coach, at stillpondcoaching.com; and second, as a guide and convener for heart-centered and relational conversations and dialogue, at sacreddiscourse.com.
I am fortunate to have coaching certifications from the Strozzi Institute, the Newfield Network, and the Full Voice Institute; and I am certified by the International Coaching Federation. In addition to being a Certified Convening Leader, I am also certified as: a Compassionate Listening Facilitator, from the Compassionate Listening Project; a Safe Conversations Facilitator, from RelationshipsFirst; a HeartMath Coach/Mentor; and a Speaking Circles Facilitator.
I most enjoy helping people and teams really get to what is underlying all of the talk, by practicing deep listening, relational presence, and heart-centered connection.
I am a commitment to embodying these personal qualities (from Richard Leider’s Napkin Test):
Gifts: Cultivating connection. Listening. Asking powerful questions. Creating safe spaces.
Passion: Being in relationships that are grounded in deep sharing and transformation.
Values: Integrity. Authenticity. Vulnerability. Getting to the heart of the matter quickly.
Calling: To develop skills and capacity, in myself and others, for deep connection/relationships.
Purpose: To cultivate conversations across any type of conflict, divide, or difference, where all those engaged are left more whole, inspired, and connected.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Sacred Discourse
January 2018 – Present
Sacred Discourse is a heart-centered framework for having relational and connected conversations between individuals, within groups, and across society. I work with individuals and teams to discover how to engage in hard conversations, sometimes in the face of deeply held conflicts or disagreements, and allow everyone to come out of the experience with the ability to move forward together, from a place of respect and a deeper relationship.
StillPond Coaching
March 2017 - Present
I Provide embodied leadership coaching, including somatic, gestalt, ontological and/or voice modalities, designed uniquely for each client. Emphasis on allied coaching, which provides for a more focused and intensive coaching relationship, for persons desiring to make significant life changes.
Medtronic, PLC
Director, Global Privacy Program; US Privacy and Security Officer
December 2009 – September 2016
Directed and managed a global privacy and data security program for all of Medtronic’s businesses. Lead cross-functional teams to accomplish specific objectives for data privacy and data security compliance, based on changing risk profiles. Responded to governmental and regulatory reviews.
University of Minnesota Physicians
Compliance Officer / Privacy and Security Officer
June 2007 – December 2009
Directed and managed an organization-wide compliance program for the physician practice of a premier academic health center; program included enterprise risk management of various corporate risks. Primary substantive work included Medicare / Medicaid billing compliance and Data Privacy.
OTHER POSITIONS
Allina Hospitals and Clinics, Director
Minnesota Board of Social Work, Executive Director
Minnesota Attorney General’s Office, Assistant Attorney General
