HillsScape provides services in strategic consulting and executive coaching and development, including mindful leadership
Strategic Consulting
HillsScape Consulting Founder and CEO Stephen Hills has extensive experience in helping companies successfully develop and implement innovative strategies in complex and dynamic environments. In addition to leading the transformation of The Washington Post into “The Most Innovative Media Company in the World” according to Fast Company, he led innovation as a Director of Sonatype, a fast-growing open source software company and as a Director of Classified Ventures, the creator of cars.com and apartments.com. Steve’s consulting engagements include companies in the media, technology and real industry sectors.Steve is a clear and insightful creative thinker and strategist who is also very talented ... I recommend Steve highly ... Steve is also just simply a good man and fun to be around!
Jeff Bezos
CEO of Amazon, Owner of The Washington Post
Steve has the unusual ability to combine his exceptional business acumen with his understanding of human motivation, a talent that has helped us to formulate a strategy and approach to business and management that has had a significant impact on our success.
Julia Springer
Founder and Co-CEO of Penzance
Steve Hills is an extraordinary executive and business thinker who has always led organizations with integrity, honesty, and a very high business acumen.
John Lee
Chairman, Middleburg Financial Corporation
Former Founder and CEO , Lee Technologies, Inc.
... proven to be an invaluable consulting resource... a keen ability to cut through complexity ... both good process and the right outcomes
Richard Sarnoff
Partner and Chairman of Media
Entertainment and Education, Americas
Executive Coaching and Development
HillsScape Consulting Founder and CEO Stephen Hills has worked extensively with individual executives and their teams to enhance their ability to successfully lead their organizations through times of disruption and rapid change. Steve designs customized programs for each individual or team and personally provides all coaching. Steve’s executive coaching and development programs have achieved breakthrough results, as the below testimonials demonstrate:Steve is one of the smartest and wisest people I know. He has excellent business judgment ... Steve is also a great guy and a pleasure to work with.
Katharine Weymouth
Former Publisher and CEO, The Washington Post
Steve's counsel has been invaluable and has changed the trajectory of my career ... helped me tackle seemingly intractable business problems ... made me a more empathetic, thoughtful, strategic and impactful leader.
EVP
Steve is one of the smartest people I know. I would recommend him to my peers and have enjoyed the benefits of engaging him in my own company to great advantage.
CEO and Chairman of multi-million dollar company
I am so thankful that I contracted with Steve Hills as my Executive Coach. Not only has Steve been instrumental in my career path, but also in my personal life.
EVP
Mindful Leadership
In addition to traditional coaching and development, HillsScape Founder and CEO Stephen Hills offers mindful leadership training for executives and their teams. Through meditation and other techniques, this innovate approach business leaders examine and identify how their own responses to stress may interfere with developing effective strategies and highly functioning teams. Steve is a founding member of a monthly meditation and mindful leadership group for CEOS in the Washington D.C. area, now in its fifth year. Steve has also completed “The Looking Glass” program at The Center for Creative Leadership, and has a BA in Philosophy from Yale University and a MBA from Harvard University. He also leads an executive program in Mindful Leadership at Georgetown University Law Center.Watch: Mindful Leadership Video
Steve is a talented business leader and committed mindfulness practitioner. ... I greatly value his insights ... he is so valuable and impactful as an advisory board member
Jake Tarr
Former President, Insight Meditation Community of Washington
Partner, Kinetic Ventures
Steve has lived the high-stakes life of executive leadership and can show you the tools for inner mastery that can help you feel more awake, alive and effective in your life.
Jonathan Foust
Founder, The Meditation Teacher Training Institute in Washington
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Steve is a clear and insightful creative thinker and strategist who is also very talented ... I recommend Steve highly ... Steve is also just simply a good man and fun to be around!
Jeff Bezos
CEO of Amazon, Owner of The Washington Post
Steve is one of the smartest and wisest people I know. He has excellent business judgment ... Steve is also a great guy and a pleasure to work with.
Katharine Weymouth
Former Publisher and CEO, The Washington Post
...one of the most relevant and dynamic presenters we have had to date...I'm grateful for the role you played in making this year's convention a success.
Linda Conway
Executive Director
New England Newspaper & Press Association
Steve Hills is an extraordinary executive and business thinker who has always led organizations with integrity, honesty, and a very high business acumen.
John Lee
Chairman, Middleburg Financial Corporation
Former Founder and CEO , Lee Technologies, Inc.
Steve's counsel has been invaluable and has changed the trajectory of my career ... helped me tackle seemingly intractable business problems ... made me a more empathetic, thoughtful, strategic and impactful leader.
EVP
Steve is one of the smartest people I know. I would recommend him to my peers and have enjoyed the benefits of engaging him in my own company to great advantage.
CEO and Chairman of multi-million dollar company
I am so thankful that I contracted with Steve Hills as my Executive Coach. Not only has Steve been instrumental in my career path, but also in my personal life.
EVP
Steve is a talented business leader and committed mindfulness practitioner. ... I greatly value his insights ... he is so valuable and impactful as an advisory board member
Jake Tarr
Former President, Insight Meditation Community of Washington
Partner, Kinetic Ventures
Steve has lived the high-stakes life of executive leadership and can show you the tools for inner mastery that can help you feel more awake, alive and effective in your life.
Jonathan Foust
Founder, The Meditation Teacher Training Institute in Washington
He has the unusual ability to combine his exceptional business acumen with his understanding of human motivation, a talent that has helped us to formulate a strategy and approach to business and management that has had a significant impact on our success.
Julia Springer
Founder and Co-CEO of Penzance
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HillsScape Founder and CEO Stephen Hills served as President and General Manager of The Washington Post for thirteen years, during which time The Post was deemed “The Most Innovative Media Company in the World” by Fast Company. Steve’s experience in leading innovation also includes serving as a Director of Sonatype, a fast-growing open source software company and as a Director of Classified Ventures, the creator of cars.com and apartments.com. Steve is currently on the Board of Directors of Avalon Bay Communities. Steve’s consulting engagements include companies in the media, technology and real industry sectors.
Steve earned a BA in Philosophy from Yale University and an MBA from Harvard University. He is a Founding Director of The Business Law Scholars Program at Georgetown University Law Center, where he also leads an executive program in Mindful Leadership.
Steve serves as Chairman of the Maryland/DC Chapter of The Nature Conservancy, and is incoming Chairman of YPO Gold, US Capital Chapter.
Steve earned a BA in Philosophy from Yale University and an MBA from Harvard University. He is a Founding Director of The Business Law Scholars Program at Georgetown University Law Center, where he also leads an executive program in Mindful Leadership.
Steve serves as Chairman of the Maryland/DC Chapter of The Nature Conservancy, and is incoming Chairman of YPO Gold, US Capital Chapter.
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Surfing the Wave of Disruption
Surfing the Wave of Disruption Ten Lessons for thriving during industry upheaval We have moved from “The Internet of Things” to “The Internet of Threats.” Relentless technological advances are demolishing barriers to entry in one business after another. Tech companies are … Read More
Steve’s Time4Coffee Podcast
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The business landscape is forever changed. The trends of digital disruption, and increased competition and have been accelerated. These external changes require that every organization assess two key internal issues of organizational readiness:1. The need for business model innovation
2. Skill and capability gaps of key executives
HillsScape Consulting specializes in helping companies solve these challenges by offering strategic consulting and coaching and development for C-level executives and executive teams to allow them to be more successful in meeting these challenges.
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