Steve Wittal

Almost as passionate about sports as he is about helping businesses succeed, Steve Wittal is the founder of Navisant, a Scale to Exit Advisory. Navisant helps CEOs build more value into companies to make them more exitable. Steve helps them do this through high-performance incrementalism — reverse-engineering aspirational goals into actionable, achievable game plans.

Early in his career, Steve set out to systematize and scale a small family business. He then went on to lead sales growth at a $350M+ company, guiding a team of 100+ account executives in locations across North America. When he closed the largest deal in the company’s history, valued at $180M, it brought into focus his core talent: reverse-engineering aspirational BHAGs into tangible outcomes.

Today he helps CEOs and their leadership teams build exitable companies, even when selling is not part of their vision. He believes firmly that exitable businesses outperform all others. Through his Leader’s Playbook series as well as fractional engagements, he works as a trusted advisor to provide clarity around leading a business and increasing its value.

A die-hard hockey fan, he leverages best practices from his favorite teams to inspire his business thinking and methods. He enjoys sharing the occasional hockey metaphor — particularly in his newsletter, The Scorecard, posted biweekly on LinkedIn — and he's continually inspired by winning playbooks to build game-changing strategies, on and off the ice.