About Stephen
Stephen Stynes is an entrepreneur, leadership coach,
team facilitator and the inventor of Proflict -
a revolutionary process for understanding and
leveraging conflict at high-growth companies.
He is a guest faculty member at IESE, one of Europe’s
top ranked business schools, and a founding member of
IESE’s Foundations of Scaling program, now entering
its fourth successful year.
Foundations of Scaling each year takes 35 scale-up
founders through an intensive 10-month program which
takes place in IESE Barcelona, Madrid and Munich,
and includes some of the world´s leading practitioners
and thought leaders in global entrepreneurship.
He is Program Director of the IESE Keep Scaling Program, a multi-year follow on program for participants of the Foundations of Scaling
program.
This program is on a mission to build a globalcommunity of purpose-driven, ambitious founders committed to building better,
more human andmore successful organisations.
Over the years he has worked with hundreds of
entrepreneurs and leaders across 3 continents.
He has worked with senior global leadership teams at
Accenture, Unilever, Disney, Avianca, has coached senior leaders at United Nations, Tetra Pak & Ernst & Young as well as dozens of start-up and scale-up teams and founders across Europe, US and Latin America.
Stephen is a highly experienced facilitator of mindfulness and mediation practices which he uses extensively in his work.
He facilitates and coaches in both English and Spanish and is based in Barcelona Spain.
Mathias Tholey
Co-Founder & CEO
Nucoa
“I was one of those founders who didn‘t get what coaching was for and very sceptical if it could add value to me at all.Until I met Stephen.
Stephen not only opened up my mind but also provided me with insights that eventually saved my business. Now, after this transformative experience,
I wholeheartedly
recommend any founder to get a top notch coach such as Stephen and make the most out of it"
Mónica Avila Forero Mentora de Negocios
I met Stephen at the Kauffman Foundation in Kansas City where we both were attending the FASTTRAC Program.
One of the best things that came out of the trip for me was the opportunity to invite Stephen to Colombia as an international expert to train 240 start-up entrepreneurs and business owners in 8 cities across the country.
His worldwide experience in the corporate and entrepreneurial worlds, combined with his empathy, open mind and social skills make him an amazing coach, mentor, and an inspiring leader to others. All the entrepreneurs loved him .
Ha Eun Ruppelt
Maritime Transformation
Advisor
"I had the pleasure of working with Stephen as part of an Executive Coaching
program at IESE, and I can confidently say it’s been one of the most valuable
experiences of my professional journey.
From the start, he was incredibly approachable and grounded. He has a rare
ability to strike the right balance between listening deeply and asking the kind ofthoughtful, well-timed questions that gently challenge your assumptions.
I walked away with not only
greater self-awareness, but also a renewed sense of direction and purpose.
If you’re open to growing,
gaining clarity, or seeing things from a new perspective—you’ll find tremendous value in working with him.