STEVE FARBER Founder & CEOThe Extreme Leadership Institute

STEVE FARBER Founder & CEO

The Extreme Leadership Institute

Steve Farber

Steve Farber is the president of Extreme Leadership, Inc. and the founder of The Extreme Leadership Institute. His third book Greater Than Yourself: The Ultimate Lesson In Leadership was a Wall Street Journal® and USA Today® bestseller. His second book The Radical Edge: Stoke Your Business, Amp Your Life, and Change the World was hailed as “a playbook for harnessing the power of the human spirit.” And his first book The Radical Leap: A Personal Lesson in Extreme Leadership is already considered a classic in the leadership field. In fact, it received Fast Company magazine’s Readers’ Choice Award and was recently named one of the 100 Best Business Books of All Time.

Farber's much-anticipated new book Love Is Just Damn Good Business was published by McGraw-Hill on September 6, 2019.

Steve is a member of The Transformational Leadership Council and has served as Vice Chairman on the Board of Directors of the world-renown Up With People—a global leadership program for students from 18 to 29 years old.

Coaching and inspiring extreme leadership at all organizational levels is Steve’s passion and he does so with a style that is part strategist, part social commentator, and all energy.

Steve lives in beautiful San Diego with his wife Veronica and his two Abyssinian cats. In his free time you’ll find him playing guitar late into the night.