Stosh D. Walsh’s journey to courage began when he was just 5 years old, and his father
committed suicide. Moving toward that pain instead of away from it in subsequent years, he
realized an important truth: courage is not merely for overcoming hardship; courage is for
enriching the world. As a speaker and facilitator, he invites individuals and organizations to
greater courage: specifically, to envision the world as it could be, then create that world.
Stosh has spent his career in support of this concept, working in both for-profit and non-profit
organizations before founding his own firm. He began his career in traditional education
settings as a classroom teacher before working in university residence life and athletics. From
there, he enjoyed nearly a decade with The Gallup Organization, where he contributed to the
best-selling Strengths Based Leadership as a member of the practice team, won several awards
as Gallup’s top presenter in his practice category, and worked with dozens of Fortune 500
clients. In 2014-15, he led the organizational development function for the largest credit union in
Illinois before founding Constant Organizational Development to serve the Leadership and
Employee Engagement needs of clients.
He has given 2 TEDx talks (“Lead Like They’re Dying” and “#30forothers”), and he is the author
of Along the Way: Leadership Stories from Everyday Life (2012), “Five Questions You Must Ask
Your Team” (Gallup Business Journal May 2013-subsequently named top read article of 2013),
and “Leadership is More Than the C-Suite” (Gallup Business Journal September 2013). He is
currently writing a book about courage.
Stosh earned a BA in Education and a MA in Leadership. His other interests include hiking,
photography and spending time with his wife and 2 children.