Giant Steps, LLC is a consulting firm specializing in strategy, culture, career, and education. We provide expert advisory services to executives, boards, and leaders across corporate businesses, non-profit organizations, arts and cultural institutions, healthcare entities, and educational organizations. Through Giant Steps Career, we also offer professional development, career transition support, and executive coaching.

We work across corporate businesses, non-profit organizations, arts and cultural institutions, healthcare entities, and educational organizations including colleges, universities, and independent schools. Our clients range from Fortune 500 companies to government agencies to independent foundations.

Leilani M. Brown is the Founder and CEO of Giant Steps, LLC. She is an award-winning executive with leadership experience at Stride, Starr Insurance Companies, The Economist Group, MetLife, and American International Group. She brings more than 25 years of board governance experience, including serving as Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees at Middlebury College, and holds a Directorship Certification from the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD). Leilani is the author of three books: From Campus to Career, Your Next Giant Steps, and Your Next Giant Reset: A Career Comeback Plan. She hosts the Giant Steps with Leilani Brown podcast.

Giant Steps Career is the talent-facing division of Giant Steps, LLC. It focuses on professional development, career transitions, executive coaching, and early career programming. Services include career comeback strategy, resume and LinkedIn development, interview preparation, leadership transition coaching, and campus workshops based on Leilani's book From Campus to Career.

Yes. Board governance is one of our core service areas. We provide governance framework development, board self-assessment, succession planning, strategic alignment between board and organizational priorities, board recruitment and onboarding, and customized board workshops. Leilani brings more than 25 years of personal board leadership experience to this work.

Yes. Leilani M. Brown serves as principal coach for a select number of mid-level to senior executives. Coaching covers executive presence, personal branding, strategic networking, leadership transitions, and well-being. We limit the coaching practice to ensure individualized attention.

Yes. Leilani delivers keynotes, workshops, and interactive sessions for corporate events, board retreats, conferences, colleges, universities, and professional associations. Her signature keynotes cover high-performing boards, career reinvention after disruption, leadership at the front lines of public service, and the campus-to-career transition. Contact info@giantstepsllc.com to discuss booking.

Leilani has authored three books: From Campus to Career: 25 Tips for Your First Professional Year (a guide for students and early-career professionals), Your Next Giant Steps: 25 Practical Tips for Job Search Success (a job search strategy guide), and Your Next Giant Reset: A Career Comeback Plan (a free downloadable guide for professionals navigating career transitions, available at resetguide.giantstepsllc.com).

Giant Steps with Leilani Brown (formerly Your First Job) is a podcast exploring the pivotal decisions, bold reinventions, and daring choices that shape meaningful work and lives. Leilani interviews leaders, innovators, creators, and trailblazers across industries. Available on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, and Audible.

Yes. We provide strategic advisory services to colleges, universities, and independent schools, including strategic planning, board governance, culture assessment, and leadership development. Through Giant Steps Career, we also deliver campus workshops, career services programming, and early career development based on Leilani's book From Campus to Career.

Giant Steps, LLC is based in Washington, D.C. and Charleston, South Carolina, and serves clients nationally and internationally.

Visit giantstepsllc.com/contact-us or email info@giantstepsllc.com. For speaking inquiries, media requests, or consulting engagement discussions, we typically begin with a discovery conversation to understand your needs.

The name is inspired by John Coltrane's revolutionary 1960 jazz album Giant Steps. Like Coltrane's music, our work emphasizes improvisation within structure, technical mastery applied with soul, and the courage to take bold, unconventional approaches. Our guiding principle — Do Well. Do Good. — reflects our belief that excellence and impact go hand in hand.