Career Transitions: Finding Your Fulfillment

Stephen Kohler, Audira’s intuitive founder and CEO isn’t your ordinary executive coach or strategic thinker. He is a University of Chicago MBA-trained executive with P&L experience who led global marketing and strategy departments for several blue chip and industry-leading brands such as Weber, Kraft, and Shure. Seeking to focus his career more on the people side of business, where the true power of every organization resides, Stephen founded Audira to help people find clarity, direction and purpose in their work.
On top of an accomplished business background and an immense network of functional and industry professionals, Kohler holds a BA in philosophy from Northwestern and is a passionate musician. The common thread here, which is woven into the fabric of Audira, is a desire to see people work authentically and in concert to achieve a meaningful goal. Stephen knows what magic can happen when people are all listening to each other and contributing.
25 Years of Experience
• Executive-Level, Global P&L Team Management: Americas, EMEA, APAC
• Industries: Consumer Durables, Consumer Packaged Goods, Technology (B2B & B2C)
• Companies/Brands: Weber-Stephen Products (Weber grills), Kraft Foods, Shure Inc. (microphones & consumer electronics), Digital Innovations (startup consumer electronics)
• Functional Expertise
o General Management
o Brand & Product Management
o Strategic Planning
o Leadership Development
• Private Company Leadership

On the Wall
• MBA, University of Chicago, Booth School of Business
• BA (Philosophy), Northwestern University
• Certified, International Coach Federation (ACC) and Co-Active Coaches Training Institute (CPCC®)
• Certified, Balanced Scorecard Professional (Strategic Planning) – Balanced Scorecard Institute
• Certified, Leadership Effectiveness Analysis - Management Research Group
• 3 Patents