A Professional and Personal Coaching Organization
Find your Stride. Live with Purpose.
Every climb has moments where the path forward isn't clear. We walk alongside high-achieving professionals who are ready to find their footing, push through the hard terrain, and discover a life that truly fits who they are.
You've Been Climbing the Wrong Hill
The exhaustion you feel isn't from working too hard. It's from spending too long showing up as a version of yourself that no longer fits.
It's Not a Calendar Problem
The tension at home, the Sunday night dread, the quiet sense that something is off. That's an identity problem, not a scheduling one.
You've Been Pushing From the Outside
Most approaches start on the outside and work in. Stride Partners starts on the inside, with the harder and more important work of understanding who you actually are.
You’re Walking Alone
Built around three practices, self-awareness, self-ishness, and self-acceptance, our work together isn't a curriculum with a finish line. It's a lifelong practice with a partner by your side.
What Waits at the Top
With every step of your journey, you'll move closer to a life and career that actually reflect who you are.
Secure Your Footing
Get clear on what truly matters to you and build a path forward grounded in your values, strengths, and purpose.
Stamina to Go the Distance
Learn to take care of yourself first so you can show up fully at work, at home, and in the relationships that matter most.
Reach New Ground
Break free from the patterns holding you back and step into a version of yourself that finally fits who you are and where you're headed.
What You’ll Discover
Every client comes to us at a different point on their journey, but the work always moves in the same direction: forward.
Get Honest
We'll help you see yourself clearly and identify the core values and beliefs that have been driving you, and the ones that should be.
Build a Foundation
You'll design a sustainable approach to physical, emotional, and spiritual self-care so you stop running on empty and start climbing from a place of genuine strength.
Beat What's Holding You Back
Together we'll work through the uncertainty, fear, and internal conflict keeping you stuck so you can face life pressures with clarity and confidence instead of frustration.
Design Work That Fits You
You'll identify the work you excel at, love doing, and that the world needs, then build a strategic plan to pursue it with intention.
Show Up as Yourself
At home, at work, and in the world, you'll step out of your inauthentic performance and into the person you actually are. That's where the real climb to a fulfilling and impactful life begins.
We've Walked in Your Shoes
Stride Partners was founded by Alex and Steve, two people who know firsthand what it feels like to be successful on the outside and lost on the inside. Everything we do is built from that lived experience.
Who We Are
We believe real, lasting change only happens when you build from the inside out. Every step of our process is rooted in self-discovery, values alignment, and the courage to choose yourself first.
Why We Do It
Everyone at Stride Partners has navigated significant career and life transitions of their own. We don't guide people through terrain we haven't crossed.
The People Behind
Stride Partners
We are guides, not gurus. Here are the people who will walk alongside you.
After two decades in legal and tech, Alex hit a crossroads that changed everything. He brings that experience of rebuilding from the inside out to every client he walks alongside.
Steve has navigated transitions across real estate, tech, and marketing. He came out of retirement to co-found Stride Partners after seeing a gap no one was filling.
Alex’s coaching work was shaped long before it was ever named. After more than two decades in legal and technology environments, Alex learned what it takes to perform under pressure—and what it costs when performance is disconnected from identity. Over 20+ years, Alex led complex, high-stakes initiatives across technology startups, Fortune 10 companies and global law firms, including roles at Apple and McKesson spanning litigation, eDiscovery, information governance, and enterprise transformation.
Known for translating technical complexity into clear, human-centered narratives, Alex built a reputation for fostering trust across stakeholders and leading teams with steady, results-focused clarity. Together with a relationship-driven approach to collaboration, Alex became a highly valued leader who enabled teams to deliver results. That journey also extended into the education and nonprofit space, where he served as a private school administrator during a season of significant transition. By most measures, Alex was a success.
But even meaningful success can leave a person misaligned.
What followed wasn’t just a season of reflection—it was an unraveling. Questions surfaced that achievement alone couldn’t answer: Why am I doing this? Who am I, really? What once felt clear became uncertain. What once drove him no longer held.
It became one of the darkest seasons of his life—not because of what was happening externally, but because he no longer recognized himself and lost understanding of his purpose.
What began to rebuild that identity wasn’t a new strategy, but a different way of being.
Alex learned to let go of expectations and the need to control outcomes. He began creating space for stillness—time to step back, reflect, and face himself honestly. And in that process, he discovered something just as important: he wasn’t meant to do it alone. The trusted relationships became a critical part of the rebuilding—people who could walk alongside him, offering perspective, support, and truth when he couldn’t see clearly on his own.
Today, as co-founder of Stride Partners, Alex coaches career professionals at all levels who appear successful on the outside yet feel depleted, fragmented, or off-course internally. These are individuals who don’t need more strategies—they need clarity, space, and a trusted partner.
Steve’s professional journey is defined not just by success, but by evolution.
His career began in Silicon Valley’s high-tech sector, where his business talents and acumen fueled his quick rise into middle management before realizing he was called to build something of his own. That realization led him to co-found with two partners his first of four startups—an ambitious tech venture that, while ultimately proven to be “ahead of its time”, laid the foundation for the entrepreneurial mindset that would define Steve’s career.
He then transitioned into a highly successful career in commercial real estate, where he spent nearly two decades advising high-tech companies in one of the most competitive markets in the world. During this period, Steve recognized the need for the creation of an alliance of likeminded firms. He became a key force in the founding of CRESA Partners, a national tenant representation firm. As the managing partner of his own boutique brokerage firm, Steve led major client engagements across local and national markets while also serving on CRESA’s Board of Directors.
From the outside, it looked like success. But internally, something was off. Despite Steve’s many professional achievements, the pace came at a cost. Long hours and frequent travel led to burnout, and he found himself disconnected from what mattered most—his family, and his sense of presence and of purpose. That realization marked a turning point. Steve was forced to step back and ask a question many high performers eventually face: Is this all there is?
What followed was a period of exploration, reinvention, and growth leading to new paths through consulting and entrepreneurship, including work in network marketing. What stood out most during this season wasn’t the businesses themselves, but the fulfillment he found in mentoring, developing, and coaching others. It was a natural extension of the leadership he had practiced for years—but now with deeper meaning and satisfaction.
That calling became undeniable when Steve was asked to formally coach a leader navigating a new role. The experience was transformative – not just for his client, but for Steve himself. Encouraged by his own longtime coach, Steve embraced what had been building for decades – a transition into coaching.
Today, after a brief period of retirement, Steve is a co-founder of Stride Partners and brings decades of real-world experience to help professionals navigate the moments that define their lives – career transitions, identity shifts, reinventions, growth and the pursuit of a meaningful and fulfilling life. He specializes in working with individuals who have achieved success but know there is something more. Steve helps clients realign their lives and careers with who they truly are, redefine what success means, and take intentional steps forward with clarity, purpose, and confidence.
Because finding your stride isn’t about doing more – it’s about becoming aligned with who you were meant to be.
What People are Saying About Stride Partners
"Working with my life coach, Alex Lovo, during a time when I had lost my job was truly transformative. When I was at my lowest, he helped me rebuild my confidence and rediscover who I am at my core. What began as a job search evolved into a deeper journey toward finding my true life path and purpose, guided by a career direction that genuinely aligns with my strengths and values. His support gave me clarity, confidence, and a renewed sense of purpose, and I’m incredibly grateful for his insight and encouragement during such a pivotal chapter in my life."
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