Who is Steve Baumgartner?
empowering to Lead with purpose & intent!
A Global leader in Men’s Performance & Leadership and the founder of FORGE: The Masculine Leader Blueprint and Knights Order—a brotherhood-driven movement helping men reclaim the leadership they were designed for in their homes, businesses, and communities.
But leadership wasn’t always his story.
Steve grew up in the wreckage of an abusive, neglected, and abandoned childhood, until adoption yet still carried the weight of generational pain into adulthood. He chased success to outrun the past, building a decades-long career in the corporate world, rising from the shop floor to senior leadership in one of America’s largest food manufacturers. As a General Manager and former Director of Engineering and Reliability with over 20 years of operational leadership, Steve drove multi-million dollar turnarounds, led teams of hundreds, and achieved record-setting results across production, safety, and culture.
But despite the drive and ambition, he was still lost—overweight, angry, disconnected, and alone.
Everything changed when he finally confronted the truth: no amount of external achievement can fix a broken identity.
Through lived faith, discipline, and the realization that he is a son of the Most High, Steve rebuilt his life from the inside out—starting with his body, reshaping his mind, anchoring his soul, and devoting his life to service.
Today, Steve equips men to break free from their own limiting beliefs, rise into their design, and lead with conviction rooted in truth. Whether in the boardroom, the home, or the battlefield of the soul, he calls men to lead by example, not explanation.
Signature Topics
🔥Reclaiming Masculine Leadership by Design🔥
How to lead your home, business, and life as the man God created you to be. In a world that confuses masculinity with ego or silence, this talk calls men back to their original design. Steve reveals how authentic leadership is built through identity, integrity, and spiritual authority; not performance.
You will walk away with a roadmap to reclaim your place as a husband, father, and man of faith.
🛡 From Wounded Son to Warrior Leader 🛡
Turning pain into purpose and rewriting your story through faith. Steve shares his raw journey from an abusive and abandoned childhood to becoming a builder of men.
This message speaks to any man carrying the weight of the past. Learn how to confront your wounds, forge a new legacy, and lead your family from a place of healing and wholeness.
⚒ ReBuild the Temple: Mind/Body/Soul/Service ⚒
Why your transformation begins with the man in the mirror. This talk dives into how Steve lost 80 pounds, reshaped his mindset, and connected with God; not to impress others, but to become useful for the kingdom.
Discover the FORGE framework that helps men discipline their bodies, sharpen their minds, align with the Spirit, and step into lives of impact.
🕯 The Enemy Wants You Isolated 🕯
Why brotherhood is essential to your freedom, leadership, and legacy. The enemy's oldest tactic is isolation; separating men from their faith, their purpose, and each other. Steve unpacks the spiritual and practical consequences of going it alone and reveals how true masculine growth happens in the presence of other men.
Drawing from the principles behind the Knights Order, he shows how accountability, shared values, and spiritual brotherhoodforge men who don't just survive; but lead, protect, and serve with strength.