Dr. Steve Yacovelli

Dr. Steve Yacovelli, also known as "The Gay Leadership Dude®" is the Owner and Principal of TopDog Learning Group, LLC a learning and development, leadership, change management, and diversity and inclusion consulting firm based in Orlando, FL, with affiliates across the globe.

Yacovelli and TopDog have had the pleasure of working with some great client-partners who they consider to be members of their "pack". He’s worked with Fortune 500 greats like The Walt Disney Company and Bayer to amazing not-for-profits like The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, PBS, and The American Library Association; large universities like The Ohio State University and The University of Central Florida, to small entrepreneurial rock stars like International Training & Development and GovMojo, Inc. Yacovelli and TopDog have thoroughly enjoyed helping their client-partners grow, develop, expand, and be successful with their leadership, diversity and inclusion, and change management consulting goodness.

Yacovelli is also an author and speaker. His latest book, "Pride Leadership: Strategies for the LGBTQ+ Leader to be the King or Queen of their Jungle" ‘came out’ in June 2019. His next book, "Your Queer Career®: Workplace Advise from "The Gay Leadership Dude®" hits stores later this year.

With almost thirty years experience in leadership, strategy, organizational learning, and communication, Yacovelli is a rare breed of professional that understands the power of using academic theory and applying it to the corporate setting to achieve business results. Oh, and he’s quite fond of dogs, too.