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Operating experience. A personal commitment to developing people.

Steve McNair is the president and founder of The Altitude Group. He coaches owners, leaders, and teams, and he speaks on leadership and trust.

Portrait of Steve McNair

His story

  • Market President
  • General Manager
  • Director of Sales
  • Head of Growth Strategy
  • Executive Coach

Steve McNair brings more than 30 years of experience in business leadership, revenue growth, and people development to The Altitude Group. His career spans radio, television, sports broadcasting, and marketing, with roles including market president, general manager, director of sales, head of growth strategy, and executive coach.

As general manager of Fox Sports Net Houston, his responsibilities included advertising sales, team contract negotiations, production, marketing, programming, and finance. At CBS Radio in Houston, he served as vice president and director of sales, leading a team of 60 across a seven-station cluster. At iHeartMedia, he was market president in New Orleans. In radio and television, he led sales teams and worked on recruitment, selection, and employee development.

His coaching work began more than twenty years ago. As an executive coach at Clear Channel Radio, he helped develop and teach leadership programs, with follow-up coaching for managers and account executives across markets.

That experience shapes his work with owners and leadership teams today. Steve understands that developing people is part of running a business, not an activity separate from it. He helps leaders work through decisions, develop the people around them, and put plans into practice.

Career at a glance

From the sales floor to the corner office, to coaching.

  1. 2000–2004

    Clear Channel Radio · Houston

    Senior Account Executive, then General Sales Manager

    Led a team of 10 account executives. The team had the lowest turnover of the company's eight Houston stations over two years.

  2. 2004–2007

    Clear Channel Radio

    Executive Coach

    Led workshops and one-to-one coaching for managers and account executives on selecting and developing people, with follow-up coaching after each workshop.

  3. 2007–2008

    Clear Channel Radio · San Antonio

    Director of Sales

    Directed advertising sales for a seven-station cluster and rebuilt the sales structure.

  4. 2008–2012

    Fox Sports Net Houston

    General Manager and General Sales Manager

    Ran every part of the regional sports network: advertising sales, team contract negotiations, production, marketing, programming, and finance.

  5. 2012–2013

    CBS Radio · Houston

    Vice President and Director of Sales

    Led a team of 60 direct reports across a seven-station cluster. Responsible for sales strategy, pricing, and employee development.

  6. 2013–2017

    A Houston television station

    Regional Sales Manager

  7. 2017–2018

    iHeartMedia · New Orleans

    Market President

    Set the vision and strategy for the company's radio, digital, and event business in his hometown.

  8. 2018–2021

    A Houston television station

    Director of Sales

    Managed local, regional, and national sales, and the recruitment, selection, and development of the sales team.

  9. 2022–2023

    A Houston marketing agency

    Head of Growth Strategy

    Helped clients grow and scale their businesses.

  10. 2021–Today

    The Altitude Group

    President & Founder

    Executive coaching, life coaching, workshops and training, leadership retreats, and speaking.

Beyond the work

New Orleans roots. Houston home.

Raised in New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward, Steve learned early to pay attention to the details and the people others might overlook. His father's instruction, “be sure to get the corners,” remains part of how he approaches the work.

He attended St. Augustine High School in New Orleans and the University of Houston, where he studied civil engineering.

Outside of work, Steve mentors and coaches young people and adults. He has served on the Greater Houston advisory board of Big Brothers Big Sisters.

Steve is married and the proud father of two daughters.

  • HometownNew Orleans, Louisiana
  • SchoolsSt. Augustine High School · University of Houston
  • CommunityMentor · Big Brothers Big Sisters advisory board (past)
  • Based inPearland, Texas

The founding line

Gratitude determines your attitude. Attitude determines your altitude.

Every engagement starts where people are today and builds the next step from there. The climb is theirs; the work is making it steady.

Altitude

How far the team can go

Attitude

How people meet the work

Gratitude

Where it starts

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