A Beaumont life of service, stages and stories.
Stephen “Doc” Watson has spent more than four decades helping people lead better, work together, and stay safe — with a generous dose of humor along the way.
Doc has been a resident of Beaumont, Texas since 1959. He graduated from Beaumont High School in 1968, where he served as president of both middle school and high school student governments and was a Texas 4A district debate champion. That same year he was elected YMCA Youth Governor of Texas and named one of the ten outstanding young people in Texas. He went on to study history and pre-law at Oral Roberts University, Lamar University and the University of Texas.
Professionally, Doc has owned and operated several businesses in both San Diego, California and Beaumont, Texas. He served as a vice president of lending in banking, spent a decade in retail as a customer relations coordinator and trainer, and worked for many years as a private consultant in team building, conflict management and customer relations.
Today he operates Certain To Win, speaking nationwide on winning strategies, team building, violence prevention and community security. He is a long-standing advocate for firearm safety and responsible ownership, and his monthly column Heat & Humanity has been published in the Beaumont Business Journal for many years.
Rooted in Southeast Texas.
- Mediator and trainer with the Jefferson County Dispute Resolution Center for a decade.
- Board member, Crime Stoppers of Southeast Texas — named Crime Stopper of the Year in 2019 by the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department.
- Board member, Beaumont Convention & Visitors Bureau.
- Alumnus of both the FBI and Beaumont Police Department Citizens Academy programs.
- Served as both a Jefferson County election judge and ballot board member, and as long-time president of the Manion Townhouse Association.
Speaking Topics
Each program is tailored to the audience. A sampling of recurring themes:
- 01
Winning Strategies
- 02
Team Building
- 03
Violence Prevention
- 04
Community Security
- 05
Firearm Safety & Responsibility
- 06
Conflict Management
Doc has been married to the girl of his dreams for more than 20 years and has one stepdaughter. He’s a lifelong musician — singer and bass player for over 50 years — a reader of military history, strategy and tactics, a fan of classic cars, and the doting human to two Shelties, Little Piper and Big Parker.