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Trusted Advisor, Executive coach, and motivational speaker that serves a wide range of clients spanning Fortune 50 companies to small local enterprises and across industries including retail, manufacturing, financial services, and high tech. As a seasoned trusted advisor, Mark navigates leadership paradoxes and complexities. His practice brings wisdom and discernment to the interactive process of consulting.• Partner with ClearView Consulting providing competency based assessments to strengthen leaders in education.. • During a ten year partnership with a Citizens Financial Group executive the division grew from 700 million to over 50 billion in part through consistent talent development and coaching. • Coached the VP/GM of global marketing organization. Refocused his team and improved their global sales and delivery. Strengthened executive's interpersonal effectiveness with increased business impact, becoming one of four leaders guiding the corporation.

New Directions works nationally with the most senior level executives and professionals who are seeking new opportunities such as full-time positions; corporate boards; consulting practices; business ventures, non-profit leadership or alternatives to full-time work through our Life Portfolio Program®. 70% of our clients engage in new, full-time positions and 30% do something they hardly imagined possible.Individuals work with us at critical times during their careers, including when they are in transition, anticipating retirement or are at a career crossroads. The majority of our clients are moving on from their positions due to a change in management, M&A, reorganization or sale of their own company. Highly customized, we support their individual short and long term career and life goals. Those considering a change of work/lifestyle often begin our Life Portfolio Program one to two years prior to a retirement date while mentoring their successors. They plan ahead and create new identities and engagements before leaving the company.For our clients at a career crossroads, including returning ex-pats, the executive’s company benefits from the executive being more productive and less anxious. As a result, the organization can make more informed decisions and provide a smoother process for redeployment, retention or succession.

Talent Management, Assessment, executive coach, and train executives for improved performance in the context of the company’s business model and strategy. Create, sell and deliver programs across a broad range of industries.• Repeatedly met billing and sales bonus targets. Because of reputation for wisdom and superior performance with clients, consistently asked by other Hay Group offices to contribute to their projects. • Coached over 30 executives, who through action learning met and exceeded their performance expectations. Cross section of clients includes: Ascension Health, Caterpillar, Citizens Financial Group, CVS, Philips, Sentara Health, T.Rowe Price. • Key member of the team that created a customized leadership model and development workshop based on the strategy and business model of Semiconductor 15 billion dollar global corporation. Part of the 5 member team that delivered the 10 interactive workshops to the top 100 executives.• Delivered over 20 interactive leadership development workshops for executives, managers, and supervisors at Global $60 billion manufacturer with participant ratings averaged 96% approval. • During engagements, established relationships that lead to ongoing business

Marketplace ministry to leaders, cultivating an intimate and integrated spiritual life, producing change not only in the person, but also optimizing their impact on the communities, organizations, and industries they serve. • Established action-learning groups for business owners that centered on resolving real-time business issues, applying biblical insights, and developing meaningful peer relationships. • Created a safe context for business leaders with substantial resources to openly explore and integrate scripture with a wide range of personal, financial, and leadership issues. • Mentored 20+ leaders at different stages in their spiritual growth: a young entrepreneur moved from wondering about his faith to becoming a spiritual resource to others; challenged and equipped a spiritually mature executive to discover deeper intimacy with God; supported a nationally known leader in his field as he went through significant professional changes.• Assisted in creating and delivering a Spiritual Mentoring workshop for Marketplace Network. Featured speaker on the integration of faith and work at churches and conferences.

Transformational Leadership –course for pastors and business leaders integrating scripture and leadership practices. Explored the theology of institutions, biblical frameworks for leadership, transforming organizations/systems/processes, and spiritual formation for leaders.

Leadership –course for MBA candidates exploring personal development and leadership issues through case studies, readings, and feedback instruments International Management –course for undergraduates mapping out the issues faced by global managers by using case studies, readings, and class presentations

Dynamic New England Church that in sixteen years established a vibrant worshiping community of 350, global outreach, and vigorous community ministries.• Began and maintained a visioning process that produced shared visions, focusing the people on the local community and the world. Compelling biblically based preaching and leading through a shared ministry model generated a high level of engagement with 30-40% of the congregation involved in ministries aligned with the church’s mission and values.• Established a global agenda for the church with 25-40% of its budget going to missions and several missionaries from the congregation were called and supported by the church.• Recruited and led a multiple staff of paid and volunteer leadership that included a pastor of ministry and worship, youth minister, children's minister, visitation/counseling elder, and church administrator.• Led the fundraising efforts for two building programs and staff expansion. Established the yearly budget and led the annual financial commitment efforts.

Th.D., New Testament And Leadership

Combined degree with study in the School of Theology and School of Management. Focus on Senge's Systems Thinking for leadership and Paul's.

M.Div, Pastoral Leadership

Took extended time to be part and full time youth minister, part-time year round camp director, during my education

Ba, Sociology, Anthropology, Bible

Activities and Societies: Christian Service Counsel President, Spiritual Life and Standards Committee member, Chapel Committee member