Who is Mark?
✓ An accomplished business leader
With his MBA, Mark’s had numerous leadership roles in a variety of organisations ranging from very large multi-national organisations such as Audi, BP, ExxonMobil, Goodyear and Delphi, to much smaller owner operated businesses. Mark brings a 30 year highly successful track record in business to the role of helping other business owners fulfil their aspirations and dreams. This level of experience enables Mark to have a deep understanding of the challenges that business leaders like you face on a day to day basis.
✓ With wide ranging experience
Having lead large, disparate and diverse teams across multiple continents whilst working at some of the world’s largest and most recognised brands, Mark has broad and deep experience of leadership in all areas of business. Experiences include helping to disband one of the worlds largest joint ventures, supporting the merger that created the world’s largest company, and a founding member of the team that created the most successful automotive brand re-invention in the last 20 years.
✓ An experienced coach, mentor and business builder
Mark has supported business owners, executives and teams in all aspects of building profitable high growth businesses, from start-up phase all the way through to maturity and divestment. No matter what challenges you are facing, Mark will invariably have encountered a similar situation previously and will be able to support you to quickly and efficiently overcome your business hurdles by sharing examples of how other business have solved similar problems that you are experiencing. He is motivated, driven and tenacious. He is able to get the very best out of all the resources available to his clients and to ensure that the maximum results possible are achieved.
Mark’s Approach
1. Belief
Mark likes to work with business owners who believe they can achieve their dreams but have just not found the way to do it yet. Owners who are open to learn new things and have the determination to succeed. With these attributes in place, a coaching partnership with Mark will produce amazing results.
2. Partnership
The coaching partnership works best with clients who are naturally curious and open to new ideas. It can often involve a few doses of ‘tough love’ which requires a strong relationship and a full commitment to each other to keep producing great results throughout what often becomes a long and fruitful partnership.
3. Fun
Mark believes that business is fun and is there to enjoy. Great people join and stay with businesses that are fun to work in. Fun starts at the top so a coaching journey always has to be underpinned by a sense of fun and fulfilment.
Thousands of ActionCOACH clients have enjoyed transformations in the profitability of their businesses and the quality of their lives through investing in coaching. Mark will start the journey by jointly undertaking a full analysis of your business and then turn your aspirations into goals.
He will then guide you and your team along the path of learning, building strategies and most importantly taking decisive action to achieve your goals. The pace of growth will be in proportion to how much quality time that you put into the process. As with most things in life you will only get out what you put in! As you celebrate your goals together along the way, Mark will then set you higher goals and together you will continue along the path for as far as you wish to travel.
Infectious Enthusiasm
"Mark uses a logical and data based approach to bring clarity to organisations. Without doubt Mark inspires those around him to go the extra mile and he naturally creates winning teams. Mark's enthusiasm is certainly infectious and it has been a great pleasure working with him over the past year.”
Ben Henson - General Manager, IDEAL Industries
Motivated, Inspiring and Talented
“I could not have asked for a more motivated, inspiring and talented coach. Mark is always happy to share his vast knowledge and experiences to not only help you achieve your day to day objectives but also to nurture your own career path, passion and skills. You can always count on Mark to motivate a team, seeing him invest so much into his clients rubs off onto all those involved around him. Couple this with his bubbly personality and his infectious laugh and you have a recipe for success. I the time that I have worked with Mark I have lensed skills that will stay with me for a lifetime.”
Francesca Silvestri - Go to Market Manager, Fossil Group, inc
Inspiring Mentor
"Mark is one of those exceptionally rare coaches who also naturally serves as an inspiring mentor. Having previously worked for the biggest brands, his experience alongside his MBA truly sets him apart from other leaders. Mark exhibits strong interpersonal skills and a unique capacity for empathy. These qualities most notably translate in his ability to motivate a team through his positive attitude and respect for the people around him.
Akbar Mahmood - Clinical Audit Facilitator, NHS Trust
Open, Trusting and Inclusive
Mark is probably the best coach I've worked with in my 30 year sales & marketing career. He sets high expectations and has the ability to get the very best out of a team. He is very open, trusting and inclusive and above all, very supportive; all the characteristics of a top coach and mentor. He possesses a wealth of both strategic and tactical tools and certainly taught this old dog some new tricks!
Neal Hill - Sales & Marketing Consultant
