About Mike

Mike is a Real World Experienced Certified Executive/Business Coach & Consultant. He is the founder & CEO of M3 Advisors Group, serves on the boards of several companies, and is a chair member of a national organization that equips Christian CEOs, presidents & business owners build extraordinary businesses and influence lives. He has served on the board of his previous two churches and has been affiliated with several Bible studies for years. He started a Christian networking group in 2021, Christian Business Association of the Palm Beaches. Mike has been married for thirty years and has four children. He grew up in California, Japan, and Hawaii and moved to Florida in 1975 after living on Midway Islands. A graduate of FSU, Mike spent five years in the Navy as a Lieutenant with a Special Warfare Naval embarkment advisory team.

Since the late 1980s, he has traveled and worked in over 15 countries, working with top executives developing growth strategies and sales teams, opening trade distribution, training sales teams, and raising investment capital for overseas expansion. He has worked with name-worthy companies such as Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Cadbury, Schweppes, General Mills, Warner Bros., Marvel Entertainment, Blue Cross Blue Shield, The Walt Disney Company, Sara Lee, Lance Crackers, Cargill Meats, The Bruss Company, Mars Incorporated, and MasterFoods.

He helps entrepreneurs, business owners, and executives clarify and achieve their business and personal goals faster than they might ever do on [their] own! He does this through a customized/structured process that is highly successful. It is developed in part from the best practices of some of the world’s best business & personal development experts and in part by his thirty years of business consulting and ten years of owning, operating, and selling businesses. His process is focused on each client's specific and exact needs, and he gets results. Working together, he will improve your productivity; when he can do that, usually you will increase your profitability, and by doing the work together, you’ll achieve a renewed quality of life. He gets results.

Convene Team Profile

Ideal Member

Mike is pursuing Christian CEOs and business owners with businesses that: generate revenue in excess of $2M, have greater than 25 employees, and/or have a market valuation greater than $5M. Why? Because the issues faced by these CEOs/businesses are different from those faced by smaller or much larger firms. Mike’s personal commercial success is a direct result of developing and managing businesses fitting this ideal Member profile.

Chair Philosophy

Mike wants to invest in, equip, and encourage Christian CEOs and business owners, regardless of location, who: are driven to scale their businesses and their teams, are not satisfied with the status quo, believe in servant leadership, and thrive on executing with excellence. In short, Mike wants change-makers with significant platforms that can be advanced in meaningful ways for both commercial and Kingdom purposes.

Meeting Format

Mike’s Convene team will meet once a month In-person (7:30-4:30) on the first Friday of each month. The agenda will include a devotional, business learning/concept, and three issues/opportunities facing the various Members. In addition, Mike will meet with each Member monthly for a one-hour coaching/advisory session. Finally, Members will commit to meeting in person for at least one group meeting per year (assuming the Members feel comfortable/safe traveling).

“Mike’s coaching has been instrumental in my ability to successfully influence and manage multiple types of personalities.  It’s easy as an executive to find yourself … spread too thin, which results in not maximizing your impact on the organization and career development.  Mike has brought clarity to ensuring I focus on the high-value-added activities that both benefit my organization and my professional development. I’ve used executive coaches over the years, and Mike is clearly a leader in the field. He helped me gain self-awareness, clarify goals, achieve important objectives, and succeed in a stressful onboarding situation. His style is warm, friendly, and open. I recommend Mike without qualification. When you meet him, you’ll realize quickly that he’s the right choice to help you reach the next level in your career.”

R.D.
Founder, FathWorks, Pensacola Florida

“The best part of having Mike as a coach is that you know he’s always in your corner, and he’s been exactly where you are before. The hardest part of operating a business is that it can be a very lonely endeavor. It’s lonely because everyone from your staff, consultants, suppliers, and customers has a different agenda, and can only see part of the whole picture. As an operator, you alone see the whole board, and with that responsibility comes stress, frustration, and mind clutter. Mike has an ability to stand shoulder to shoulder with you and “look at the whole board”. Because of his decades of business execution and operation, he can relate to my frustrations and needs on a personal level. He isn’t a professor preaching from a “business textbook”. Mike has lived it and understands the stressors that are unique to an operator. If you look at business development and operation as a 15-round boxing match, Mike is the head trainer in the corner. He’s there in between rounds to review and adapt strategy, see what’s working and what’s not, and help you implement changes on the fly. The best boxing trainers in the world were fighters themselves, not just “students of the sport”. Mike’s “time in the ring” makes him the ideal coach. He can be personal, empathetic, and strategic depending upon what challenges you face in the round ahead.

Roy Warren Jr.
CEO, Gratitude Health

“Mike's coaching program he designed for us is showing results after 9 months.  Long-term planning, communication, and everyday decisions are much smoother. Our business has been around for over 15 years, and I think over time you lose sight of plans and goals. His program has put us back on track and has brought clarity to ensuring I focus on the high-value-added activities that both benefit my organization and my professional development. Mike’s ability to listen and relate with experienced advice is second to none. His style is friendly and open. I recommend Mike without qualification. When you meet him, you’ll realize quickly that he’s the right choice to help reach your goals. M3 Advisors has allowed us to restructure the company and has helped improve our sales significantly during the pandemic. This program is well worth the money...”

Woody Knoebel
Founder & CEO, Alumacart

About Convene

Convene’s mission is to connect, equip and inspire Christian CEOs and business owners to grow exceptional businesses and become higher-impact leaders to honor God. Through a community of peer-to-peer advisory teams, executive coaching and world-class consulting, we work with Christian CEOs and business owners to impact the Life of a Leader, leading to an ultimate Kingdom legacy.

We work together to enhance your business and life trajectory, while exploring where God is leading you. Convene provides ongoing business and leadership skill-development with access to One2One™ coaching and advisory teams, nationally-recognized speakers, and break-through content for continuous transformational learning. Particular attention is given to contributing wisdom, encouragement and accountability toward your goals for the purpose of achieving better results in all areas of your life.

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