Mark
Johnson
TEAM CHAIR
Team Location:
Online
Team Type
C-Suite & Executive Team
INDUSTRIES REPRESENTED:
No Industries
POSITIONS REPRESENTED:
I have balanced business and ministry throughout my entire career and continually sought to integrate the two, eventually realizing that everything I do is a form of ministry. I have previously started multiple companies and worked with small business owners and entrepreneurs through the University of Georgia and Kennesaw State University. During that same time, I attended Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and Richmont Graduate University, where I learned to apply modern psychological theories and spiritual practices to the leadership training of pastors and entrepreneurs. I am continuing my studies in leadership training at Regent University, where I am pursuing a Ph.D. in Counseling and Psychological Studies with a concentration in Industrial-Organizational Psychology. By applying my passion for Christian psychology in a business setting, I am also training at an ICF-approved school to become a Certified Professional Leadership Coach and a Professional Certified Coach.
Currently, I serve as a leadership coach through Intaba Coaching, a company I launched to support redemptive leaders and non-profits. Convene fuels Intaba, encompassing the work I do as Director of the C-Suite and Key Leader Program, as well as Chair of multiple virtual Convene teams. I regularly work with assessments such as DiSC Work of Leaders, DiSC 363, DiSC Agile EQ, DiSC Productive Conflict, and the Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team. I am also certified with the WiLD Toolkit and as a Discipleship Coach through Promised Land Living.
C-Suite & Executive Teams
As a C-Suite or Executive Leader, Your Role Comes With Significant Challenges.
If you don’t invest in developing yourself, you’ll face difficult problems in the future…
Your strategies will age and lose relevance.
Your ability to collaborate with other disciplines will suffer.
Your leadership skills will stagnate.
Your team’s culture will lose its defining principles.
Doing your job alone is a recipe for frustration and burnout over time. As someone that leads a critical branch of the business, it’s important to take care of yourself and develop as a leader both as an investment in yourself, and as an investment in your work.
Frequently asked questions
Who is an ideal member for this C-Suite & Executive team?
- Junior partner or partner in a company
- Employees training to take over a company one day and are the clear choice in succession planning
- Employees in the C-Suite (COO, CMO, CFO, etc.)
- Though not originally designed for solo entrepreneurs or small business owners, the topics we cover in this group make it a good fit for companies unable to join another team
- Desires to develop an entrepreneurial mindset and innovate from the owner or key role in an organization
- Member is coachable, humble, vulnerable, and hungry and understands that to lead well we must learn to follow well too
What are some common challenges faced by members on this team?
- Managing relationships with business partners, investors, or boards
- Succession or exit planning
- Business model design and organizational structure
- Building marketing, sales, operations, financial, and ministry plans
- Training to lead and grow businesses at a CEO or President level
- Thinking holistically about various departments within a business
- Finding time/life balance
- High level strategy and execution of plans throughout an organization
- Integration of faith and business including developing a Kingdom purpose and vision for their companies
Why sponsor your leader in one of our groups?
As a business owner myself, I am familiar with the challenges and benefits of leadership development. I built these groups not only out of a personal pain point—wishing these had been available to me earlier in my career—but also out of a professional one. Where can our team members go to be completely open and authentic about the challenges they are having in our business? I can think of no better avenue for developing top talent than allowing them to grow together in a community with other influential leaders, which is why I sponsor one of my team members from Intaba on a Convene team.
Employers sponsor their team members to:
- Retain top talent by demonstrating that they are valued and worth developing
- Give their leaders a space to say “I don’t know” and solve complex problems
- Help their leaders develop a holistic business perspective
- Build a pipeline for rising stars to grow into C-suite or ownership positions
- Allow their leaders to develop skill sets in both leadership and followership
- Provide insights through leadership assessments that ultimately transform culture
What is the meeting format?
This team meets via Zoom for two hours twice a month and includes a 45-minute One2One™ coaching session. We are also intentional about building community with my other two teams, which include in-person gatherings such as an annual retreat or other regional events, allowing members to meet each other as well as other C-Suite and Key Leaders.
Here’s WHAT MY MEMBERS ARE SAYINg:
CAUSES
In joining my Convene team, you will have the opportunity to participate in a broader redemptive community through the causes we support. We are proud supporters of the following non-profit organizations: https://intabacoaching.com/causes
