Three Decades. One Passion.
Maximizing Christian Leadership Impact.
Mark Stevenson is a seasoned leadership consultant that has served Christian executives and boards for over 30 years. Mark has served over 2400 leaders and 300 organizations by providing clear and tailored solutions that advance their gospel impact.
Through leadership coaching, assessment, and search engagements, his clients have included Wycliffe Bible Translators US, World Vision, Opportunity International, Seed Company, Taylor University, Biblica, SIL, Brotherhood Mutual, Fuller Theological Seminary, The CEO Forum, Compassion International, and Missio Nexus. In addition to North American clients, Mark has served Christian leaders from 16 nations in Western and Global South contexts.
Consulting Solutions
Leadership & Board Development Coaching
You are a one-of-a-kind leader with a unique “operating system” of gifts that drives your best work. Maximizing that system is the number one priority for increased impact from one leadership season to the next.
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Christian nonprofits can only be as good as their boards. Board coaching focused on governance excellence is a vital mission accelerator.
Leadership & Organizational Assessment
Wise leaders seek input on their performance in order to learn, grow, and increase their effectiveness and impact. Mark tailors executive assessments to fit your context and mission .
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Christian nonprofits have complex missional, cultural, and operational realities that can become overwhelming to manage. Organizational assessment creates clarity and increased impact.
Leadership Search & Selection Consulting
Getting leadership fit right is the most important accelerator of mission impact. Getting it wrong pauses everything. Mark’s “Guided Leadership Search” consulting ensures you know what’s most important for your next leader to pursue and how your candidates are uniquely motivated to lead.
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Targeted selection consulting for your search brings vital clarity to your discernment. Mark partners with search committees as an expert resource to support your work.
What Clients Say…
“Mark loves to help leaders and organizations realize their potential. With quiet integrity, he will help you become a better leader by providing deep insights into the teams that you manage and by bringing clarity out of the ‘messiness’ that inevitably comes whenever human beings come together to try to accomplish something important.”
— Richard Stearns, President Emeritus, World Vision US
“Mark has helped my senior leadership team and me unlock more of our potential by guiding us through the SIMA Assessment process to discover what uniquely drives each of us toward excellence in Christian higher education. It has been amazing to see how the twelve members of our President’s Council – men and women of diverse ages and cultures – have responded to the process with a greater sense of calling and vocation in their work at Greenville University.”
— Suzanne Allison Davis J.D., President, Greenville University
"Over the last 25 years, Mark’s work and wisdom has guided both my understanding of my vocation and my ability to be more effective as a leader. At key junctures throughout my career, Mark has kept me focused on my “True North” and pursuing the best options in the right way. Mark takes the long view and is playing the long game to help his clients reach their goals and truly live into their unique purpose."
— Jeff Dykstra, Senior Advisor & Founding CEO, Partners In Food Solutions; Venture Partner, Praxis
“Mark uses his gifts as a leadership coach and board development expert to help leaders and their organizations thrive. His ability to listen well, ask good questions, and speak into our context has provided Wycliffe USA clarity, wisdom, and encouragement in our mission.”
— Dr. John Chesnut, CEO, Wycliffe Bible Translators
“Mark is an experienced and talented leadership coach. Through Mark’s SIMA process and wise experience, he was able to draw out meaningful insights into my career to provide clarity in purpose and direction across all the arenas of my life. Mark helped me (a numbers person) with words and structure to better assess and make decisions that are aligned to my abilities and sense of calling.”
— Michael Wong, COO / CFO Global Christian Relief
"When I first applied for an executive leadership role in Christian higher education, I was given the opportunity to engage the SIMA® process. I had participated in other reflective exercises in the past, but the SIMA® process was unique in that it analyzed intersections related to motivations, interests, contextual circumstances, and preferences. The process of reflecting on multi-year and multi-context patterns brought a whole new level of clarity and insight that aided my discernment process."
— Sarah Visser PhD., Executive Vice President, Calvin University
“Mark is an authentic, gifted, and compassionate leader who demonstrates a unique ability to facilitate the process of connecting institutional needs and qualified candidates. He understands the balance between allowing the search process to unfold and taking the responsibility to lead with skill and humility.”
— Allison Ash PhD., Associate VP of Strategy and Operations, Credo Consulting
“Self-awareness as a leader may be the most important skill you can have. If you don’t know and harness your strengths, weaknesses, and passions, how do you live out your calling and build a team? Mark's coaching with the SIMA process has been the most holistic and thorough assessment I’ve ever experienced. It helps a leader understand who they are, their passions, gifts, weaknesses, and the environments they most need to flourish. Not only that, but the process is formative, clarifying, and even developmental itself. I can’t be more of an advocate for this to be a part of every leader’s journey.”
— Rev. Brian Episcopo, Senior Pastor, Alliance Church
The SIMA Process: Assessment done differently.
You’ve done all the personality assessments… but you still have critical questions and big leadership decisions to make.
While normative or psychometric tests can highlight helpful characteristics, they don’t get to the heart of why you work and the ways your intrinsic abilities and experiences drive how you work.
Using your personal narrative and 30 years of experience with the SIMA® Process, Mark will clarify, define, and equip you to apply your intrinsic abilities and God-given purpose to the things that matter most.