Mark develops leaders who will improve the quality of life for themselves, for their families, for business, for their communities, and for the world around them. He will help you develop a clear sense of purpose and achieve higher degrees of success both personally and professionally.

• Mark helps people discover their own potential and achieve more. 
• He helps organizations develop cultures where continuous learning and improvement, higher levels of achievement, standards of excellence and exceeding customer expectations prevail…because organizations don’t fail, people do.

      Mark Sturgell has made a career out of helping others achieve more of their goals, more often.  As a Certified Business Coach and consultant he helps decision-makers define business problems or opportunities, build and implement solutions with impact, and significantly improve on pre-determined results. Typical clients include growth-oriented individuals, businesses (or business units), domestic and global corporations, non-profits and government agencies that perform a range of critical functions. Services vary depend on customer needs, but generally involve customized solutions, goal achievement and problem-solving strategies that improve management, team, individual or organizational performance. He has addressed groups ranging in size and demographics from small college classrooms, corporate manager groups, and other trainers, to professional audiences of 500 or more.

Experience

• Certified Business Coach
• Certified Career Specialist
• 18 years coaching experience.
• Registered affiliate and Winner's Circle member with Resource Associates Corporation, a development research organization in Reading, PA.
• Former Director, Business and Corporate Solutions, Millikin Institute. Directed strategic planning and day-to-day operations of Business and Corporate Solutions at the Millikin Institute from its 1997 inception to 2002.
• Former career coach, career-marketing specialist, public relations officer, strategic planning implementation team, Illinois Department of Rehabilitation Services for eleven years
• Former outplacement consultant, Career Development Services, Inc., Rochester, NY
• Former public Information Officer, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale

Membership & Publications

• Member, RAC Senior Affiliates Mastermind Group (invitation only)
• Vice President, Macon County Extension Council
• Past president, Central Illinois Chapter-American Society for Training & Development (ASTD)
• Past president, Macon County 4-H Foundation
• Past president, International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) Heart of Illinois Chapter
• Past president, Metro Decatur Chamber of Commerce Commodores; 1994 Chamber Commodore of the Year
• Author of Career Planner & Job Finder’s Guide: Using Your Skills Language to Create Work Opportunities

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