Inspiring Growth Podcast
Stories of struggle that have lead to growth.
5-stars | Awesome Podcast!
"This podcast really does a wonderful job sharing how Mark P. Fisher challenges your outlook on leadership and growth through real life stories. Give it a listen if you want to grow!" - iTunes Review (Jonathan6217)
***** | Ultimate Combo.
"Mark does such a great job asking questions and being who he is; inquisitive, insightful, challenging, transparent, and encouraging. This podcast will stay at the top of my list." - iTunes Review (Chief Zealot)
Imagine Growth Like These Leaders
“Mark draws people into the future by the vision he casts…” - Bob Wood, CEO
{+} "Not only has Mark inspired growth with me as a leader - but our revenues increased by 42%." - David Crouse, Executive Director
{+} "Sandy Cove grew amazingly under Mark's 8-year leadership." - Tom Boyer, President IR Tools
{+} "Mark is like the person in a lighthouse. He sees the bigger picture of leadership while inspiring both personal and organizational growth. For us a 61% increase in revenues." - Greg Mengarelli, President, Mayor Prescott, AZ
{+} “Mark is creative, innovative and passionate …” - Gregg Hunter, President
{+} "Mark is a proven leader who truly cares for others and achieves tangible results through his own efforts and those he leads.” - Todd Metzler, DuPont Corporate Finance
{+} "Mark doubled our return at a news/talk radio station in Washington DC. - Rogers Kirven, Co-Owner
Who's Growing?
Entertainment, Corporate, Hospitality and Causes...
Entertainment Industry
Mark just completed a successful national campaign to promote Paramount Pictures movie, Same Kind of Different as Me. Based on the New York Times bestseller by the same name, it is the true story of a broken marriage that rediscovered love, trust and forgiveness by serving those experiencing homelessness.
Mark (and his team) oversaw red-carpet events in 127 cities, on 394 screens totalling 78,153 pre-sold tickets.
Corporate Clients
Mark has consulted for 139 different for-profit and non-profit organizations. In addition, he has provided market research (code for part of a team who gives feedback on advertising strategies prior to launching) for AT&T, Nissan, Red Lobster, Nestle, Speedstick, Office Depot and recently for Citi's Olympic ads featuring Gabby Douglas.
Senior Advisor and Booking Agent - Ron Hall
Not only did Ron write the New York Times bestseller Same Kind of Different as Me and movie screen play - he lived it!
Ron has helped raise $97 million for agencies who serve those experiencing homelessness.
Invite Ron to to do the same by inspiring growth with your donors.
Contact Mark to schedule Ron Hall.
Photo - left to right:
Mark P. Fisher, Ron Hall, Djimon Hounsou, and Greg Kinnear, at the Union Gospel Rescue Mission in Fort Worth TX where the story took place.
Social Clients
As a Social Entrepreneur, Mark cares deeply about various causes.
- Same Kind of Different as Me Foundation - Restoring the lives of the homeless, hungry, abused and hurting.
- Water4 - empowers local entrepreneurs to bring clean water to their own communities
- ECFA - Evangelical Counsel for Financial Accountability
- AGRM - Association of Gospel Rescue Missions
- UCYC - United Christian Youth Camp
- ACCC - Angeles Crest Christian Camp
- The Journey - Real Church for Real People
Growth Happens in Stages
You choose: ala-carte or full engagement.
EXECUTIVE GROWTH COACHING
One-on-one with Mark P. Fisher
Mark walks with you to inspire growth as a leader and top-line revenues.
Your 56 page, personalized complimentary report ($250 value) uses DISC research and examines 3 key parts of your leadership: behaviors, motivators, and emotional quotient (EQ)
Behaviors is what you bring to the job, the motivators are what drives you, and your emotional intelligence (EQ) shows how you connect the relational dots. This report blends all three sciences, combined with Mark P. Fisher 32-years of leadership development to inspire growth with you as a leader.
Start with your FREE leadership Growth report. CLICK HERE
Marketing without a Marketing Director™
Mark literally wrote the manual.
Embed Mark. Think of it as a fractional Vice President of Sales and Marketing for half-the-cost.
If you can't afford a seasoned, full-time sales and marketing professional, or don't want to hire and train a newbie, Mark and his team will serve as your Sales and Marketing Director to increase your revenues.
He brings a team of specialists to focus on your challenges. Web and graphic designers, killer sales copywriters, SEO, sales funnels, grant getters, and Google adword specialist, and direct sales professionals all for less than half of what you would pay for one full-time, benefited employee. Available in 6 and 12 month engagements.
STAGES OF GROWTH X-RAY
Determine your company’s current stage of growth.
By critically assessing a company’s past, present and future, the CEO gets focused on the right things at the right time. Identify the hidden agents—defined as 27 Challenges—that are impacting a company’s ability to grow, and develop a plan to solve those issues. Mark with guide you.
BRAND ASSESSMENT
"A brand is what other say about you when you are not in the room." Jeff Bezos, CEO Amazon.
Brands make a promise. What promise are you making?
Mark looks under the hood. He seeks to find under-utilized or new opportunities for increased revenues. He assesses your brand, sales and marketing strategies. Then, Mark not only maps out a path toward greater GROWTH, but he works weekly with you and your team to make it actually happen.
"We are on a mission to inspire growth
with leaders and their brands."
- Mark P. Fisher
Mark P.
Fisher
Chief Encourager
Mark is a growth specialist.
He led from the CEO chair for eight years before a major life-change launched his quest to inspire growth in others. Insatiably curious and a life-long learner, Mark has a knack for knowing the great questions that lead to growth. One of his writings was featured at Leading With Questions.
He has led teams who have transformed wandering organizations into fun, focused, financially healthy and innovative cultures with 99% customer satisfaction. See a few results.
Recently featured in Entrepreneur Magazine, Mark is a social entrepreneur, marketing strategist, executive mentor, booking agent, speaker, copywriter, storyteller and amateur travel writer and senior contributor with TripAdvisor.
Mark is also the founder of PaineFisher Marketing LLC and author of self-published Marketing without a Marketing Director, Marketing Instincts, Vowels of Leadership and contributor to the New York Times best seller sequel: The Shack: Reflections for Every Day of the Year. In addition, he has spoken for hundreds of small and large venues including a fan thrill - pre-game chapel for the Washington Redskins.
Mark is married to Lori, his 31 year partner in building an amazing family with five grown children and four sweet granddaughters who call him Papa.
Chelsea
Jones
Executive Knower
Chelsea makes things happen.
Whether it's finding creative ways to help Mark be 10x more productive or inspiring growth with our clients, Chelsea makes it happen.
And she does it with a flair for creativity, color, learning and laughter.
Chelsea hosts a yoga television show called Breath of Life and writes a blog called Wonderfully Weird Strangely Perfect.
She has worked in a wide range of interesting occupations including teaching underprivileged youth, nannying in Uganda, and performing on professional stages across the country.
Chelsea’s quirky personality helps her keep up with the best of them. She loves the human experience and doesn’t know a stranger. Everyone she meets is chosen, worthy, and loved.
Her favorite past-times include: making lists, checking off boxes, organizing, and playing her ukulele.
Taco
Hornbaker
Drone Magician
Taco Hornbaker creates stunning and impactful movies.
How?
He learns your brand inside and out. He then zeros in on the compelling stories you portray within your project or brand. Taco then crafts an aerial strategies to build your movie to grow your business.
He expertly utilizes high-definition, aerial videography leveraging a host of tools to tell your story.
Whether you are selling a premiere ranch, showcasing your winery, planning a commercial building, producing a film or commercial, or setting out on the journey of your lifetime, we have full-service production capabilities and a top-flight crew with expertise in piloting, cinematography, and editing, give extraordinary dimension to our work – and your project!
See recent :90 second epic cinematic client movie.
Jeni
Majors
Visual Storyteller
Jeni Majors takes ordinary images and ideas and makes them extraordinary.
As CEO of Jeni Majors Designs Studio, Jeni specializes in graphics and brand revision, image re-creation, logo reimagining, and creative revolutionizing.
She has worked with Mark for over three years and enjoys helping clients envision, strategize, and meet their potential through graphic artistry and idea exploration. She loves maximizing the effectiveness of her clients’ websites, print graphics, and online presence.
Jeni has a huge laugh, but her desire to serve others through visuals, fun, and creativity is even more powerful!
Brian
Tippitt
Branding Guru
Brian creates inspiring images, designs, logos and fun.
As Founder and Creative Director of his own firm, Brian has been pulling stunning designs out of thin air for 21 years with Mark and his clients.
His beautifully crafted designs communicates your brand and engages your audience.
Whether it's a new logo, direct mail materials or a super responsive website, Brian's brilliance gets noticed.
Wendy Claiser
Grant Imagineer
Wendy is a visionary!
Wendy sees what a group or organization could be if they had the program or funds to expand and make a greater impact in their community. She looks at the “what if’s” and imagines all the vast opportunities and possibilities.
She has an extensive background as a Project Developer and Manager. Wendy has worked with not for profits in project and program development and fundraising for more years than she can count on all her fingers and toes!
Wendy has supported organizations in raising funds through events and grants from coast to coast, with the following missions; domestic violence and abuse, juvenile justice, therapeutic equestrian activities, workforce re-entry, and serving underprivileged youth and families.
She has written grants from $5,000 to $2.5 million, and was instrumental in the program development and management, and co-writer of one of the largest federal grants received by an institution of higher learning to serve individuals with autism and neurodevelopmental disabilities.
In her spare time, she enjoys her husband, Dean, their four grown children and their families, 3 dogs and 2 horses. She is an avid equestrian, loves to fish, hike, and garden.
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