Mike Howerton

Senior Executive Coach

Expertise At-A-Glance

Holistic leadership
Mission critical coaching
Consensus and coalition building
Accomplished motivational speaker
Creating high-performing teams and cultures
Change management within complex organizations
Strategic planning

Leveraging his 25+ years of experience as an executive, Mike is a catalyst for transformation. He coaches C-Suite and high-potential leaders who want to elevate their vision and fulfill their potential. His expertise in organizational alignment and holistic leadership, combined with a keen eye for pulling the best out of individuals and teams, makes him uniquely suited to cultivate deep strategic buy-in and prioritize initiatives for future growth.

Mike knows what it’s like to sit at the helm of an organization and report to a board of directors. He has felt the immense responsibility of leading a large group of people to a common goal, giving him an especially relevant connection to the CEOs he coaches. He operates from a values-based mindset with a focus on legacy creation and uses data to drive financial outcomes and capitalize on productivity trends.

Mike has worked with various types of organizations, from PE-backed startups to Fortune 500 companies and solopreneurs. He holds multiple leadership degrees and specializes in executive development, creating high-performing teams, and strategy facilitation and implementation.

Education & Credentials

Master’s degree in organizational leadership from Fuller Theological
BA in Philosophy from Pepperdine
Executive Insights Graduate of Leadership Eastside (Seattle)
Enneagram Trained under Dr. Ken Baugh

Client Highlights

The organizations and leaders Mike works with continue to realize substantial results and transformation year-over-year. Check out Mike’s client highlights below!

Finding Success in a Downturn at a Global Software Development Company

Process: Executive coaching for a leader with 60,000 employees worldwide who faced layoffs exceeding 10,000. Developed and implemented a strategy to increase innovation, create a sustainable budget, and establish an impactful executive presence to drive alignment and consensus among senior executives.

Results: The strategy exceeded organizational goals while serving the needs of the enterprise, culminating in the retention of all who had faced layoffs. The executive’s increase in leadership acumen and strategic aptitude resulted in a rare promotion amid a global recession.

Updating Legacy Systems and Executive Mindsets at a Software Solutions Company

Process: One-on-one coaching for CEO and executive team working on alignment, clarity of roles, and enterprise-first mentality for executive decision-making. Created a new structure to strengthen the team and clear out alignment obstacles.

Results: Implementation of the new team structure resulted in increased productivity, leading to a customer-centric approach and unprecedented levels of client satisfaction. Innovation, creativity, solution-based thinking, talent retention, and engagement peaked with the alignment of the executive team.

Robust Strategic Positioning and Alignment of Data Analytics Company

Process: One-on-one coaching focused on succession readiness and planning, executive team alignment, and organizational strategy for a CEO and two executive leaders preparing their company to sell. The coaching roadmap included developing and upskilling future successors to lead the company to next-level growth.

Results: Transitioned from being a CEO-dependent company to CEO-inspired company, including clarity and alignment of the executive team around the upcoming succession of its three top leaders. Identifying and upskilling next-gen leaders led to a scalable and sustainable future business.

Testimonials

All companies invest in sales, marketing, and technology. The ones that take the time to invest in their own “why,” their own growth and that of their teams, are the ones that reach a different echelon. Our work with Transcend has made us into an elite organization in every sense of the word and it’s easily one of the best investments I’ve ever made.

Jess Rovello CEO, Arkadium

Transcend has been transformational for me as CEO and for my executive team. They connected the mind and the heart of our executive team, driving more alignment, a team working as one rather than individuals, and over-delivering on results. I have worked with many consultants and coaches. Transcend has been the most impactful.

Mark Goldstein CEO, Entertainment Partners

If the time has come to make changes in an organization, Transcend can facilitate the creation of an informed and cohesive plan built around the leadership’s vision while keeping firmly planted in the reality of what it takes for that vision to succeed.

Nancy Novokmet Managing Partner, NEED

Article Insights on Mike's Expertise

December 2, 2024

Team Leadership

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