Marc Koehler, a former U.S. Navy Nuclear Submarine Officer and turnaround CEO, is a rare blend of expertise, engagement, and 35 years of battle-tested, proven experience in Elite Leadership, evangelizing that what the world needs is not more management systems – it needs more leadership.
Marc is the founder of leadership development and research firm, Lead With Purpose, where he took the over $1M in training the Navy poured into him and distilled it into simple concepts and skills to create leaders at every level of an organization – achieving both collective readiness and personal readiness. Over 51,000 leaders have been developed through Lead With Purpose’s SHRM-accredited organizational leadership consulting, coaching, courses, and simple systems.
Marc’s experience in both the nuclear submariner service, including receiving two Battle E’s over the course of his career, as well as the business world has led him to become one of the foremost experts on Elite Leadership – a needed, relevant, and achievable approach to leadership for this new, disruptive world.
Marc is the best-selling author of Leading With Purpose, a hands-on guide to developing engaged, empowered, and encouraged employees. He is also the host of the Surfacing Leaders podcast, where he tells the stories of leaders in unlikely places and the human spirit that drives us all.
Residing in Oceanside, California, Marc is married to his wife Heidi of 28 years and Dad to their three grown daughters, Anja, Liesel, and Sophie.
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