Clear thinking.
Stronger leadership.
Meaningful impact.
ADVISOR TO CEOs, PRESIDENTS AND EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAMS
For more than forty years, I have worked alongside CEOs, Presidents, and Executive Leadership Teams during the moments that most shape an organization — transitions, alignment, growth, and change. My role is to help leaders think more clearly, see more honestly, and decide more confidently.
ADVISOR TO CEOs, PRESIDENTS & EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAMS
Clear thinking.
Stronger leadership.
Meaningful impact.
For more than forty years, I have worked alongside CEOs, Presidents, and Executive Leadership Teams during the moments that most shape an organization — transitions, alignment, growth, and change. My role is to help leaders think more clearly, see more honestly, and decide more confidently.
“Mark Lefko has been one of the most valuable outside voices in my work as CEO over the past three years.”
Bernd Stephan
President and CEO, Fluidyne Fluid Power
WHO I HELP
Leaders engage me at the moments when leadership matters most. A new CEO joining an existing team. An Executive Leadership Team that has lost alignment. A transition that needs to be navigated with care. A growth chapter that has outpaced the organization's ability to execute together.
My work is selective. I focus on progressive companies whose leaders care about their people, want to be excellent at what they do, and recognize that the quality of the leadership team shapes everything that follows.
HOW I WORK WITH LEADERS
Three ways I support CEOs and their leadership teams.
— 01
CEO & President Advisory
A confidential thought partner and sounding board for CEOs and Presidents navigating strategic decisions, leadership challenges, and the isolation that comes with the role. My job is not to tell you what to do — it is to help you think more clearly, see what you might be missing, and decide with confidence.
— 02
Executive Leadership Team Effectiveness
Helping Executive Leadership Teams strengthen trust, improve collaboration, align around strategic priorities, and accelerate organizational performance.
— 03
Leadership Transition & New CEO Integration
Supporting organizations through critical leadership moments — new CEO integration, executive onboarding, succession, and post-acquisition team integration. The first 90 days set patterns that last for years.
WHY THIS WORK MATTERS
Aligned leaders create ripples that reach further than they realize.
When the people at the top of an organization are aligned, trust one another, and work together well, the impact does not stop at the leadership team. It reaches every person they touch — their direct reports, the teams beneath them, the families and lives outside the office. People in well-led organizations carry that experience home with them. They are better partners, better parents, better neighbors.
That ripple — quiet, often unmeasured — is the reason I do this work at this stage of my career.
ABOUT MARK
I have spent more than forty years advising CEOs, Presidents, and Executive Leadership Teams across North America, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, and Asia. Before founding The Lefko Group, I served as CFO and Acting COO of a six-billion-dollar mortgage banking company, led mergers and acquisitions in investment banking, served as Chairman of TEC Worldwide (now Vistage), and worked with Arthur Andersen as a CPA. I now live in Mount Shasta, California, and work selectively with the leaders and organizations I most want to support.
SELECTED CLIENTS
Selected organizations whose leaders have engaged me:
More than 150 CEOs and Presidents advised. More than 300 executive retreats, leadership summits, and strategic planning sessions facilitated.
When Leadership Matters Most
If you are facing a leadership moment that deserves thoughtful counsel — a transition, an alignment challenge, a decision that will shape years ahead — I would be glad to have a confidential conversation.