Mark Deavall
MD of Merit Business Institute | Management Coach of 3000+ managers
Hi, I am Mark
The people I work with call me "Coach". Yes, I teach. Yes I train. Yes I show & tell. Yes I counsel, but mostly I coach managers on how to increase staff productivity. The thing is: humans learn by doing. When I work with managers, I let them "go do" and then we get back together to see how it worked - or didn't work - and then we fine-tune. It works and they find it helpful. Thats' why I do it.
Looking back into my work past, I started pretty much at the bottom in business, first selling life insurance and quickly moving on to being a manager. That's where my love for management was born. I had some pretty smart managers (coaches) in the companies that I worked in, who helped me along the way too and I will always be grateful for their inputs - not to mention a few corrective kicks in the you-know-where. It didn't take me long though, to realise that my future did not lie in corporate, but in "working with corporate". I took the leap, started my own business and never looked back.
Jumping further along - almost 36 years on - I have now worked with several thousand managers, supervisors, sales managers, salespeople, project managers and others across diverse industries, helping them on their career journeys. Over the years, my passion for management and the fulfilling experience of guiding managers in their transformation into exceptional managers that drive productivity, gradually became my main focus.
There are no magic wands in life or in business, but there are a few non-negotiable "rules" that when followed, will lead ordinary managers to extraordinary achievements. This is why I will continue doing what I am doing as long as I have life in me!
When I am not prospecting for new clients, consulting to clients, coaching managers on driving productivity, writing articles, disrupting people's thinking on social platforms or creating YouTube content for business and for fun, I run. If I am not running or exercising, I gather knowledge. My clients are often surprised by how much I know about their business and how well I understand their industries. For me, gathering and storing knowledge is a love, like enjoying good food.
When I am not doing all the above, I relax and spend time with my wife Hilda, who is also my right hand in the business, and my dog Tobi, who believes he is a human.
I hope to meet you soon.
Mark
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