Who We Are

Mike Whitehead

CEO, Founder

As the founder and chief executive of the firm, Mike Whitehead is an advisor and guide for leaders committed to living and leading from a meaningful purpose.

Mike has worked intensively for over twenty-five years with chief executives, industry experts and political leaders, and approaches leadership, human relatedness and global impact using the lens of direct experience, curiosity and keen insight. 

His practical yet challenging method of expanding perspective, increasing awareness, and building meaningful relationships has created change in thousands of lives, both personally and professionally.

Mike developed the principles of Intentional Leadership to yield meaningful and significant results for leaders and their organizations. His method provides a rigorous, profound and satisfying exploration of purpose as a powerful source for exceptional results.

Clients of the firm include Fortune 100 corporations to small businesses, as well as non-profit and civic organizations. Mike engages with many boards and community organizations with the aim of providing opportunities and quality of life for all, including disadvantaged children and education. Mike speaks publicly on the practice of Intentional Leadership as it applies to performance, change, innovation, collaboration, purpose, and intentionality as it applies to all facets of life. For him, this includes family, his farm, basketball, and an occasional motorcycle ride.

Leaders passionate about creating an impact seek Mike’s guidance to strengthen their performance and expand their influence. In the process, they experience the radical transformation of their lives.

His conversational craft stimulates new ways of seeing, enables new ways of thinking, and creates new possibilities to enrich the quality of human life.

Often referred to as “an ordinary guy with an extraordinary commitment,” his method of inquiry and personal parable engages people with our common human desire to make a difference with one’s life.