Marc Corsini
Experienced CEO Coach, Vistage Advisory Group Chair, Trusted Advisor and Avid Hiker. I help executives do what they do better—both in and out of the office.
About Marc Corsini
I help CEOs, business owners, and senior executives become better leaders, build stronger organizations, and live more meaningful lives.
For more than 30 years, I have worked alongside business leaders facing the challenges that come with growth, responsibility, and success. While every engagement begins with a business opportunity or leadership challenge, the conversation often extends beyond strategy and performance. It also includes relationships, purpose, faith, personal growth, and the question every leader eventually faces:
What does success really look like?
My role is not to tell people what to do. It is to help them think more clearly, see their blind spots, challenge their assumptions, and make better decisions. Through executive coaching, consulting, and Vistage peer advisory groups, I create environments where leaders can have honest conversations, learn from one another, and grow both professionally and personally.
I believe leadership is an inside-out journey. Business success matters, but it becomes far more meaningful when it is aligned with what matters most in life. That belief inspired my 7 F’s of True Success framework and my four books on leadership, balance, and personal development.
Today, I serve as a Vistage Chair, leading CEO and Key Executive peer groups in Alabama while continuing to coach executives and business owners across a variety of industries. The greatest privilege of my work is watching leaders become not only more successful, but also more grounded, more self-aware, and more fulfilled.
As I enter what I call the Fourth Quarter of life, I find myself increasingly focused on significance over success, relationships over accomplishments, and impact over recognition. My goal is simple: to help people become the best version of themselves while living a life they are proud to call their own.
My wife Susan and I live in Birmingham, Alabama. We are blessed with three children, a growing circle of lifelong friendships, and opportunities to serve others through our faith and community.
Success is not just what you accomplish. It is who you become along the way.
Marc’s Blog
Be the Buffalo: Why Facing Tough People Decisions Head‑On Makes You a Stronger Leader
A while back, I met with a CEO who found himself stuck between two tough people-related decisions—both of which had been weighing on him for months. The first involved a key executive who had once been instrumental to the company’s early...
Leading Through Uncertainty: The Executive’s Playbook for 2026
As we step into 2026, one thing is clear: Uncertainty isn’t going away. If the past few years have taught us anything, it’s that disruption is the new normal. Economic shifts, technological leaps, and evolving workforce expectations mean that...
Escaping the Overhead Tax Trap
In today’s fast-paced professional world, productivity is often mistaken for busyness. But as Cal Newport reminds us in Slow Productivity, true accomplishment comes not from doing more, but from doing less, better, and slower. What Does Overhead...
The Optimal Praise-to-Criticism Ratio in Business
A few years ago, I sat in on a quarterly review with a high-performing executive team. The CEO, brilliant and driven, opened the meeting by dissecting every missed target and operational gap. For 30 minutes, the tone was critical—laser-focused on what went...
Pain Is a Wise Advisor: Leadership Lessons from Adversity
There’s an old sailor’s proverb: “Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.” But successful leadership is not forged in calm waters. It is tested—and refined—through adversity. Pain, when embraced, is a wise advisor. It strips away illusions, reveals what...
Focus on Three: The Power of Strategic Simplicity
A while back, I led a three-day strategic planning session with a leadership team and we concluded with a list of 12 priorities for the upcoming year. The team was enthusiastic, but I posed a critical question: “Can you truly focus on 12 things at...








