MARK MOHAMMADPOUR: TEAM FACILITATOR
Your Leaders Are Brilliant On Their Own. Help Them Win Together.
No personality colors. No letter types. No trust falls. Just real conversation and real decisions.
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“Mark quickly built trust and rapport with our team, as though he had been working with us for years. We highly recommend him as a facilitator.”
— College of American Pathologists
Most offsites feel great. Few change anything.
The best leaders have healthy, confident, and connected teams. But most offsites end with a nice dinner and a plan that’s forgotten by Wednesday. Mark’s end with a plan your team wants to run, and the trust to run it.
An offsite is facilitation with room to breathe. Same neutral guide, same real conversation — just more time, away from the day-to-day.
The meetings stay polite.
Everyone agrees in the room and disagrees in the hallway. Over time, that costs you people. A toxic culture predicts turnover 10 times more powerfully than pay does. (MIT Sloan Management Review, 2022)
The decisions come slow.
When trust is thin, people hedge instead of decide. Employees who trust their team leader are 12 times more likely to be fully engaged. (ADP Research Institute, Global Study of Engagement, 2019)
Your team is disconnected.
Your customers feel it before your dashboard does. Teams in the top quartile of engagement outperform bottom-quartile teams by 10% on customer ratings. (Gallup Q12 meta-analysis)
The four offsites teams ask for most.
Any theme below can run as a half-day, full-day, or multi-day offsite. Mark builds the agenda around what your team actually needs.
Three ways to run your offsite.
Every offsite is designed around your team’s real challenges and facilitated by Mark, never handed to a junior associate. Each one starts with a discovery call, not a template.
Half-day reset.
For a team that needs to settle one big question. One question, one plan, done by lunch. Best for 8–15 people.
Full-Day Friction Solve
For cross-functional teams stuck on a real sticking point. Best for 10–25 people.
Multi-Day Inflection Point
For executive teams facing new strategy, new structure, new stakes. Best for 6–20 people.
Zero fluff. Full impact.
Here’s how Mark runs the room.
Neutral, Always.
Mark works for the outcome, not the loudest voice in the room. Every voice gets heard, not just the senior ones.
Whole Team. Whole Person.
Every offsite holds three things at once: how people are doing, how the team works together, and what the business needs.
You Leave With It In Writing
Not a feeling. A written plan with decisions, owners, and dates.
What the team walks away with:
You can see it in how the team keeps talking after Mark leaves.
Clarity
A shared read on the real problem, not the polite version.
Ownership and a Written Plan
Who's doing what, by when — in a document your team can hand to anyone who wasn't in the room.
Rhythm
A way of talking that doesn’t fall apart three weeks later.
“Mark brought an authentic, energizing message that truly resonated with our team during a time of change. The impact was clear in how connected, motivated, and aligned our team felt afterward.”
— Katie Davidson, DraftKings Inc.
“Working with Mark Mohammadpour has been a game-changer for the teams I’ve been on and those that I have led. He brings a rare combination of strategic communications expertise and a deep commitment to employee well-being, which shows up in every interaction.
Mark doesn’t deliver off-the-shelf content, he takes the time to understand your team, your challenges, and your goals, and then designs sessions that are highly relevant, engaging, and immediately actionable. His facilitation style creates space for honest conversation, reflection, and connection, which has strengthened trust and alignment across teams.
Mark creates an environment where people feel comfortable showing up authentically while also pushing the team toward meaningful outcomes. We’ve walked away with practical tools and clear next steps we could implement right away.
I would recommend Mark to any organization looking to invest in stronger leaders, healthier team dynamics, and more intentional communication and purpose.”
— Erin Babbo, Tacoma Public Utilities
Contact Mark about your event.
Email Mark at mark@chasingthesunpdx.com, call him at 360.609.1077, or fill out the form below.
Mark will respond to you within one business day.
Frequently asked questions:
What is a keynote facilitator?
A keynote facilitator does both jobs. They open the room from the stage, then guide the working conversation that follows. Instead of speaking for an hour and leaving, Mark sets up the idea in front of everyone, then runs the session where the team decides what they are actually going to change.
What does Mark Mohammadpour facilitate?
Mark facilitates leadership team conversations, strategic planning sessions, board retreats, and high-stakes meetings where a neutral third party is needed to keep the conversation honest and moving. He has facilitated for Fortune 50 corporations, associations, nonprofits, and mid-market leadership teams.
When should I hire a neutral facilitator instead of running the meeting myself?
Three common signals: the leader of the meeting also needs to be a full participant and cannot be in both seats; the topic is emotionally charged or politically complex; or the team needs someone outside the hierarchy to create psychological safety. In those moments, a skilled neutral facilitator is the difference between a meeting that moves the work forward and one that stalls.
How is Mark's facilitation different from a consultant or coach?
Mark does not sell recommendations or decisions. He designs the conversation and creates the space for the team to reach their own. Nearly two decades as an agency executive at Weber Shandwick and Edelman mean he knows how to hold a room full of senior leaders, and his work as Chief Well-being Officer means every session is built to feel safe enough for people to say the hard thing.
What types of sessions has Mark facilitated?
Strategic planning offsites, executive team conflict conversations, board retreats, all-hands meetings, culture and values conversations, post-merger integration sessions, and leadership succession planning. Mark tailors the method, not just the content, to the moment.
Can you facilitate a board offsite?
Yes. Board retreats are one of the most common requests, usually when a board needs to make a decision it has been circling for months. Mark runs the process so the chair can take part as a member rather than steering the room.
Do you facilitate for banks, credit unions, and financial services teams?
Yes. Mark has facilitated for credit unions, insurance carriers, and financial services leadership teams. Sessions usually focus on communication between branches and headquarters, or on leadership alignment after a merger or a leadership change.
Can Mark facilitate virtually?
Yes. Mark facilitates virtual, in-person, and hybrid sessions. Virtual facilitation uses Mentimeter and Talkadot to make sure every voice is heard, not just the loudest, and keeps remote participants as engaged as the people in the room.
How does Mark prepare for a facilitation engagement?
Every engagement starts with a discovery call to understand the challenge, the stakeholders, and the outcome you want. Mark then builds a custom agenda, runs one or two prep calls with the meeting sponsor, and where appropriate holds short pre-session interviews with participants. Nothing is improvised.
What does a typical facilitation engagement include?
A discovery and design phase, one to three pre-event strategic conversations, the live facilitation in person or virtual, and a post-session debrief with recommendations. Some clients add a follow-up workshop to lock in the decisions the team made in the room.
What does facilitation cost?
The fee depends on session length, whether it is half-day, full-day, or multi-day, how much pre-work is involved, and travel. Email mark@chasingthesunpdx.com with the date, the group size, and the problem you are trying to solve, and you will have a number back within one business day.
How do I book Mark for facilitation?
Email mark@chasingthesunpdx.com with your session date, audience, and the challenge you are trying to solve. For facilitation, the typical lead time is four to eight weeks, with more runway for multi-day retreats or large executive teams.