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To Clarify Vision and Get Results
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Mike Bonem

Consultant, Coach, Author

Mike Bonem is a consultant, coach, author, speaker, husband, and father. He has worked with churches, ministries, and Christian leaders for over 20 years, offering a unique mix of world-class consulting and leadership experience that enables clients to turn their visions into results. Mike has written 4 books on ministry leadership, served for over a decade as an executive pastor, and has equipped ministry leaders throughout the country.

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Consulting & Coaching

Strategic Planning

Identify strategic priorities and develop plans to turn vision into action and ideas into results.

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Organizational Design

Align organizational structure and systems with vision to unleash your most important resource – your people.

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Coaching

A thought provoking and creative partnership to grow your leadership capacity.

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Other Services

  • Vision Discernment 
  • Speaking
  • Leadership Transitions
  • Retreat Facilitation
  • Staff Development
  • Organizational Assessment
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What Others Are Saying

"Mike has an amazing gift of asking the right questions and bringing the right resources to bear upon a situation, problem, or growth area. Awesome consultant!!"
"Mike brought a pastor’s heart, a sense of vision for what the Church should and could be, and the ability to structure a process that involved laity and staff in a healthy productive way."
"In our coaching meetings, Mike has been a careful, incisive listener. He has constantly been able to diagnose leadership learning gaps, and then make cogent, practical suggestions."
"I have known and worked with Mike for nearly twenty years. He has been a friend, confidant and advisor to me in my role as Executive Director. Mike has the ability to think broadly, understand issues from multiple perspectives, identify core problems and help you develop a plan for resolving them."
"Mike helped design and implement a major staff reorganization that is now having very beneficial impact."
"Mike has been sent into some of our most challenging churches to do assessments and has done an outstanding job. He has a way of entering highly charged situations and respectfully engaging and building trust with everyone involved in these processes."
"Mike helped us open up and deal with some long-running internal issues with great aplomb and professionalism, while at the same time maintaining a very safe and Spirit-filled atmosphere. I would bring Mike back to equip my team in a heartbeat."
"I have recommended Mike as a consultant for several larger congregations and have had personal conversations with their pastors who have sung Mike’s praises … He exemplifies a very unique combination of exceptional intellectual capacity and a deep personal faith and commitment to Christ."

Books by Mike

The Art of Leading Change
Pastor Education

The Art of Leading Change

The Art of Leading Change focuses on the unpredictable dynamics of moving people toward a new destination. It will help you harness those who are excited, sway the reluctant, engage the apathetic, and deal with resistance – all within the messiness of today’s ministry settings.

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Leading from the Second Chair
Leading From the Second Chair

Leading from the Second Chair offers an invaluable resource to leaders who don’t serve in first chair roles, enabling them to become more productive, proactive, and fulfilled. The book offers support and practical advice for second chair leaders to serve well and improve the performance of their church or ministry.

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