Maestro-level Leaders

New Cohort Launching January 2026

Christian Leadership Alliance offers its members a unique opportunity to participate in a Maestro-level Leaders cohort at a special Alliance rate!
A NEW Maestro-level Leaders cohort for Alliance members is being developed! It could be the perfect way to start your new year.

To learn more or to enroll:
Contact: Dr. Mark L. Vincent | mark@teallvincententerprises.com
or: Dr. Sarah Harstad | sarah.harstad@maestrolevelleaders.com

Who is a Maestro-level Leader?

The Maestro-level Leader is entering the Third Turn of a journey. This is a uniquely sculpted place. It is your opportunity to craft deeper vision out of chaos, to discover and orchestrate future value for the organization you steward, and to lead where legacy is concerned.

Third Turn Leadership

Third Turn leadership is about re-entering an entrepreneurial space to create a lasting legacy and to transition leadership.

To gain clarity on Third Turn leadership, here is insight from Maestro-level Leaders founder, Mark L. Vincent, PhD:
“A Third Turn comes later in life for most executive leaders. It gives you the opportunity to demonstrate the highest expression of your leadership skills. Employees, colleagues, vendors, and customers will remember how you lead this season, forming the story they will retell for years.

Successful Succession

“Because the stakes are so high and so much accumulated value can be lost during a succession event, a successful succession will likely be the most complex and valuable work you will have done. And you will do it just this once, at this unique moment and among this unique configuration of people.

There are no rehearsals and few, if any, second chances. One illustration of this complexity? Your success in this chapter of leadership ties to your successor(s) and the succession process. Success, successor, and succession share the same root word. As concepts, they may be distinct, yet they are inseparable.

Embracing Lifelong Learning

“To lead an enterprise continuity and succession process well, you can enter these years as the lifelong learner youʼve always been, rather than someone pretending to know how to do something youʼve not done before. You learned that lesson long ago, and it helped you move through your First Turn of learning to lead yourself, and your Second Turn of leading an organization and others. Learning is your lasting friend in the Third Turn, also.”

What to Expect (Maestro-level leader Cohorts)

Maestro-level Leader is a cohort of companions rather than a peer advisory group. It is designed for Third Turn leaders planning to build future value and pursue a successful succession and legacy of their mission.

As part of this experience, you’ll convene monthly with peers, a group of six to 10 companions, meet one-on-one with an executive advisor, and gather for quarterly retreats. Through that rhythm you’ll explore what sustainable growth, resilient leadership, and thoughtful legacy building look like in your unique context — and craft a plan tailored to your organization’s future needs.

Maestro-level Leaders are third-turn leaders in a distinctly different horizon of practice — one where the leader’s field of vision expands well beyond operational demands or even organizational performance.

In the Third Turn, leaders begin shaping a future that integrates three essential dimensions: 1) The evolution of the organization, 2) The unfolding of their own next chapter, and, 3) The flourishing of those who will carry the mission forward. It’s leadership with a longer arc — one that asks not just “How do we succeed now?” but “How do we ensure a thriving, mission-aligned future for what and who comes next?”

Maestro-level Leader Testimonials

Being able to walk alongside fellow CEOs all thinking about the same issues I was struggling with was invaluable. Having a wise coach who helped me identify specific steps to orchestrate the transition with C-suite and with Board was very helpful. There are so few good examples of CEO transitions. Participating in the Maestro-level Leaders cohort enabled me to access the best thinking to make my transition a smooth one.

Dr. Larry B. Jones, Former President and CEO of Seed Company

Maestro-level Leaders’ asks big questions and themes that take months and years to work on, refine and discern. I found this to be what I needed. It was more spiritually, relationally and strategically expansive for me. Behind the process, the leaders and members are a wonderful group of highly gifted, yet humble and deeply caring, people with whom to journey together. I highly encourage joining a team.

Ben Mott, Green Lake Conference Center 

How to Engage

Think you’re at that Third Turn in your leadership journey? Interested in joining a cohort of companions as you chart this penultimate leadership phase toward legacy, succession, and future investment? Want to participate in a Third Turn cohort integrating Christian faith and ethics?

Your Next Steps!

As a current Christian Leadership Alliance member, you can join a Maestro-level leaders’ cohort at a special discounted rate. 

You can register your interest in learning more about joining a Maestro-Level Leaders group on the Maestro-level Leaders page. Be sure to note if you are a current Alliance member to receive the Alliance member rate if you’re approved to join a cohort.

Or, to learn more you can contact: Dr. Mark L. Vincent, Founder, Executive Advisor/Facilitator for Maestro-Level Leaders, at marklvincent@maestrolevelleaders.com 

or, Dr. Sarah Harstad, Director of Maestro-level Leaders at sarah.harstad@maestrolevelleaders.com