Unlocking Triple Margin Freedom for Ambitious Leaders – Exclusive Interview with Mark Mathia
- Brainz Magazine
- 2 days ago
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Mark Mathia is a renowned business strategist, executive coach, and profit acceleration expert who has spent over 30 years building, scaling, and leading high-performing businesses across industries, with a particular depth in healthcare and entrepreneurship.
A Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach, ICF Associate Certified Coach (ACC), and Certified Positive Psychology Coach, Mark combines brain science, proven strategies, and energy alignment to help driven owners and executives break through plateaus and achieve sustainable dominance.
Through his proprietary CatalX PSE™ framework, fusing Psychology, Strategy, and Energy, he empowers clients to uncover hidden revenue (often $100K to $1M+), amplify their unique strengths, eliminate burnout, and create systems that deliver what he calls Triple Margin Freedom: dramatically higher profits, reclaimed personal time, and thriving relationships without constant grind.
His clients, ranging from CEOs of growing enterprises to visionary founders, consistently report transformative results, doubling revenues, restoring passion for their work, and building legacies that extend far beyond the balance sheet.
Mark is also the host of the Essentially You podcast, author of practical guides to profitability, and a sought-after speaker who believes true success isn't just about working harder, it's about leading smarter, living fuller, and leaving a meaningful impact.
Who is Mark Mathia? Introduce yourself, your interests, what you love outside work, and something unique about you.
“I’ve summited mountains both literally and figuratively.”
After three decades in boardrooms and corner offices, scaling businesses, leading teams, and making high-stakes decisions that impacted hundreds, I know what it takes to win at the top. But outside work, I'm a devoted husband and father who draws deep joy from my faith, family adventures like hiking the Rockies, and mentoring the next generation. Something unique? I've summited mountains both literally and figuratively, turning startup struggles into profitable exits.
That's why I founded Mark Mathia Coaching & Consulting, LLC, as a Business Strategist and Coach. My mission: Help ambitious leaders refuse success without soul, unlocking Triple Margin Freedom, skyrocketing profits for bold impact, reclaimed time to live fully, and high-trust relationships that fuel partnerships.
Blending my Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach expertise, Integrative Enneagram practice, Positive Psychology coaching, and John Maxwell Team insights with my proprietary CatalX™ formula (Psychology × Strategy × Energy), we rewire mindsets via neuroscience, activate hidden revenue, and shift grind to grace. The result? Effortless domination, burnout-proof cultures, and legacies blending excellence and joy.
What pivotal moment in your career inspired you to shift from corporate success to empowering others through strengths-based coaching?
“Watching leaders transform was electric.”
Like many of my clients, I too hit peak success – skyrocketing revenue, explosive growth, industry accolades, but inside, I was grinding to exhaustion, teetering on collapse. Like most entrepreneurs, I’ve also led through the economic downturns. I like to say I’m an entrepreneur at heart and have the scars to prove it. Given the extreme differences between success and failure, I found that traditional systems that fixated on "fixing" weaknesses felt backward, like building on quicksand. During the peak success moments focusing on weaknesses killed momentum, and during the hard times, the wrong focus guaranteed failure.
Then, Gallup's strengths research and Marcus Buckingham's insights flipped everything: Potential explodes by amplifying natural wiring, not patching flaws. Watching leaders transform, ditching deficits, boosting engagement, igniting productivity and joy, was electric.
That fire led to my CatalX PSE™ framework. This shift reclaimed 20 hours a week for me personally, now, I help clients do the same.
How do you help business owners and leaders stop “grinding” and start dominating with more ease?
“The secret isn’t harder work, it’s smarter, intentional systems built around natural gifts.”
My own grind-to-thriving journey forged this path. Via CatalX PSE™, Psychology × Strategy × Energy, we uncover subconscious blocks, align vision with high-leverage systems, and optimize energy. Clients double revenues while cutting hours, building aligned teams that thrive.
Can you explain your CatalX PSE™ formula and how it accelerates profit and performance?
“Think of it as a three-legged stool: Remove one, everything topples.”
Psychology (80% of our Success): Rewire mindsets with CliftonStrengths®, Enneagram iEQ9, NLP. Builds bold confidence, ends self-sabotage.
Strategy: Proprietary playbooks uncover $100K-$1M+ revenue via high-impact moves.
Energy: Seals leaks, fuels long-term wins.
Multiplicatively, it accelerates 2-3x margins. Gallup shows that strengths-based teams hit 17% higher productivity.
In today's fast-paced world, what hidden challenges do leaders overlook, and how does your CatalX PSE™ framework turn them into opportunities?
The most overlooked challenge isn't external, it's the subtle, internal ceiling many leaders unknowingly place on their own success, fulfillment, and impact. Deep down, we each carry an invisible threshold for how much abundance, joy, and sustained high performance we believe we truly deserve. When things start going exceptionally well, revenues climbing, teams thriving, personal life aligning, we often unconsciously create drama, overcomplicate decisions, or drift into exhaustion to pull ourselves back to a "safer," more familiar level. This self-imposed limit fuels subconscious blocks, an exhausting fixation on fixing perceived weaknesses, and chronic misalignment, manifesting as burnout and disengagement (Gallup reports only 15% of employees worldwide are truly engaged).
CatalX PSE™ transforms these hidden barriers into profound opportunities by systematically dismantling that inner ceiling. Through Psychology, we uncover and release those limiting thresholds, expanding your capacity to embrace ever-greater levels of success without self-sabotage. Strategy redirects energy away from weakness-chasing toward amplifying your unique strengths and operating in your zone of true genius, the activities where your natural gifts ignite effortless flow, creativity, and fulfillment. Energy then aligns your team and culture around this elevated state, creating momentum that feels abundant rather than forced.
The outcome? Leaders reclaim vast amounts of time and vitality, accelerate profits sustainably, and build resilient, high-engagement cultures where everyone thrives. I've guided clients to double revenues and retention rates within 12 months, not through grinding harder, but by stepping fully into this expanded space where success compounds naturally and joyfully.
What makes strengths-based coaching and positive psychology different from traditional business coaching?
“Traditional coaching patches leaks in a sinking ship. Strengths-based amplifies gifts, unlocking exponential potential.”
It’s asset-oriented, neuroscience-grounded, and holistic, delivering Triple Margin Freedom beyond siloed tactics.
How does integrating faith and family values into your coaching help clients achieve holistic success?
“It’s success with soul, honoring the whole person.”
Faith and family are core anchors in my own life, and I bring that perspective into my coaching as a foundation for living and leading with integrity. Importantly, my personal faith never imposes on a client’s beliefs, coaching is always respectful of whatever spiritual or values framework they hold (or don’t hold). Instead, we gently explore what they truly believe, why it matters to them, and how clearly their daily actions align with those values.
When leaders live in alignment, when their choices consistently reflect their deepest values, they experience flow, sustained energy, abundance, and success that feels meaningful and lasting. When actions drift outside those values, it often leads to burnout, moral compromise, leadership fatigue, and eventual breakdowns.
Through tools like the Enneagram and strengths assessments, we clarify those core values, build healthy boundaries, reclaim priority time for family and personal renewal, and create leadership habits rooted in integrity. One client, for example, reclaimed his Sundays to be fully present with his kids, and in the same season, his revenues soared.
The result is holistic success: thriving professionally without sacrificing the relationships and inner peace that make it all worthwhile.
What's one underrated tool in your arsenal that consistently delivers 'aha' moments for clients?
The Profit Elevation Audit: The hidden revenue revealer most leaders never see coming.
While many coaches focus exclusively on mindset, values, and communication, all important elements of emotional intelligence (EQ), I’ve discovered the profound truth that separates struggling businesses from unstoppable ones: profit is the master domino. When profit accelerates, it knocks over every other obstacle, hiring becomes effortless, cash flow stress vanishes, team engagement soars, innovation flows freely, and personal freedom expands dramatically.
That’s why profit acceleration and business mastery sit at the absolute core of everything I do at MarkMathiaCoaching.com. We don’t just elevate EQ, we sharply raise business IQ, strategic execution, revenue optimization, and operational intelligence, creating the complete intelligence required for sustainable, high-velocity growth and what I call Triple Margin Freedom: dramatically higher profits, reclaimed personal time, and a thriving marriage and family life.
The underrated tool that consistently triggers the biggest “aha” moments is my proprietary Profit Elevation Audit, a rapid, deep-dive diagnostic that uncovers hidden revenue, untapped margins, and overlooked opportunities already sitting inside the business.
When paired with the CatalX PSE™ framework, these discoveries become immediate, high-leverage action plans that transform insight into cash flow fast.
One founder walked in feeling stuck at seven figures with constant overwhelm. The audit revealed $500K in annual revenue hiding in pricing, process, and positioning gaps he couldn’t see. Within months of implementing the fixes, that money was in the bank, without adding headcount or working longer hours.
It’s not just analysis, it’s revelation that directly translates into bigger profits, greater freedom, and the kind of business mastery most leaders only dream about.
Can you share a real success story where your work changed a business’s results or a leader’s life?
“I actually like my team now, and they love working here.”
A CEO was forced into micromanaging amid plateaued revenue and regulatory risks. We redesigned her role around her Relationship Building and Strategic Thinking strengths. In 12 months: revenues and donations improved, engagement soared up 40%, and she cut her hours down to 45 per week. Triple Margin Freedom in action!
How do you help clients grow profit, reclaim time, and build teams that run without burnout?
“Your organization will never outpace your current level of thinking.”
We uncover talents via Enneagram and CliftonStrengths®, then build “strengths partnerships.” Result: Profit grows, time is reclaimed, burnout becomes rare, clients report 2-3x margins, and renewed vitality. But we don’t stop at that, we must raise our IQ as well as our EQ, and my proprietary coaching offers educational tracks that help business owners expand their knowledge to actually grow their business. For this, I offer courses in finance, a virtual MBA, and you get full support all along the journey. Your organization will never outpace your current level of thinking. Expand your knowledge the business always follows.
What emerging trends in leadership do you see, and how does your coaching prepare clients for them?
“Leading well in a world with smart computers, remote teams, and people who want work to feel meaningful.”
Right now, three big changes are happening in how leaders do their jobs:
Smart computers (AI) are helping with work, like doing boring tasks fast or giving new ideas. Good leaders use AI to make their teams stronger, not to replace people. They keep things kind, fair, and human.
Teams working from home or different places is now normal. Leaders have to be really good at making everyone feel connected, even when they’re not in the same room. They care more about what gets done than who’s sitting at a desk.
People want work to matter. Workers are tired and stressed. They want bosses who care about them, give them purpose, and help them avoid burning out. Great leaders build teams where people feel valued and happy.
My coaching helps leaders get ready for all of this. Using my CatalX PSE™ method, we work on three things:
Mind – Helping leaders stay calm and flexible when things change fast.
Plan – Teaching them how to use AI and new tools the smart way, so they can grow their business while focusing on what they’re best at.
Energy – Keeping leaders and their teams strong and positive, even when life is busy. We build workplaces where people feel connected and excited about their work.
The goal? Leaders end up ready for the future. They can use new technology, lead teams that aren’t always together, and create places where people love working, and the business does really well too. My clients say they don’t just feel ready, they feel excited to lead in this new world!
What are the first steps someone should take if they want to work with you or transform their business?
Self-Assess: Grab free Profit Acceleration Trainings at markmathiacoaching.com
Discovery Call: Book a 45-minute no-obligation session
Dive In: Join private coaching or programs
“No progress in 90 days? The next 90 are free, I’m that confident.”
What do you want your ideal clients to know about the value and long-term impact of working with you?
“I want you to know that this isn’t just about growing your business, it’s about reclaiming the life and legacy you started this for in the first place.”
When you finally step fully into operating from your unique strengths, doing the work only you can do with the gifts only you have, everything shifts. Decisions become clearer. Energy stops leaking. Growth feels natural instead of forced. And success starts to feel deeply fulfilling, not just impressive on paper.
But the real impact goes far beyond the bottom line.
My deepest desire for you is that you rediscover the passion that made you start this journey, the fire that once kept you up at night dreaming big. I want you to become the present, fully-engaged spouse, parent, and friend you long to be, without the constant pull of guilt or unfinished work. And I want you to build a business that runs with strength and independence, one that serves your life instead of consuming it, one you can proudly pass on as a thriving legacy.
This work is life-changing because it touches every part of who you are: the leader, the visionary, the family member, the human being hungry for meaning.
Years from now, my clients don’t just look back on bigger revenues or smoother operations. They tell me they look back on regained time with their kids, restored intimacy in their marriage, renewed energy for what matters most, and a profound sense of peace knowing they built something sustainable, values-driven, and truly their own.
If that’s the future you want, one where success serves your whole life, not the other way around, I’m here to walk with you every step of the way.
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