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Episode 382: Building Businesses for a Greater Purpose with Mike Sharrow
Insights Contributor May 7, 2026

In this week's episode, Mike Sharrow, CEO of The C12 Group, offers a powerful model for intentional leadership. Discover how shifting from a success mindset to a significance mindset can turn any business into a platform for changing the world. He introduces the profound blue marble practice to help you steward your limited time and explains why true leadership excellence is about minimizing the tax others pay to follow you.
Bio: Mike Sharrow serves as President & CEO of C12 Business Forums (founded in 1992), the global leader in CEO/Owner peer advisory groups for Christians serving more than 4,700 Members across the US, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, South Africa, Ukraine, Kenya, Canada and Brazil. Mike leads an HQ team in San Antonio, Texas that supports more than 250 full-time C12 Chairs who serve as “missionpreneurs” helping CEOs, entrepreneurs and key players build “great businesses for a greater purpose.” C12 Members represent full-spectrum industry diversity and employ nearly 1M people around the globe, embracing a Business-as-a-Ministry (BaaM) operating paradigm. Mike joined C12 initially as a Member, and a local C12 Chair after previous roles in Fortune 50, financial services, management consulting, and non-profit/church contexts before serving as the CEO of C12 in 2016. Since 2016 the organization has grown over 300% in chairs, membership and revenue.
Mike is originally from Alaska, married Jacqui in 2002 while in Chicago together, and now raising two outstanding daughters in Texas. He also serves as Chairman for Close the Bible Gap (a collective impact alliance venture) and serves at his local church, Community Bible Church in San Antonio.
Something Extra: "Humility, it goes so far."
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