Mark Noon
Mark Noon is a retired Air Force Major and executive leadership coach who inspires leaders to drive engagement, culture, and results through values-based leadership.
Why book Mark Noon for your next event
- Mark delivers practical leadership tools shaped by 25+ years in military and civilian healthcare leadership, grounded in real-world experience.
- His engaging, energetic style connects across generations and roles, creating an environment where people are motivated to learn and act.
- Mark helps leaders drive measurable results by strengthening values, culture, employee engagement, and strategic alignment.
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Retired Air Force Major | Executive Leadership Coach | Author
Mark Noon is one of the most experienced leadership speakers when it comes to translating values into performance. A retired U.S. Air Force Major, executive leadership coach, and author, Mark has spent more than 25 years developing leaders across military, healthcare, and civilian organizations. His leadership journey began early, when a rapid promotion placed him in charge of others without formal leadership training. That defining moment shaped his lifelong mission: to help leaders at every level gain the skills, confidence, and mindset required to lead people well. Today, Mark is known for his ability to inspire audiences to move beyond reasonable expectations and create cultures where people and performance thrive.
Mark Noon – Leadership Shaped by Experience
Mark Noon’s leadership credibility is built on lived experience. He served 20 years in the U.S. Air Force, including 12 years as a commissioned officer, retiring with the rank of Major. His career included nine assignments across seven states and a tour of duty in the Middle East, exposing him to high-stakes leadership environments few ever experience. Beginning his career as an enlisted laboratory technician, Mark later transitioned into officer leadership and laboratory management, where he quickly learned how challenging leadership can be without proper preparation. That early lesson became the foundation of his work developing leaders who are equipped, intentional, and values-driven.
Building Leaders, Culture, and Engagement
Throughout his career, Mark has focused on leader development, employee engagement, succession and strategic planning, and change leadership. During his time in the Air Force medical community, he played a key role in a major cultural and leadership transformation. This work required aligning values, behaviors, and strategy while maintaining service excellence in complex, fast-moving environments. Mark understands how culture is shaped by everyday leadership decisions, and he teaches leaders how to intentionally create environments where people feel valued, engaged, and accountable.
From Military Leadership to Civilian Impact
After retiring from the Air Force, Mark brought his operational expertise and service excellence mindset to Studer Group and later to Leadership10. In these roles, he worked with both civilian and military leaders at the highest levels, helping them strengthen employee engagement, customer experience, self-leadership, and organizational culture. Mark is known for clearly explaining the value connection: how leaders who invest in their people consistently achieve stronger results. His ability to translate complex leadership frameworks into practical actions makes his work highly relevant across industries.
Speaking That Connects and Inspires
Mark Noon is a dynamic and affable speaker who connects easily with diverse audiences. He has coached and spoken in more than 320 organizations across 43 states and four countries, working with leaders at every level. His sessions blend storytelling, practical insight, and motivation, creating a positive learning environment where people feel inspired to grow and improve. Whether speaking on leader development, strategic planning, change leadership, values, or bridging generational gaps, Mark leaves audiences with clarity, energy, and tools they can apply immediately.
Book Mark Noon for Your Event
When you book Mark Noon for your event, you bring in a speaker who understands leadership from the inside out. His talks challenge teams to push beyond reasonable expectations, reignite passion for their work, and lead with purpose. Mark helps organizations strengthen culture, improve engagement, and develop leaders who are ready for the future. Outside of his professional work, Mark lives near Destin, Florida, with his wife, staying grounded in family life as a husband, father, and grandfather. That balance informs his authentic approach to leadership, making his message both credible and relatable for today’s leaders.
Mark Noon delivers leadership that resonates, inspires action, and creates lasting impact.
Keynotes
Keynote by Mark Noon:
SET UP TO STEP IN
Set up to Step in is Mark’s signature topic and from his book, SET UP. He combines his passion for the importance of leadership development with his years of field experience training leaders. As a leader, your principal task is to develop future leaders.
In the simplest terms: If a new leader is identified within your organization, does that new leader have to STEP UP to a position of leadership, or can they simply STEP IN? Have you set them up for success and put them in a position for which they have been properly prepared to deliver success?
Learning Objectives:
- Learn how to set up yourself for success, so you can set up others.
- Identify the eight characteristics of leader development for all levels of leadership.
- Create the most effective teams by putting people in the right positions for the best outcomes
Keynote by Mark Noon:
CREATING A CULTURE OF TEAMWORK: MANAGING UP FOR HIGHLY RELIABLE TEAM PLAYERS
The engagement and alignment of employees will accelerate the achievement of quality, safety, service and operational goals. This is easy to say, but it is more challenging to execute. In this presentation, discover what leaders must do to create true employee collaboration through managing up.
Learning Objectives:
- Implement three tactics proven to improve teamwork and collaboration
- Discuss the link between recognition, reward, appreciation & acknowledgment
- Learn the art of managing up others, your department, and your organization
- Develop the art of delegating and giving up control
- Qualification for Collaboration
Keynote by Mark Noon:
THE ESSENTIAL ELEMENT TO EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT: ROUNDING 1 on 1
In this session, Mark will venture into the increasingly important endeavor of creating highly engaged employees. He doesn’t merely focus on the process but also on the relationships that create buy-in, enthusiasm, and commitment to the organization. Rounding is THE number one most powerful thing you can do to improve employee engagement, and in this session, you will learn how to implement this tactic.
Learning Objectives:
- Describe the five essential elements of effective Rounding for Outcomes
- Identify the barriers and how to overcome the obstacles that hinder us from creating high-engagement
- Learn how to be carefree by caring more
- Investigate the three requisites of recognizing and rewarding behavior
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