Marcus engaging the audience
Marcus Nicolls is Senior Vice President, Business Unit President for Partners In Leadership with a distinguished career as a successful strategist, leader and executive coach. Marcus came to Partners In Leadership with an accomplished background, including tenure on several management teams and experience leading a multinational organization. Prior to joining Partners In Leadership, he directed worldwide sales for Cerberian, the Internet security startup acquired by Bluecoat Systems. Marcus has facilitated executives in some of the world's most successful organizations, including: Kroger, Sony, Starbucks Coffee, Alaska Airlines, Oakley and the United States Postal Service. His experience spans multiple industries globally, including finance, technology, healthcare, hospitality, engineering, automotive, government, entertainment, retail, energy and pharmaceutical.

Marcus helps clients implement the Partners In Leadership® training in a way that delivers value-added business solutions that are industry relevant and that produce record setting results. Examples of his successes include assisting an organization in reducing operating expenses by $350k in a three-month timeframe. For their customer service and satisfaction initiatives, Marcus facilitated a consumer bank in their efforts to improve teller referrals, resulting in a 135% increase. Other client achievements include a gain in guest satisfaction scores from a 30th percentile to a top 10-percentile ranking and exceeding other key metrics for the first time in five years. Marcus helped the leadership team of one Pharmacy Benefits Management company implement the Accountability Training® methods to reduce turnover by 20% and increase revenue by 50% in just eighteen months!

Marcus works extensively with senior executive leaders in Fortune 1000 companies. Notably, Jim Mazzo, the leader of Abbott Medical Optics as well as Mike Peterson, President of Boston Scientific Electrophysiology and Stan Glasgow, President of Sony Electronics. Marcus was also executive coach to Richard Smallwood, President and CEO of Falken Tire, the fastest growing tire company in the world.

Marcus is a regularly featured speaker for large conferences and groups, with the distinction of providing a keynote address at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas to an audience of 20,000 people. He has been a keynote speaker for numerous organizations including Kroger, Sony, and the United States Postal Service. Additionally, his engagements include the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions, Connecting Point's BuildPoint Conference, Printing Industries of America, Food Marketing Institute's FutureConnect, and he spoke to an audience of nearly 1,000 at the Washington State Governor's Conference. Marcus is known by his clients for his insight, passion and wisdom as a facilitator and executive coach.
Marcus congratulating an attendee


Marcus received a Bachelor of Art in International Relations from Brigham Young University and a Master of Pacific International Affairs (MPIA), from the University of California, San Diego. Marcus has lived abroad and is conversant in the Chinese language. Marcus and his wife, Joy, have 4 children.
 
 
 


Marcus Nicolls

Marcus Nicolls
Senior Vice President Business Unit President


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"Marcus Nicolls was an amazing guide through this journey and his support was instrumental in the success of this project. His ideas, knowledge, patience, initiative, and flexibility were crucial to the creation of our tool and it was a pleasure to work with such a professional individual."
David Kervella,
Director of Brand Culture,
Hilton Garden Inn
I had the honor to work with Marcus in developing our partnership... He carried the very same energy, enthusiasm, and passion for Accountability and for Hilton while always engaging his audience and sprinkling in his humor. You have an outstanding model and learning system, and a very talented, professional, warm, and genuine leader in Marcus Nicolls."
Blaire Bhojwani,
Sr. Director Brand Education,
Hilton Hotels Corporation
"We have begun our journey towards a culture of accountability and Marcus' approach has been the key to achieving success more quickly than would have otherwise been possible."
Gary Millerchip,
CEO, Kroger Personal Finance
"Our people rated Marcus alongside Jim Collins as the most exceptional facilitators we've experienced."
Marne McCluskey,
former Vice President HR, Horizon Air
"We had a such a great experience with Marcus. He was the best speaker we've ever had at our leadership conference."
Hud Hinton,
former President, Troon Golf
"Marcus has played a pivotal role in helping us build and sustain a culture of accountability at KPF. He invested time to truly understand our business and unique challenges we faced."
Gary Millerchip,
CEO, Kroger Personal Finance
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