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WE MAKE EXECUTIVES WILDLY SUCCESSFUL

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Leslie O. Marquard

The phrase "we make clients wildly successful" began with a client describing the Leslie Marquard effect. Her way with questions and on-target guidance have created a global fan base of leaders and organizations that use her to help them set, refine, and reach stunning new goals.

Under Leslie's guidance, for example, the U.S. government formed public/private partnerships with owners of critical infrastructures. A major Midwest region re-branded its image nationally. A university president overhauled the school to serve an entirely new population. Four wholly-owned subsidiaries formed one employee-absence management company. A big-three automaker designed a global-sourcing alliance to produce power trains. The brick industry's national association built its marketing strategy.

Leslie had earlier worked with Ernst & Young's Chicago-based think tank, where she helped the world's largest retailer develop its first enterprise strategy... saved $150 million for a consumer products company ...helped a trusted national non-profit quietly overhaul both its strategy and leadership.

Leslie's vast experience also covers education, utilities, textiles, pharmaceuticals, aerospace and defense, insurance, banking, music, and healthcare. She earned her BS degree from Louisiana State University and her executive coach certification from Georgetown University.

William H. Marquard

"The best guy I've ever known at fuzzy logic," one CEO said of him. As a consultant, Bill Marquard has advised some of the world's most influential and forward-thinking companies. Having also served as a C-level leader, he has walked the executive's path.

Following Bill's design and leadership, one of the world's largest retailers embarked on its first-ever strategic planning process--increasing stock price more than 600 percent. A $12 billion services company extracted over $400 million of annual costs. A national trade association developed an outcome-based marketing strategy. A global entertainment company applied scenario planning to set long-term investment priorities.

As the executive vice president and chief knowledge officer of a Fortune 200 company, Bill led strategy, IT, business development, advertising/marketing, and e-commerce. Concurrently, he founded and launched a successful limited-assortment retail concept that grew to 17 stores and $44 million in sales, and managed the $3 billion alliance with the company's largest customer.

For eight years, Bill was adjunct professor of finance at Northwestern's Kellogg Graduate School of Management. His strategy expertise was featured on CNN and he has lectured at DePaul University's Graduate School of Business, Northwestern University Law School, and Duke University's Fuqua School of Business. He earned his BA at the University of Notre Dame and his MBA from Case Western Reserve's Weatherhead School of Management.