Merry Marcus, President of Break Through Consulting, is a certified Masterful Coach, entrepreneur and former Fortune 100 VP of Sales. Ms. Marcus leads a team of expert coaches, highly experienced as business leaders and skilled in the Break Through Consulting model that she developed. Ms. Marcus has coached market leaders from Accenture, American Express, Barclays Capital, Berlex, Carlson Wagonlit Travel, ExxonMobil, DuPont, Flint Ink, Hallmark Entertainment, L'Oreal, McKinsey & Company, MONSTER.com, Novartis, Thomson Corporation, Verizon and mid-sized, high growth companies.

Her coaching practice focuses on assignments that demand huge paradigm shifts, requiring major breakthroughs in leadership behaviors and thinking where critical goals are at risk. Ms. Marcus is committed to improving business results, increasing professional satisfaction, and facilitating personal transformation.

Her coaching has supported business leaders in the creation of new business strategy, development of new ventures and in creating followership for controversial change. Recently, Ms. Marcus has been credited with supporting:

• The promotion of VP of Global Sales to COO in a billion dollar company by building stronger executive presence and more collaborative peer relationships.
• A $15 million better budget allocation as a result of better communications strategies for a client in a major telecommunications company.
• Technical leader, promoted to business unit head, achieved $30 million over revenue goal through an improved communication and relationship strategy - transforming his business unit from 5 years of fade to profitability.

Merry's coaching is greatly informed by a unique blend of three major talents:

1. Business Acumen: : Proven ability to drive profit/revenue growth, negotiate strategic relationships and productize complex services.
2. Expertise in Human Capital Development: Extensive experience in building effective teams, talent management, organizational analysis and strategic planning.
3. Superior Coaching Skill: Demonstrated success in coaching top executives with large goals at risk, requiring major breakthroughs in leadership behaviors and thinking.

As President of Break Through Consulting, Ms. Marcus has been instrumental in establishing coaching as a leading professional service. She was invited to participate in the Harvard Business Review report "Realities of Executive Coaching" and her company has been invited to coach at HR.com and Linkage conferences. The industry turns to her company, as a leader in the areas of onboarding coaching and executive coaching that returns measurable business results.

Merry is a member of the International Coaches Federation, the NeuroLeadership Institute, and a member of the International Consortium for Coaching in Organizations (ICCO), where she has also served as a member of the Executive Board. Ms. Marcus is the author of the e-book, Coaching for Break Through Results: Answers To Your Top 20 Business Challenges.

"Coaching supported my leadership growth and a higher level of impact on the executive board. I learned to be a better listener, ask better questions and work more collaboratively. In addition, coaching assessments revealed a set of "unspoken" expectations the leadership team had for my group. Coaching was one factor that contributed to my group exceeding all service, profitability and expense management objectives...." Lisa Lasky - Vice President High Point Safety and Insurance Management Corporation