Willie Nicholson

Business Consultant

Willie Nicholson is a nomadic leader who has a wandering soul that has taken him across many different sectors including construction, retail, finance, manufacturing, government, education, and others. After working his way up from entry-level jobs to management, he understood that leadership is not merely a title and a role, but, rather an opportunity to empower others. All too often, he had seen leaders get lost in themselves and their goals and positions forgetting the wellbeing of others and their lives.
 
Willie contributed much of his free time working in schools including heading a high school tech academy, working with a school board to improve student learning, guest teaching university students, leading MBA leadership training, and coaching youth sports for over 20 years.
 
He created a curriculum and thought leadership insights for employees. He taught project management skills to teams and provided free business coaching and consulting to small struggling businesses. As a persuasive expert, he built teams based on being sensitive to his team's families and their needs.
 
Growing up as an athlete taught him the value of all members of a team. This carried over into serving in different levels of management and the value of his team members. As a vice president of technology, he oversaw large-scale projects while serving on the executive team to develop and implement strategy. He has spoken at conferences and other events.
 
Willie is not an award-winning, TED talk-accomplished speaker or high-profile leader. He simply cracked the code of what it takes to be an effective business leader that he sought as an employee, a parent, and as a person himself.