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Rick Wills Rick Wills

Instructional Assistant Professor
Office
SFHB State Farm Hall Of Business 332
Office Hours
By appointment when teaching on-line.
Office Phone
(309) 438-8158office
phone
Email
rrwills@ilstu.eduemail
Website
rwillsdaybreak@gmail.comwebsite
  • About
  • Education
  • Awards & Honors
  • Selected Research

Biography

Graduate of Illinois State University, BS in Agriculture & Western Illinois University, MS in Administration.
Worked 30 years for GROWMARK, Inc a multibillion dollar agriculture supplier, 15 years as director of employee development. Owner of RRWills Training & Consulting for nearly 40 years.

Current Courses

MKT 325.001 Key Account & Relationship Management

MKT 334.001 Sales Management

BUS 100.011 Enterprise

MKT 190.003 Marketing Fundamentals And Career Choices

Teaching Interests & Areas

Basic Marketing
Sales
Key Account Management
Sales Management

MS Educational Administration

Western Illinois University
Macomb, Illinois

Impact Award

Illinois State University
2020

The President's Volunteer Service Award

POTUS Barak Obama
2016

Conference Proceeding

Building Effective Cooperative Work Teams
Wills, R.
Mid America Cooperative Leadership Seminar, (2013)
Cooperative Leadership Skills
Wills, R.
Mid America Cooperative Leadership Seminar, (2013)
Marketing the Business of ICD
Wills, R.
ICD Learning Summit, (2013)
Marketing the Business of ICD
Wills, R.
ICD Learning Summit, (2013)
ICD - Empowering Steelworkers
Wills, R.
United Association of Labor Educators, (2011)

Other

Fortify Your Salesforce
Wills, R.
Pfeiffer, 18, (2010)
Sales Managers - The Heavy Lifters in Training Salespeople
Wills, R.
SMT, 2, (2010)

Presentations

Marketing the Business of ICD
Richard R Wills
Providence Rhode Island, June, 2013
Marketing the Business of ICD
Richard R Wills
Memphis Tennessee, May, 2013
Building Effective Cooperative Work Teams
Richard R Wills
Oxford Ohio, January, 2013
Cooperative Leadership Skills
Richard R Wills
Oxford Oklahoma, January, 2013
ICD - Empowering Steelworkers
Richard R Wills
Louisiana Louisiana, March, 2011