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College of Business

Rick Wills Rick Wills

Instructional Assistant Professor
Marketing
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
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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

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

Other

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

Presentations

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