Jim Benz
Senior Consultant
 Jim is passionate about helping leaders and individuals improve their lives, acquire new skills and build into the people surrounding them. He has 35 years experience in personnel development and corporate training, specializing in sales and management training. He works with top executives and first line leaders to build high performance teams, develop communication skills and lead companies through productive change.
After earning a Bachelors degree and Masters degree at Southern Illinois University, Jim worked his way up the ranks at Moorman Manufacturing Company in 1966, serving first as Dairy Product Marketing Manager, and then Beef Product Marketing Manager. In 1980, as Director of Training, Jim headed up the sales and management training for a 2000+ member sales force until becoming the Director of Marketing in 1990.
In 1997 Jim formed Benz Training and Consulting Services, providing clients nationwide with sales and management training and marketing expertise. His clients include: Reinke Manufacturing., ADM Consolidated Nutrition, Peterson Cleaning, Hoxie Implement, Illinois Association of Electric Cooperatives, Butterfield Capital Association, UKN Properties, and Roquette Corp.
Jim is a former long time member of the National Society of Sales Training Executives and has been honored by the Society for earning the greatest number of editorial awards for training excellence.
In September 2004 Jim launched Character Champions, a non-profit program designed to improve teamwork, sportsmanship and character development in high school athletes. He has linked up with the Quincy Exchange Club, Quincy University and John Wood Community College to sponsor an annual seminar and ongoing program in which 500 plus athletes participate.
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When I’m not working I can usually be found…working on one of my street rods or reading the latest on alternative energy and energy conservation.
I feel passionately about…the value systems (free enterprise and family) that have been the bedrock of American success
Some of my favorite books are…Tom Friedman’s The Lexus and the Olive Tree, The World is Flat, James Mitchner works and 18th and 19th century non-fiction by explorers.
My family is…Very important to me. I love to stay connected with what they are all doing.
I regularly enjoy…learning about what people have done or are doing---there are so many interesting stories out there.
My most (interesting / challenging / unique) job before Carawan Global Communications & Consulting…helping a 50M family owned business discover a better way to do business—and double their sales volume. They were good, hard working people but were oblivious to so many critical business processes.
I enjoy being part of the Carawan Global team because…my philosophy regarding the value of the human resource and how to energize it is very much in alignment with the Carawan philosophy.
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