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Jim Welch is THE Practical Growth Leader who has over 30 years of real world business leadership experience with Hallmark and Procter & Gamble. Jim's teams consistently scored in the top 5% of Gallup Survey employee engagement scores. 

  As the former Senior Marketing Vice-President of Hallmark, Jim had responsibility for the Hallmark Hall Of Fame,  Advertising, Promotion,   Brand Portfolio Management,   Merchandising,   Licensing,  Customer Relationship Management,  Market Research,  Hallmark.Com, and  The Gold Crown Card Loyalty Program. Jim has lead a marketing team of over 250 people and a sales team of over 600 sales representatives, and consistently delivered double digit profitable revenue growth results.

  As President  And Founder of The Growth Leader Inc . Jim speaks on a variety of Keynote and Workshop topics with Fortune 500 clients, associations, educators, and entreprenuerial organizations from coast to coast. Jim travels from Kansas City and can be almost anywhere in the US in 3 hours or less. Jim will tailor any of his topics  to be relevant to your audience.

 Jim's new book GROW NOW -8 Essential Steps To Flex Your Leadership Muscles is now widely available including at  Amazon.com and Barnes&Noble.com. Jim has made Book appearances recently on The Lifetime Radio Network, Oprah & Friends Radio and The Voice of America. You can also visit Jim's Website www.thegrowthleader.com  to order the Book GROW NOW today!

  Welch brings over 30 years of  leadership, passion, hands-on experience, credibility,  and a winning track record to exceed top line and bottom line results. Bring a proven performer  with consistently high speaker ratings to your next meeting. This is not a Book Report about what others have done.  Jim has actually done it as a Senior Leader. He will have instant audience credibility.  Jim Welch is THE Practical Growth Leader who will bring  a  funny, dynamic, interactive, and high impact content message directly to your audience. Visit www.thegrowthleader.com to watch the Video now!