Wayne Bennett
Leadership Consultant
Wayne Bennett has been involved in team building almost his entire life. Beginning at age 10 he helped build high ropes courses with his mother, then created a non-profit team building company at the age of 21. At 23, he was the youngest college head basketball coach in Oregon. He was a NISOA college soccer referee at 27 and is currently the owner and President of TeamWorx, a nationwide corporate team building company.
Mr. Bennett has delivered hundreds of team building programs to Fortune 500 companies, state and federal agencies, and college universities. He holds a Masters Degree in Teaching and has taught at the college, high school, and middle school levels.
Mr. Bennett is the author of two books—his recently published e-Book Wayne’s Rules: The Eight Rules to Building Better Teams and The OPZ: The Optimal Performance Zone. He has written dozens of articles about teamwork in the business environment, has been interviewed countless times for articles about team building and teamwork in a business setting, and has presented numerous audio conferences and keynote speeches about how to build better teams.
Wayne received a BA in religious studies from the prestigious Reed College in Portland, Oregon, and attributes some of his insights into team dynamics to the principles he learned there.