BACKGROUND
Greg Smith is the founder and President of Chart Your Course International,
a management-consulting firm located in Atlanta, Georgia. He has spoken to
organizations in Singapore, Puerto Rico, Germany, and Canada. He has
developed training programs for some of the "Best Companies to Work For in
America," such as, Yamaha, Delta Airlines, Maxell, Turner Broadcasting,
Rollins Inc., King and Spalding, Ace Hardware, State Farm Insurance
Company, AFLAC, Sweetheart Cups, KMPG, Alltell Corporation, the U.S. Army,
Chicago Federal Reserve Bank, The Young Presidents Organization, Wyndham
Hotels, UNISYS and Hallmark Cards.
Prior to starting his own company, he went from 2nd
Lieutenant to Lieutenant Colonel building his career on the front-line as
an U.S. Army Officer. He was a consultant to the U.S. Army Surgeon General
and served as the Director of Quality and Strategic Planning for the U.S.
Army Medical Department. Greg played a major role in the largest
organizational transformation in U.S. history including direct involvement
with "Reinventing the Government" efforts spearheaded by the Vice
President of the United States. As a result, his efforts helped transform
the military into a smaller, more effective and less bureaucratic
organization.
He is recognized by Harvard University's, Profiles in Business and
Management: An International Directory of Scholars and Their Research.
For his involvement with Operation Desert Storm, the Human Resource
Executive Magazine selected him as one of the nation’s Top-Ten "Rising
Stars" in Human Resource Management. His other awards include the Legion
of Merit from the U.S. Army, the recipient of the Order of Military
Medical Merit and the Eagle Scout award. He is listed in the Who's Who of
Professional Speaking and holds both a B.S. and M.S. degree in human
resource management.
Greg believes the pen is mightier than the sword -- He is a
contributing editor to dozens of national and international journals,
newspapers, and websites. He has written over 350 articles and four books
including, The New Leader: Bringing Creativity and Innovation to the
Workplace. His most recent publication Here Today, Here Tomorrow:
Transforming Your Workforce from High-Turnover to High-Retention, has
been selected as one of the top-ten business books of the year.
He has been featured in hundreds of newspapers, magazines, websites,
television and radio shows including HR Magazine, Business Week,
President & CEO, Boston Globe, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, Training,
Christian Science Monitor and others including Exame,
South America’s largest business magazine. He has appeared on television
programs including Bloomberg Business News and PBS television.
When he is not traveling or writing, he is a happy husband to his
college sweetheart and a father to his three children. On his best days
you will find him sailing, biking, scuba diving, and raising bonsai trees.
