Chart Your Course International

I customize my presentations to the needs of the meeting planner. I am easy to work with and will go out of my way to exceed expectations.

I will interview your key members and leadership team to prepare for my speech.

It is my job to make you, your organization and the engagement successful.

Greg is a high energy motivational business speaker that brings practical ideas that can be immediately applied. He is an engaging speaker who involves his audiences in the program. He has been selected as one of the best speakers and earned the Toastmasters Hall of Fame.

Greg helps businesses transform themselves into great places to work that attract, retain and motivate people to their full potential. He combines story and strategy to teach audiences how to create high performance organizations that lead change, growth and innovation.

As founder and President of Chart Your Course International, he is recognized as a leading authority on talent management, leadership development and employee retention. Smith helps executives and business owners accelerate individual and organizational performance and navigate change. He helps design strategies, workshops and training sessions to grow organizations and helps them create clearer direction, increased profitability, stronger executive teams, improved communication and happier and more productive employees.

Smith worked for the Army Surgeon General as a senior consultant responsible for innovation, quality management and strategic planning for the Army Medical Department. In addition, he served on the Board of Examiners for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation’s highest honor for business excellence presented each year by the President of the United States.

Many of Greg's clients include both large and small organizations including Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award winners and “Top 100 Best Places to Work.”disc training, leadership speaker, author Smith has also designed professional development programs for national and international organizations including Yamaha, Lexis-Nexis, AFLAC, Hallmark Cards, Riverside Auto Group, Sony, Deloitte, Bobcat, Kaiser Permanente, Bridgestone, AT&T, Turner Broadcasting, AstraZeneca, Delta Airlines, Ace Hardware and Honda.

Smith has written and published over 350 articles and eleven books including his latest, Fired Up! Leading Your Organization to Achieve Exceptional Results. He has been featured in hundreds of magazines and trade journals and has appeared on numerous television and radio programs, including Bloomberg Business News and PBS television. Greg is located in Chapel Hill, NC.