Nearly 400 organizations such as Harvard Business School, Nortel Networks, GlaxoSmithKline, IBM, Cisco Systems, and Duke University have consulted George Smart. As Managing Partner of Strategic Development, based in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, George specializes in strategic consulting for team and executive development, providing leadership development simulations and upper-level coaching since 1981. With an MBA from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University, George has trained at the Center for Creative Leadership, the NTL Institute, Albert Einstein School of Medicine, and the N. C. State University Training and Development program. He served as a charter National Advisor for Chapters for the American Society for Training and Development, the world's largest workplace training association. George teaches Organization Development and Business Coaching for UNC-Charlotte and speaks to over 50 groups a year on the perils and best practices of workplace change

As a national presenter, George shows how to lead and sustain change with common sense and integrity. His authenticity, creativity, sense of humor, and inside knowledge, from Fortune 500 to family-run businesses, informs and energizes a wide array of audiences.