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## About Greg P. Smith

Greg P. Smith is an author, speaker, management consultant, and lifelong student of leadership, people, and the stories that shape us.

With more than three decades of experience in management development, training, and consulting, Greg has spent his career helping organizations and individuals become better leaders, build stronger teams, and achieve exceptional results. He also served 20 years as a U.S. Army Medical Service Corps officer, an experience that profoundly influenced his views on leadership, responsibility, resilience, and the importance of people.

Greg's work has earned national recognition. **Human Resource Executive magazine recognized him as one of the nation's Top Ten "Rising Stars" in Human Resource Man ## About Greg P. Smith

Greg P. Smith is an author, speaker, management consultant, and lifelong student of leadership, people, and the stories that shape us.

With more than three decades of experience in management development, training, and consulting, Greg has spent his career helping organizations and individuals become better leaders, build stronger teams, and achieve exceptional results. He also served 20 years as a U.S. Army Medical Service Corps officer, an experience that profoundly influenced his views on leadership, responsibility, resilience, and the importance of people.

Greg's work has earned national recognition. **Human Resource Executive magazine recognized him as one of the nation's Top Ten "Rising Stars" in Human Resource Management.** His professional work has also been recognized in **Harvard University's *Profiles in Business and Management: An International Directory of Scholars and Their Research*.** He has been a professional speaker and consultant to organizations in the United States and around the world, sharing practical lessons on leadership, management, communication, teamwork, and performance.

His books include *Fired Up! Leading Your Organization to Achieve Exceptional Results*, *65 Icebreakers and Team Building Activities*, *Supervisor's Passport to Success*, and *401 Proven Ways to Retain Your Best Employees*, among others. His writing reflects the same philosophy that has guided his professional career: useful lessons don't have to be complicated to be powerful.

His newest and most personal book is *Fish on Fridays: A Memoir of Bad Breaks, Hard Lessons, and Unexpected Strength*.

Unlike Greg's earlier business and leadership books, *Fish on Fridays* opens the door to the personal experiences behind many of the lessons he has shared throughout his career. It takes readers from childhood and family traditions through military service, loss, unexpected setbacks, cancer, recovery, and the difficult process of learning to move forward when life doesn't go according to plan.

There is humor in the book. There are hard lessons. There are stories Greg had never intended to tell publicly. And throughout it all is a simple message: **sometimes the experiences that knock us down can also teach us how to stand back up.**

Greg writes in a straightforward, conversational style, drawing lessons from places as different as a military barracks, a family kitchen, a hospital room, a business meeting, and the many unexpected turns of everyday life.

Today, Greg continues to write, speak, train, consult, build things, and collect stories. Through his books, he hopes to entertain readers, make them think, and perhaps help someone facing a difficult season realize that their story isn't over yet.
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