Getting Started in Consulting, Third Edition

Appendix E. Sample Biographical Sketch for a New Consultant

Joan Smith is the president of Acme Consulting Group, Inc., a firm specializing in human performance and productivity.

Joan is a former assistant general manager for ambulatory care at Mercy Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio. She has managed both line and staff functions, and has overseen both mergers and divestitures in the health care industry. She has been a featured speaker at several industry conferences, and has had articles published in Health Care Today and Professional Women.

The Cleveland chapter of the American Society for Training and Development named her professional manager of the year for an unprecedented two consecutive years in recognition of her "outstanding and innovative work in maximizing the potential of human resources." She has served as a board member for the Development Agency of Greater Cleveland, the Audubon Society, and the Ohio Youth Orchestra.

She is a member of the Institute of Management Consultants and the Society for Professional Consulting, as well as the American Management Association. Her written work has included articles in Training magazine and Cleveland Business News.

The facilitation of strategic retreats, conducting customer focus groups, training in conflict resolution, and coaching in creative thinking skills have been numbered among her works.

She once taught herself to play the saxophone, and found herself at a political rally playing alongside then-candidate Bill Clinton. He told ...