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JOHN S. SMOCK
Partner
John Smock is a Partner
with and founder of Smock•Sterling.
He has over 34 years of experience
as a management consultant with
a specialty in strategic management
and planning. John has developed
and directed management consulting
practices headquartered in Chicago,
Florida, Texas, and Washington,
DC.
Examples of his professional experience follow:
- John was one of
the originators and developers
of an international and industry-leading
methodology for strategic planning
and management that emphasizes
both client participation in the
planning process and strategy
implementation. He has personally
led over 125 uses of this methodology
for manufacturers, distributors,
service companies, and professional
service firms. Each client has
achieved dramatic improvements,
both financially and operationally,
subsequent to using the process.
- In numerous engagements,
John has developed extensive industry
credentials in the areas of manufacturing,
distribution services, high technology,
food processing and agri-business,
investor owned utilities, health
care, professional services, and
state and local government. While
his specialty is strategic management,
John has extensive functional
experience in marketing, organizational
development, operations, corporate
governance, and the strategic
use of information.
- He has conducted and/or led a wide range of “boardroom” consulting assignments for chief executive officers and their governing boards that have positively impacted company direction and profitability. John has conducted overall management reviews of numerous companies and/or their divisions and has served as a continuing advisor to either top managements or their governing boards.
- John has also developed
a particular expertise in professional
service firm management - from
internal experience as the first
National Director of Marketing
Planning at a "Big 8"
public accounting firm to over
200 consulting assignments for
law firms, consulting firms, and
accounting firms. He has helped
management of these firms face
and successfully respond to the
reality of a "competitive
environment."
- As the leader of a number of consulting practices, he has achieved remarkable results in building practice size and capability and developing the professional staff. His most recent effort prior to founding Smock•Sterling Strategic Management Consultants, as the director of the Chicago general management consulting practice of a "Big 8" firm, resulted in growth from four to 80 consultants in less than four years and to that of being the most profitable consulting practice in the firm.
Previously, John spent over sixteen years with Arthur Young (ten as a partner) and, prior to that, three years with Cresap, McCormick & Paget. At Arthur Young, he served as founder and Managing Partner of the Arthur Young/Chicago Consulting Group, National Director of General Management Consulting, founder and Managing Partner of the Gulf Coast Consulting Group, National Director of Marketing Planning, Director of Management Consulting for North and Central Florida, and National Director of Criminal Justice Services.
John has a B.S. in Economics from Villanova University and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. He also served as a commissioned officer in the United States Navy on surface ships and in combat on the rivers of Vietnam.
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