About

L. Wayne Smalls & Associates, LLC is a leadedership training company that assists individuals/organizations in empowering, enabling and enhancing leaders to grow and become better. The goal of the company is to provide high quality professional training that can improve the overall effectiveness of any organization. President and independent certified speaker, Amazon Best Selling author, L Wayne Smalls became a resident of Fayetteville, NC. after serving over 25 years of total service in the United States Army; he retired at the rank of Major. Some of Wayne’s military awards include a Bronze Star Medal for combat in Afghanistan, the Army Commendation Medal, the Joint Service Achievement Medal and many others. He also has an extensive professional educational background in business administration and leadership development. As a Doctoral Student at Capella University, Wayne is working toward a Doctoral degree in Business Administration with a specialization in Leadership, which brings a unique brand of instruction to any training event.   With a climbing number of progressive books and publications, he is noted for the Amazon #1 Best Seller, “Called to Be a Soldier”. Not only is Wayne an author; but he is a certified speaker, trainer and coach with the John Maxwell Team. As a steward of leadership and inspiration, Wayne believes that everyone can reach their fulestl potential with the proper guidance, motivation and inspiration. Wayne is also the host of his own leadership talk radio show, Leader Lifestylez, which airs on WIDU 1600 AM every Thursday at 10:00am.