Tony Schwartz Profile
Tony Schwartz is the President, CEO and Founder of The Energy Project, which helps companies fuel sustainable high performance by better meeting the needs of their employees. He is the bestselling author/co-author of five books, Including The Way We're Working Isn't Working and The Power of Full Engagement. He is also a New York Times Life@Work Columnist.
Why Tony Schwartz?
Can You Possibly Work Harder?: The demands on our lives are as great as they've ever been – and most of us expect them to keep increasing. But if we're already working harder than ever, how will we keep up? The answer to keeping up isn't spending more of our hours working.
Manage Energy – Not Time: Tony is at the center of the new thinking that creates sustainable high performance by managing personal and organizational energy. The idea is to focus on energy and build capacity vs. simply working harder. Tony draws on science as well as on three decades spent studying great performers. He and his organization, The Energy Project, have redefined the way individuals and organizations can thrive in a world of relentlessly increasing demand, complexity and change.
A Powerful Speaker on Performance: Tony makes his points with energy and humor - he's an inspiring speaker who leaves audiences with clear, actionable takeaways. His presence and ideas command attention from the moment he steps on stage. Tony upends common beliefs about work and performance -- audiences leave looking at their life and work in a whole new way – armed with the tools to take control.
Changing the Way the World Works: Top leaders and companies believe in Tony's work. He has delivered his transformational ideas to the World Economic Forum, the Aspen Ideas Festival and TEDx; and to leaders at companies ranging from Apple, Google and Facebook to Coca-Cola, Genentech and Goldman Sachs; and to such organizations as the National Security Agency, the Los Angeles Police Department, the Cleveland Clinic, and Save the Children.
Bestselling Author: Tony Schwartz is author or co-author of several books which have reached bestseller status on the Wall Street Journal and New York Times lists. The Power of Full Engagement is consistently cited as one of the most influential management, productivity and personal development books of all time - translated into 28 languages. He authored The Way We're Working Isn't Working (also published under the title Be Excellent at Anything) and What Really Matters. He also co-authored The Art of the Deal (with Donald Trump) and Work in Progress (with Michael Eisner).
More Print from Tony Schwartz: Tony Schwartz has contributed chapters to a dozen books including Taking Smart Risks and On Form. He's written numerous articles for the Harvard Business Review and for three years was the most popular blogger on HBR Blog Network. Tony now writes the popular weekly Life@Work column for The New York Times. He has also contributed articles and blogs to The Atlantic, Fast Company, Business Insider, CEO.com, Lifehacker, AOL Finance, 99U and many others.