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Tony Schwartz

  • Bestselling Business Author
  • New York Times Life@Work Columnist
  • CEO and Founder, The Energy Project

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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.

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).

 

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Past Hosts Include:
  • Riverdale Country School
  • Gilte Groupe
  • KIPP
  • Whole Foods
  • Revolution Places
Rave Reviews About Tony Schwartz
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I wish that I had heard Tony Schwartz speak 30 years ago. It would have changed so much for the better. Unfortunately, I didn't hear him until three years ago. Even so, he has made a huge difference in my life. I have not been sick once in three years. I go home at night refreshed instead of tired, as If I were starting the day again. I feel good physically, which has not always been the case. I am more productive than ever, and it takes less out of me. Tony's work has the power to transform individuals and organizations.

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"Tony Schwartz has become a National Treasure, the champion of a new source of renewable energy—ourselves! The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working is a great combination of engaging intellectual foundations, intriguing research findings, and truly practical advice. It’s a veritable handbook for putting each of us on a more engaged, more productive, more satisfying—more energetic!—life course."

-Robert Kegan, PhD, Harvard School of Education, co-author of Immunity to Change

"Tony Schwartz confronts the assumptions that are driving our lives and increasingly the lives of our children. His vision of an energized life lived in rhythm with our bodies and our minds, informed by research from all sorts of disciplines—cognitive science, neuroscience, psychology and medicine, makes a compelling argument to lead more effective rather than merely more productive lives. I believe that his work with our school has pointed to ways in which both students and teachers can change their lives for the better. "

-Riverdale Country School

"For two decades, Tony Schwartz has been observing, reporting, and teaching the fundamentals of performance in every arena where excellence matters "

-Gilte Groupe

"The transformative power of this work lies in its ability to help very smart and already high-performing people change their current behaviors to be even more effective, fulfilled and connected to others. It is intellectually engaging because it's based on hard research from various scientific disciplines, and provides different frames of reference and new ways to look at old problems. It delivers results because of the specific process of creating and practicing more effective behaviors through rituals, which eventually become virtuous habits. The foundations of good leadership are self-awareness and thoughtful action, and the ideas in this book can be truly life-changing for both."

-Evan Wittenberg, Former Vice-President of Global Talent, Hewlett-Packard and Former Head of Global Leadership Development, Google Inc.

"Tony Schwartz and his work at The Energy Project is revolutionizing our work at KIPP. His basic idea, like all great ideas, is so elegantly simple – in order for people to be at their best they need to renew their energy levels. Since beginning our work with Tony, our team now focuses on how we build in time for physical, emotional, mental and spiritual renewal. This year, KIPP is honored to serve over 50,000 kids and families across the United States. Our students and their parents expect us to be at our best every single day. Tony is teaching us how to do this. He is a gifted speaker — whether presenting to several hundred principals and teachers or working in smaller groups, Tony has KIPP talking energy. More than talking about it, he has us renewing energy regularly so we can deliver on the promises we’ve made. Not only is Tony making KIPP more effective, he’s also making it more joyful and fulfilling. Hiring Tony to speak to your team is one of the best decisions you will make this year. "

-KIPP

"Tony understands the forces — both internal and external -- that have pushed so many of us into working lives defined by stress, overwork and burnout. His gifts as a speaker are only rivaled by his gifts as a listener, and his ability to help individuals and companies course-correct and operate with less stress and more productivity, creativity, and fulfillment."

-Arianna Huffington, Huffington Post

"Tony Schwartz may be the most important and powerful speaker you could bring into your organization in these complex and demanding times. His message about managing our own energy and serving as Chief Energy Officers to those we lead is original, inspirational and grounded in a wealth of compelling research. Tony himself is an entertaining and inspiring speaker armed with highly actionable takeaways. I am committed to getting him in front of as many of our Whole Foods team members as possible. "

-Whole Foods
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Stop It!

There’s a better way to work. Human beings aren’t meant to operate the same way that computers do: continuously, at high speed, for long periods of time, running multiple programs at the same time. Still, we try. It’s a prescription for exhaustion. Schwartz shows audiences a new pa ...

There’s a better way to work. Human beings aren’t meant to operate the same way that computers do: continuously, at high speed, for long periods of time, running multiple programs at the same time. Still, we try. It’s a prescription for exhaustion. Schwartz shows audiences a new path to achieve breakthrough and sustainable high performance — starting today. We’re at our best when we move between periods of expending and intermittently renewing our four key sources of energy: physical (quantity), emotional (quality), mental (focus), and spiritual (purpose). This is something the world’s best athletes and trainers have known for years. The more skillfully and systematically we learn to manage our energy, the more resilient, focused, engaged and sustainably productive we become. The same is true for those you manage.

Becoming Chief Energy Officer: Leading Sustainable High Performance

As demand in our lives outpaces our capacity, the fundamental responsibility of any leader is to mobilize, focus, inspire and sustain the energy of those they lead — and fuel sustainable high performance. For the leader as Chief Energy Officer, the challenge ahead is not to get more out of pe ...

As demand in our lives outpaces our capacity, the fundamental responsibility of any leader is to mobilize, focus, inspire and sustain the energy of those they lead — and fuel sustainable high performance. For the leader as Chief Energy Officer, the challenge ahead is not to get more out of people — but to systematically invest in better meeting their needs, so they’re freed, fueled and inspired to bring more of themselves to work every day. We each have four energy needs -- physical (sustainability); emotional (security); mental (self-expression) and spiritual (significance). When leaders begin by taking care of their own energy needs, and empower those they lead to do the same, the result is workforce that is healthier, happier, more focused, more motivated and higher performing. Leaders at many of the world’s top companies have applied Tony Schwartz’s principles and practices — both in their own lives and across their organizations — and experienced extraordinary results.

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Books by Tony Schwartz
The Power of Full Engagement: Managing Energy, Not Time, Is the Key to High Performance and Personal Renewal

The Power of Full Engagement: Managing Energy, Not Time, Is the Key to High Performance and Personal Renewal

The Way We're Working Isn't Working: The Four Forgotten Needs That Energize Great Performance

The Way We're Working Isn't Working: The Four Forgotten Needs That Energize Great Performance

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Biography

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.

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).

Tony Schwarz 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 on The Atlantic, Fast Company, business Insider, CEO.com, Lifehacker, AOS Finance, 99U and many others.

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