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Tony Schwartz's Newest Topic:

Transforming the Way We Work

   Demand in our lives is increasing relentlessly. Our capacity isn’t keeping pace. The way we’re working isn’t working. Far too many organizations expect their employees to operate in the same way that computers do: continuously, at high speeds, for long periods of time, running multiple programs at the same time.

   It’s a prescription for failure. Human beings are designed to pulse. We’re at our best when we move between periods of expending energy and intermittently renewing our four energy needs: sustainability (physical); security (emotional); self-expression (mental); and significance (spiritual). The better those needs are met, the more value we’re capable of creating. Time is finite, but we can expand and renew our energy across all four dimensions of our lives.

   The primary value exchange between employees and employers today is time for money. Each seeks to get as much of the other’s resource as possible. It’s a thin, one-dimensional transaction that serves neither side well. Rather than trying to get more out of their employees, employers are better served by meeting people’s multi-dimensional needs, so they’re freed, fueled and motivated to bring the best of themselves to work every day.

Outcomes:

·        A scientifically-based paradigm for how to work (and live) in a way that is more productive and more satisfying.

·        A clear understanding of the four key needs you must meet in order to perform at your best.

·        Clarity around the characteristics of the “Performance Zone” and what pushes us into the “Survival Zone”

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About Tony Schwartz:

   Tony Schwartz is President and CEO of The Energy Project, a company that helps individuals and organizations fuel energy, engagement, focus and productivity by harnessing the science of high performance. Tony has spent 30 years studying, writing about, teaching and coaching people in how to perform at their best. Tony’s most recent book, The Power of Full Engagement: Managing Energy Not Time, co-authored with Jim Loehr, was a #1 Wall Street Journal bestseller, spent four months on the New York Times bestseller list and has been translated into 28 languages. Tony's new book, The Way We're Working Isn't Working: The Four Forgotten Needs that Energize Great Performance, is due out in May 2010.

   In October 2007, Tony’s article “Manage Energy Not Time: The Science of Stamina,” co-authored with Catherine McCarthy, was published in the Harvard Business Review. The article describes the impact of the Energy Project curriculum on engagement and performance at three Fortune 100 companies. Tony began his career as a journalist. He was a reporter for the New York Times, an Associate Editor at Newsweek, a staff writer at New York and Esquire magazines and a columnist for Fast Company. He co-authored the #1 worldwide bestseller The Art of the Deal with Donald Trump and also wrote What Really Matters: Searching for Wisdom in America.

   Tony has delivered keynotes to audiences around the world and has done leadership work with senior executives at dozens of companies including Sony, Credit Suisse, Ford, Price Waterhouse Coopers, Wachovia, Gillette, Barclays Capital, Deutsche Bank, as well as the Cleveland Clinic, Harvard Business School, the National Security Agency, the Conference Board and the Center for Creative Leadership. He has also served as an executive coach to more than a dozen CEOs and senior leaders. Tony is a Phi Betta Kappa graduate of the University of Michigan.