Tony Schwartz is founder and CEO of The Energy Project, a
company that helps individuals and organizations fuel energy,
engagement, focus and productivity by drawing on the science
of high performance. Tony has written four bestselling books. The Way We're Working Isn't Working, became a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller within months. His previous book, The Power of Full Engagement: Managing Energy Not Time, co-authored with Jim Loehr, has been translated into 28 languages.
Schwartz has also published widely about leadership, engagement and culture change.
His articles include "The Paradox of Productivity: How Sony Pictures Gets More Out of Employees by Demanding Less,” published in the Harvard Business Review. Schwartz 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.
Schwartz has delivered keynotes to audiences around the world and has done leadership
work with senior executives at dozens of companies including Google, Apple, Sony,
Ford, Wells Fargo, Citibank, Gillette and Barclays Capital, as well as the Los Angeles
Police Department, the Cleveland Clinic, Harvard Business School and the National
Security Agency. He has also served as an executive coach to more than two dozen
CEOs and senior leaders.
Tony lives in New York City with his wife Deborah, a psychoanalyst. They have two
daughters, Kate, a theater director, and Emily, who works at the Energy Project.