Special Event

In Partnership with Dallas ASTD

Tony Schwartz Book Tour: Transforming the Way We Work

August 17, 2010
8:00am - 10:00am

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 resources 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.

You'll walk out of this talk with:

• A scientifically-based paradigm for how to work (and live) in a way that is more productive and more satisfying
• Clarity around the characteristics of the "Performance Zone" and what pushes us into the "Survival Zone"
• Insight into the unique power of singularly absorbed attention and how to cultivate it
• The secret to regularly renewing your energy even when demand is high and time is scarce
  

About Our Speaker:

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 by 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, was published in May 2010.

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.