Dan Schawbel is a New York Times bestselling author, Managing Partner of Workplace Intelligence, workplace researcher, global keynote speaker, podcast host, and career expert.
Career Highlights
- Led over 60 research studies, in partnership with brands like Oracle, WeWork, and American Express, surveying over 3 million people in 26 different countries.
- Interviewed over 2,800 leaders including Condoleezza Rice, Reed Hastings, Michael Bloomberg, Richard Branson, Warren Buffet, Jack Welch, and Meg Whitman.
- Bestselling author of three books: Back to Human, Promote Yourself and Me 2.0
- Writing has appeared in TIME, The Economist, The Harvard Business Review, World Economic Forum, Quartz, The Guardian, Forbes, and Fortune.
- Spoken at conferences such as The New York Times DealBook Conference, Bloomberg’s Business of Equality Summit, 92nd Street Y, SHRM, ASTD, HCI, Work Human, and The Conference Board.
- Appeared in media such as NBC, CNBC, NPR, People Magazine, GQ, Wired Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times.
- Honors include Inc. Magazine’s “30 Under 30”, Forbes Magazine’s “30 Under 30”, Business Insider’s “40 Under 40”, BusinessWeek’s “20 Entrepreneurs You Should Follow”, and Workforce Magazine’s “25 Game Changers”.
- Weekly articles are read on his Workplace Intelligence Weekly newsletter by over 290,000 subscribers and posts on social media are read by over 450,000 followers.
- Online leadership and management courses have over 155,000 students and are highly rated.
Dan Schawbel’s full CV
New York Times bestselling author Dan Schawbel is Managing Partner of Workplace Intelligence, an award-winning thought leadership and research agency focused on the world of work. Long considered a go-to authority on HR, talent, and leadership, Dan has spent his career researching and advising on workplace and career success.
As a globally recognized researcher, interviewer, and bestselling author, Dan is on a mission to equip people, leaders, and their organizations with the workplace intelligence that will save them time, money and allow them to compete for the future. His research is used by the biggest companies in the world, like Oracle and American Express, to make intelligent workplace decisions that lead to better talent, higher retention, and organizational growth.
Through dozens of studies, he has exposed some of the biggest work trends of our time, such as the rise of millennials, the skills gap, the 4-day workweek, and the burnout epidemic, which have been highlighted as cover stories in the Wall Street Journal, Money Magazine and HR Magazine. Companies like Red Robin have listened to Dan speak and have changed their entire work culture as a result of his advice. His ability to synthesize data and combine it with stories, and case studies, allows him to distill the best advice and make it applicable to every audience he speaks in front of.
In today’s world, there’s so much information available that people don’t know what to trust or how to use it. Dan cuts through the clutter to provide audiences with workplace intelligence backed by real data and powerful stories. His clients have said that he’s “an encyclopedia of information” because he’s constantly staying on top of the top trends shaping how we work and live. Audiences walk out of Dan’s keynote with a new mindset, a bigger brain, and motivation to make a difference.