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A.E. Schwartz & Associates is a Boston-based management training and organizational development organization.
Our company remains at the forefront of the training arena by providing over 40 highly effective training programs for all management levels. Programs are designed to be participatory, how-to based, and flexible in terms of number and time span.
They cover a wide range of topics critical to a manager’s success and employee productivity. Each program is practical, goal-oriented, and applicable to everyday situations.
We can assist you in determining your organizational development needs and provide you with various options to consider.
Biography
Andrew E. Schwartz has been designing, developing and delivering management and leadership programs since 1982. He is founder and CEO of A.E. Schwartz & Associates; a comprehensive management training and leadership development organization offering over 40 skill-based programs and assorted consulting services.
No stranger to the media, Andrew has authored dozens of books, products, and articles, has appeared on numerous radio shows, and is frequently quoted in magazines and newspapers such as The Wall Street Journal, Entrepreneur Magazine, and The Boston Business Journal.
As a trainer and facilitator, Andrew conducts an average of 150 programs annually. He is hired to lead conferences and company meetings for a wide variety of industries worldwide, such as research, technology, government, Fortune 100/500 companies, and nonprofit organizations.
Accolades aside, Andrew delivers a succinct, fast-paced, practical production that yields an enjoyable and interactive experience. With tens of thousands of participant testimonials endorsing his presentations, he has made a significant and long-lasting impact on virtually every participant. Andrew maintains a focused and informative presentation while remaining approachable, engaging, involved and humorous.
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Andrew’s credibility as a trainer and facilitator stems from an impressively broad range of real-life experience, which translates into, and enhances every program he conducts. In other words, he can not only teach, but “implement” as well. For example, Andrew held the position of senior trainer at The Management Training Program at age 24, and at 26 became the Manager of Training at the Massachusetts Institute for Technology. Andrew himself embodies the role of a top-notch manager and helps his participants to adopt the strategies and mentality which have rendered his own personal successes.
He has held various Director of Training Positions: The Smaller Business Association of New England, The Employer’s Association, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Information Services), and The Management Training Program.
He has been an adjunct faculty/professor teaching business, management communication, and training at: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Emerson College, Boston College, Bryant College, Boston University, Brandeis University (Heller School of Business) and Bentley College (Meeting Management Program).
Statistics and personal evaluations are both testaments to the significant impacts of Andrew’s programs on people, productivity, and profits. Post-course participant evaluations reveal a 92-100% level of overall satisfaction, and Andrew is consistently rated in the top 5% of speakers and presenters. Many companies enlist his services again and again, considering Andrew’s courses to be a cornerstone of their company.
History
History of A.E. Schwartz & Associates (The Personal Story)
While I could tell you all the lingo and what we do, why we do it that way and so on, here is the personal story behind our company by its founder.
Philosophy
As the principal and founder of this organization Andrew says, “I have just simply followed my passion and the rest has evolved. My thirst for constant improvement and knowledge is the backbone of our organization. Everyone’s ideas and creativity is balanced with planning and implementation. This has allowed the organization to grow into something much bigger than I ever imagined. This is largely due to the great people I work with.”
The Beginning:
Before A.E. Schwartz & Associates started, Andrew’s first paid presentation was in 1976. He had just finished high school and pitched a Cornell University group. His first telephone pitch began with, “I am working on an advanced degree and would you like to have me present to your group for $100.00. Afterwards, with participant testimonials, letters of recommendation and 3 referrals, this was the start of a long story.
The Road To Realization:
While his presentations continued to be outstanding, Andrew thought that maybe he could leverage up his value if he got published. So, in 1982, he formed A.E. Schwartz & Associates and he pitched a magazine called, Training News in Boston and landed a paid monthly column. Over 3 years, he wrote and published this column, hundreds of other articles, university extension courses, audio scripts, books, software, workbooks, assessments and you name it. Everything that he wrote and submitted to magazines and publishers was printed. The outcome of immediate fame/fortune did not occur immediately although the additional credibility and more importantly the knowledge he gained has served him quite well.
Professional Dedication:
Over the next 20+ years Andrew delivered training and leadership development programs both nationally and internationally. His consulting division started to emerge with his additional time still spent on the development of new and the refinement of existing materials. He traveled 150+ days annually which became quite tiresome, so he stopped the treadmill to further grow the business and diversify. The outcome was several more creative venues, our product website along with many other business models.
Growth and Letting Go:
While Andrew remains very active training, facilitating, and working with others in the company, he has taken on partners, co-workers and interns who are growing the various businesses without me doing it all. In essence, Andrew says, “I have been able to apply what I know internally with great success. (Smiling) It never ceases to amaze me that the stuff I have been teaching actually always works. While there is always more that can be done, the various projects/businesses I have birthed are all growing up and I am starting to let each go forward through others.”
Travels Planned
Andrew’s next chapter is to do a bit more off loading, continue working with clients, training, facilitating, and consulting mixed with more travel and speaking at conferences through speakers bureaus. This is timely with the upcoming release of his latest books. Not showing any signs of slowing down, he says, “I have three more books planned that I will work on over the next 2 years, and a few new things leaving the rest unknown.”
Subsidiaries
The following sites are owned and operated by A.E. Schwartz & Associates:
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