Tom Smith Co-Founded Partners In Leadership in 1989. Because of its thought leadership and influence on the leadership training industry, the breadth and quality of its programs, its industry recognition and innovation and the strength of its clients across the globe, Partners In Leadership is today numbered among the Top 20 Leadership Training Companies.Tom has co-authored the most extensive body of knowledge on workplace accountability ever written. His books are featured on numerous bestselling lists, including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today and Publishers Weekly. He co-authored the classic New York Times bestselling book, The Oz Principle: Getting Results through Individual and Organizational Accountability, ranked year after year as one of the top five bestselling business books in the leadership and performance categories. He also co-authored the New York Times bestsellers Change the Culture, Change the Game: The Breakthrough Strategy for Energizing Your Organization and Creating Accountability for Results, How Did That Happen? Holding People Accountable for Results the Positive, Principled Way and The Wisdom of Oz, Using Personal Accountability to Succeed in Everything You Do. Most recently, he coauthored the National Bestseller Propeller, Accelerating Change by Getting Accountability Right.Tom has conducted workshops and consulting engagements with some of the most admired companies in the world and is recognized as a worldwide expert on the topic of workplace accountability. He has partnered with clients to help them produce billions of dollars in improved profitability and shareholder value and has done so using the award-winning content, processes and training that he and his team developed at Partners In Leadership. Tom continues his involvement with Partners In Leadership as an advisor to the CEO and to the field organization and continues to enjoy consulting on a more limited basis. He also enjoys his involvement with numerous high potential, entrepreneurial ventures, most of which involve his family. Tom and his wife Becky have 8 children, 6 of which are married, and 20 grandchildren.