Tony Mayo
MARCH 27, 2011
What personality type is more likely to succeed in a leadership position? If you go by popular culture — television, movies, and books written by hero CEOs — you might think extroverts are natural leaders. Research summarized in an excellent article published by Wharton suggests a more nuanced answer. Employees who are proactive and eager [.].
Tony Mayo
MARCH 13, 2011
Guidelines for Communication that Supports “Team” Speak for yourself about yourself. Starting sentences with “I” is a powerful shortcut to this skill. You can state facts, opinions, emotions, concerns, requests, suggestions—whatever—if and only if you take ownership of them. It is okay to carry a message or speak for someone else; just be clear about [.].
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Tony Mayo
MARCH 31, 2011
Revolution is in the air around the world. People everywhere are fed up with having arbitrary power exercised over them, with impractical limits placed on their everyday actions, with living in constant fear that someone in power will frown at them and destroy their livelihood without warning or objective justification. This global revolution differs [.].
Tony Mayo
MARCH 23, 2011
The number one problem with business books, self-improvement programs, and even executive coaching is the excess of insights and ideas that could help, that would help, but do not help because the ideas do not produce action. Here are the two most important methods that I, as a top executive coach, use with clients to [.].
Tony Mayo
MARCH 7, 2011
Treadmill Desk wwww.tony mayo.com View more presentations from tonymayo. Why & How I Made My Treadmill Desk Here is the text from the slide show in case the PowerPoint above does not work in your browser. I read in Scientific American about the mounting evidence that many health problems and premature deaths were attributable [.].
Tony Mayo
MARCH 29, 2011
I just read a talk by the head of the US government’s Office of Personnel Management, John Berry. He provides a concise and cogent summary of the new management thinking that I hope will become a major influence in organizations around the world. This shift in management is, I believe, the result of two major [.].
Tony Mayo
MARCH 12, 2011
Study after study has shown that people who function well under stress share several core beliefs: see times of change and uncertainty not as dangerous but as exciting opportunities; focus on what they can do to improve a stressful situation, rather than growing helpless; and maintain a sense of commitment to the world around them, [.].
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