Tony Mayo

SEPTEMBER 19, 2015

Tony Mayo Executive Coach. Crimes of Cunning On Sale Tuesday, September 22! A comedy of personal and political transformation in the deteriorating American workplace. Click here to see it on Amazon.com Or, here for Barnes & Noble Fast-paced, funny, and smart. This novel puts you into the world of a young MBA striving to succeed at a famous high-tech […].

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Tony Mayo

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Tony Mayo Executive Coach. This podcast is an interview about Tony’s new novel, Crimes of Cunning: A comedy of personal and political transformation in the deteriorating American workplace. He is interviewed by longtime client Ron Dimon. Ron is an expert on the use of information by executives of large organizations. Listen as two experienced business people play with […].

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Tony Mayo

JANUARY 6, 2015

'The core of mindfulness is the ability to pay attention. …less about spirituality and more about concentration: the ability to quiet your mind, focus your attention on the present, and dismiss any distractions that come your way. …[Of] those who had received the mindfulness training. Not only did they report fewer negative emotions […].

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OCTOBER 2, 2015

Tony Mayo Executive Coach. Of all the management tools I recommend, one of the most effective is both very simple and very unlikely to be consistently employed—if it is used at all: the written progress report, completed on a consistent schedule. The power of progress reports to promote results and reduce anxiety is demonstrated daily, on matters […].

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Tony Mayo

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

Tony Mayo Executive Coach. Click here to order your copy on Amazon or here for Barnes & Noble. Click here to order your copy on Amazon or here for Barnes & Noble. The post Tony’s New Novel on Sale NOW! appeared first on Tony Mayo.

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Tony Mayo

JANUARY 20, 2015

'I just noticed an interesting feature of the Amazon Kindle software. It can display passages most often highlighted by other Kindle users. Here are some quotes favored by readers of my first book. Our desire to belong is a life and death concern. It’s not a weakness or personal failure. I realized that […].

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Tony Mayo

APRIL 18, 2015

'A measure of a child’s maturity is progress from selfish self-justification toward compassionate empathy; from “I didn’t do it,” through “It’s not my fault!” and the teenager’s favorite, “I’m sorry you think it is my fault,” up to “I’m sorry you are hurt. What can I do to help?” Even experienced business people […].

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Tony Mayo

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Tony Mayo Executive Coach. Book Signing Reston author Tony Mayo will meet readers, sign books, take questions, and conduct readings. Small Business Saturday Saturday after Thanksgiving November 28, 2015 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Reston’s Used Book Shop Lake Anne Plaza 1623 Washington Plaza N Reston, Virginia 20190 (703) 435-9772. The post Meet the Author & Book Signing appeared first on Tony Mayo.

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Tony Mayo

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Tony Mayo Executive Coach. Here is a simple yet powerful tool to establish habits, learn a skill, or complete a project. I used it to reenforce my daily meditation practice and to write two books. The method is as old as procrastination but has been attributed recently to billionaire comedian Jerry Seinfeld, as in this frequently cited LifeHacker […].

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Tony Mayo

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

Tony Mayo Executive Coach. The “prison experiments” by psychologist Philip Zimbardo show “that ethical problems in organizations originate not with “a few bad apples” but with the ‘barrel makers’—the leaders who, wittingly or not, create and maintain the systems in which participants are encouraged to do wrong.” –Warren Bennis & James O’Toole in Harvard Business Review June 2009 […].

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Tony Mayo

JULY 20, 2015

Tony Mayo Executive Coach. This latest podcast is part nine of a fun […]. The post A conversation with executive coaching client Ron Dimon. Part 9 appeared first on Tony Mayo. This latest podcast is part nine of a funny and useful conversation between top executive coach Tony Mayo and his longtime client Ron Dimon. Ron is an expert on the use of information by executives of large organizations.

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Tony Mayo

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

'I was very pleased to see an international expert on software development express the following clear insights into the types of workplaces my executive coaching seeks to foster. Visionaries are designing organizations for collaboration. These firms remove the bottlenecks imposed by the strict hierarchies of the past. [In hierarchical firms] no one was being […].

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Tony Mayo

JULY 28, 2015

Tony Mayo Executive Coach. How to BE in Courageous, Genuine Relation […]. The post Tony Mayo Reads the bonus chapter of The Courage to Be in Community appeared first on Tony Mayo. This podcast is Tony Mayo reading the bonus chapter to his Amazon #1 best-selling book, The Courage to be in Community. Get the text for free here: tiny.cc/freecourage A simple, practical guide to building better relationships at work and at home, with answers to these reader questions. * What can I do in my day-

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Tony Mayo

JUNE 5, 2015

Tony has an uncanny ability to leverage his vast experience in order to provide great value to his clients. He is an outstanding workshop and group facilitator who leaves participants with action-oriented takeaways they can’t get anywhere else. —Hector Velez Chief Development Officer | Chief Sales Officer .

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Tony Mayo

MAY 16, 2015

Podcast #16: Tony reads a short sample from his first book: The Courage to Be in Community. The complete audiobook is for sale on iTunes and Audible. Just click here and either listen on your computer or subscribe through iTunes to have this and all new podcast episodes placed on your device as they become […] Podcast #16: Scientific evidence and personal experience tell us that sincere, engaging personal relationships are essential for health and happiness.

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Tony Mayo

MAY 22, 2015

Coaching is widely regarded as a potent development force. 96% of organizations saw individual performances improve after they introduced coaching. 92% reported improvements in leadership and management effectiveness 77% of the respondents indicated that coaching had a significant or very significant impact on at least one of nine business measures. 60% improved productivity […].

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Tony Mayo

AUGUST 31, 2015

Tony Mayo Executive Coach. Click here to read more about the book. The post Teddy Roosevelt gave me the title for my new book appeared first on Tony Mayo.

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Tony Mayo

OCTOBER 30, 2015

Tony Mayo Executive Coach. My new novel Crimes of Cunning exposes the roots of some serious problems in today’s largest organizations. I much prefer owner-operated business, like those of my executive coaching clients–and independent booksellers. I will be supporting Small Business Saturday™ with a book signing and reading at Reston’s favorite bookstore.

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Tony Mayo

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

Tony Mayo Executive Coach. We accept our responsibilities as a corporate citizen in community, national and world affairs; we serve our interests best when we serve the public interest. We acknowledge our obligation as a business institution to help improve the quality of the society we are part of. We want to be in the […]. The post Corporate Social Responsibility Nonsense appeared first on Tony Mayo.

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Tony Mayo

OCTOBER 22, 2015

Tony Mayo Executive Coach. Someone posted the most amazing review of my book. Not only is the writer not my mother, I’ve never even met him. Did I laugh out loud? Yes, a lot, but this novel is not pure comedy. There will be many interpretations about the heartbeat of this story because it’s written in such a […]. The post Strong Reviews for Tony’s New Novel appeared first on Tony Mayo.

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Tony Mayo

MARCH 25, 2015

'I believe that community matters. … Pixar is a community in the true sense of the word. We think that lasting relationships matter, and we share some basic beliefs: Talent is rare. Management’s job is not to prevent risk but to build the capability to recover when failures occur… we don’t second-guess or micromanage. […].

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Tony Mayo

MARCH 3, 2015

'It’s always been the major belief of our company, take good care of your people, they’ll take good care of the customer and the customer will come back. And we celebrate them. We train them. We teach them. We provide opportunity for them. You’ve got to make your employees happy. If the employees are happy, […].

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Tony Mayo

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

'Wise and wise cracking, funny and flexible, an amazing teacher of yoga, meditation, and living has created an entertaining and enlightening new television program. Here’s the preview of my friend Jonathan Foust‘s new program, One with Everything.

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Tony Mayo

MARCH 18, 2015

'Everyone loves to hate performance evaluations, and with good reason: Research has shown them to be ineffective, unreliable and unsatisfactory for seemingly everyone involved. They consume way too much time, leave most workers deflated and feel increasingly out of step with reality. …more than half the executives questioned (58%) believe that their current […].

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Tony Mayo

JANUARY 16, 2015

'I am not a consultant. I do not create documents or deliverables. I do not parachute in to do the job of my client or of their employees. I do not press my advice on clients or try to make their decisions. (Click to read how a client describes being coached by Tony […].

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Tony Mayo

JANUARY 11, 2015

'Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved. –Helen Keller.

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Tony Mayo

JANUARY 19, 2015

'To fulfill a dream, to be allowed to sweat over lonely labor, to be given a chance to create, is the meat and potatoes of life. The money is the gravy. –Bette Davis.

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Tony Mayo

MARCH 25, 2015

'CEO Executive Coach Tony Mayo has shared a great deal of practical information with business people since re-launching his free e-mail newsletter in 2008. Here is a list of topics covered. Just click on any title to read more. Bring the Love Tony Mayo’s gift to you. And, a request for help. Stay Green & […].

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Tony Mayo

JANUARY 27, 2015

'It has been one year since I delivered the talk that became my first book, The Courage to Be in Community. I have heard from many people about the positive effect its message has made on their lives. Giving the talk and writing the book has been a true labor of love, so I am […].

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Tony Mayo

JANUARY 21, 2015

'People are always blaming circumstances for what they are. I don’t believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can’t find them, make them. –Vivie, Act II of Mrs. Warren’s Profession (1893) via George Bernard […].

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Tony Mayo

JULY 9, 2015

Tony Mayo Executive Coach. Before you are a leader, success is all about growing y […]. The post appeared first on Tony Mayo.

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JUNE 12, 2015

Tony Mayo Executive Coach. Tony has an uncanny ability to leverage his vast […]. The post Executive Coach Leaves Participants With Action-Oriented Takeaways appeared first on Tony Mayo.

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Tony Mayo

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

Tony Mayo Executive Coach. I am pleased and flattered that my clients, Chris Haddon and Jason Balin, gave specific, detailed credit to me and some of my techniques in their new book, The Whiteboard: Go From Blank Canvas to a Productive, Leveraged and Highly-Profitable Business. Here is just one paragraph. We sought out our executive coach, Tony, to show […].

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Tony Mayo

DECEMBER 14, 2015

Tony Mayo Executive Coach. Repeat Back & Report Back Here is a simple habit that can boost productivity in your organization. One client credits this technique for an 18% increase in annual revenue with a reduced headcount. It takes practice but quickly becomes second nature. I brought this method into the workplace from my flight training. Pilots and air […].

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Tony Mayo

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

Tony Mayo Executive Coach. Why do good people in big companies do bad things? Read the dramatic story in my new novel, Crimes of Cunning: A comedy of personal and political transformation in the deteriorating American workplace. See also, on this blog, Lessons from Inside MCI: Integrity Ebbs by Inches. The post Why Do Good People in Big Companies Do Bad Things?

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Tony Mayo

DECEMBER 1, 2015

Tony Mayo Executive Coach. Too many jobs are perfectly constructed to elicit inhumane behavior. Read my book to learn how it got this way. The most fundamental lesson of our study: Ordinary people, simply doing their jobs, and without any particular hostility on their part, can become agents in a terrible destructive process. Even when asked […].

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Tony Mayo

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

Tony Mayo Executive Coach. Tony has been instrumental in my transition to a department head. His guidance and support has helped me better structure my department, and become a better mentor and leader for my team. I would highly recommend Tony and look forward to checking in with him throughout my career. —Anais Eslami Marketing Manager Apex Home Loans […].

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