Tony Mayo

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

A Wall Street Journal article identified three personality types that are poison in your workforce: Deadbeats: withhold effort, Downers: express pessimism, anxiety, insecurity and irritation, & Jerks: violate interpersonal norms of respect. Good research shows how just one will pull down the performance of an entire team.

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MAY 27, 2011

Knowledge at Wharton published a very well-done summary article on the problems with and alternatives to the traditional annual performance review. Here are my favorite excerpts.

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OCTOBER 22, 2010

I have several articles on this blog detailing the costs of micro-management and the benefits of treating employees as adults ( click here to read them ).

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FEBRUARY 4, 2011

My clients can easily find my best advice on goal setting , running meetings , stress reduction , and other topics important to anyone running a business.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2011

As this article ( [link] ) suggests, good leaders know how to motive the best in their employees. They are responsible for interpreting the organization’s shared values and principles. They are senior advisers to everyone in the organization. For Executives , Fun , Leadership Julie-Ann What a spectacular and profound bit of advice.

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JULY 28, 2015

Beware the second person This podcast also includes links to recommended books and articles for further study and practice. The focus of the book was the importance of compassion and authenticity, while this new chapter is all about implementation, with specific advice on how to be compassionate and authentic in your day-to-day life.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2010

This article ( [link] ) provides some good insights on how to do so in the customer service arena. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. –George Bernard Shaw Popularity: 1% [ ? © Tony Mayo except as otherwise noted Quotes and Aphorisms. Quotes and Aphorisms Julie-Ann What a great quote!

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MAY 7, 2010

Leadership May 7th, 2010 — tonymayo Email This Article I noticed something interesting about executive effectiveness while reading an article in The Atlantic Monthly titled, What Makes a Great Teacher? First, great teachers tended to set big goals for their students.

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Tony Mayo

JANUARY 20, 2011

As this article ( [link] ) points out, great service leads to great rewards. Before we even engaged formally with Tony, it was clear that he was going to bring expertise, experience, and confidence to the 5AM executive team. Julie-Ann Congratulations, Tony! May yours be many!

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Tony Mayo

DECEMBER 22, 2010

As this article ( [link] ) point out, an eye for detail is important. You can have them delivered to your cell phone by text message (SMS) or view them when you visit your free Twitter web page. © Tony Mayo except as otherwise noted Quotes and Aphorisms. You’re right in not overusing it, too. You have it! Or even “new&# ?

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AUGUST 22, 2009

August 22nd, 2009 — tonymayo Email This Article Languages shape the way we think about space, time, colors, and objects. See also this Wall Street Journal article by Dr. Boroditsky. – Lera Boroditsky, Ph.D. Stanford University HOW DOES OUR LANGUAGE SHAPE THE WAY WE THINK?

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OCTOBER 13, 2010

This article ( [link] ) offers great insights into how to coax employees to add to the service process. Professor Ashenhurst told us the story of how an “efficiency expert&# had reduced productivity. Employees are a company’s biggest asset when it comes to customer service and loyalty.

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Tony Mayo

JANUARY 19, 2010

The entire article is worth reading for any leader. He shifted his management style several years ago after reaching the limits of the very methods that had brought him near the top. If you start micromanaging people, then the very best ones leave. Corner Office Structure? The Flatter the Better, says Cristóbal Conde NYTimes.com.

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JULY 27, 2010

As this article ( [link] ) points out, words can truly inspire desired actions and reactions in life and business. You can have them delivered to your cell phone by text message (SMS) or view them when you visit your free Twitter web page. © Tony Mayo except as otherwise noted For Executives , Quotes and Aphorisms.

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JANUARY 8, 2011

As this article ( [link] ) points out, real leaders do that’s required, not just what’s desired. I had spent way too much time on hold and hearing excuses from Verizon. I needed get free of their bureaucracy to focus on running my business. It sounds like Verizon could stand to be reminded about customer service. Chet did, but Verizon didn’t.

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JANUARY 29, 2010

January 29th, 2010 — tonymayo Email This Article Meaningless! – Ecclesiastes article in Wikipedia But I don’t have to know an answer. – Ecclesiastes article in Wikipedia But I don’t have to know an answer. Meaningless! says the Teacher. Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless.

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Tony Mayo

JANUARY 25, 2011

Use the extra time to think about your own life, relationships, and desires. Popularity: 1% [ ? Share it!

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Tony Mayo

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

It’s where you grow. You have to grow! You grow as a person, and then you will grow in business. That’s how you go forward. –Andrew Cherng Founder & Co-CEO Panda Express in General Tso, Meet Steven Covey BusinessWeek Popularity: 1% [ ?

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Tony Mayo

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Firming one’s muscles [e.g., clench fist, contract calves, tense bicep] can help firm willpower and firmed willpower mediates people’s ability to withstand immediate pain, overcome tempting food, consume unpleasant medicines, and attend to immediately disturbing but essential information, provided doing so is seen as providing long term benefits.

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Tony Mayo

OCTOBER 15, 2010

How touch increases confidence, cooperation, and communication. – Greater Good: The Science of a Meaningful Life Popularity: 2% [ ?

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APRIL 5, 2010

For Executive Coaches , For Executives , Meditation , Stress [link] ozzie gontang Tony, Nice article to share. © Tony Mayo except as otherwise noted For Executive Coaches , For Executives. Like Steve Snyder, all the groups I work with we start with breathe awareness.

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JANUARY 31, 2011

Topics Be Genuine Be Learning Be Transitive Centering Character Choice Client Comments Coach Training Communication Contingency Conversation Courage Entrepreneurship Excel Tools Facilitation For Executive Coaches For Executives For Salespeople Goal Setting Gratitude Happiness Integrity Language Leadership Love Luck Making Meaning Meditation Meetings (..)

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Tony Mayo

DECEMBER 5, 2010

As renowned psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, author of Flow , reports, “You have to work at it.&# Other key elements are: Sleep Money enough for necessities Physical activity Social activity – The pursuit of happiness CHICAGO SUN-TIMES Popularity: 1% [ ?

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Tony Mayo

JUNE 10, 2010

It is an orientation of the spirit, an orientation of the heart; it transcends the world that is immediately experienced and is anchored somewhere beyond its horizons. –Vaclav Havel President of Czechoslovakia Disturbing the Peace Popularity: 3% [ ?

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Tony Mayo

JANUARY 5, 2011

Under “Profile&# is a “Similar to You&# section. Tens of millions of people have Twitter accounts. Every executive coach, consultant, and adviser, it seems, has a Twitter account.

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Tony Mayo

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

First, people have a hedonic motive, or a desire to experience pleasure and avoid pain. Second, people have an approval motive, or a desire to be accepted and to avoid being rejected.

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DECEMBER 22, 2010

That is also the web address: join dot me ( not dot com). I often “dig into the numbers&# with my CEO executive coaching clients, sometimes with the help of my free Excel templates (see them here).

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Tony Mayo

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

It also includes a nice graphic you can use with your children to foster their attitude of gratitude.

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Tony Mayo

OCTOBER 13, 2009

Popularity: 5% [ ? © Tony Mayo except as otherwise noted For Executives. For Executives , For Fun blog comments powered by Disqus « Twitter Log XV Top Executive Coaching: Who, Why, What, How, When, & Where » Tony Mayo, Top Executive Coach, is located in Reston, Virginia 20190 Ranked in Top 3% by Technorati & Alexa !

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Tony Mayo

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Also, this article is good: [link] And here: [link] Popularity: 3% [ ? radiate energy that can induce a current that becomes noise. With a couple clicks it takes out the background hum of air conditioning and florescent lights. My software is either NERO or BlazeMedia Pro. Each has its virtues and both are under $100.

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JUNE 9, 2010

Topics Be Genuine Be Learning Be Transitive Centering Character Choice Client Comments Coach Training Communication Contingency Conversation Courage Entrepreneurship Excel Tools Facilitation For Executive Coaches For Executives For Salespeople Goal Setting Gratitude Happiness Integrity Language Leadership Love Luck Making Meaning Meditation Meetings (..)

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Tony Mayo

AUGUST 21, 2009

– Epictetus Courage is an inner resolution to go forward in spite of obstacles and frightening situations; cowardice is a submissive surrender to circumstance. – Rev.

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Tony Mayo

JANUARY 23, 2010

2) Specify the measurements to be used. 3) Set the target. 4) Create a deadline or performance period. 5) Priority rank multiple goals. 6) Rate difficulty and importance of goals.

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JULY 30, 2009

That means those staff who actually meet customers, or run operations, tell the boss what works, rather than vice versa. It means delegating responsibility in order to empower staff.

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Tony Mayo

JUNE 20, 2010

Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb.

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Tony Mayo

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

–Skip the Small Talk: Meaningful Conversations Linked to Happier People Scientific American.

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Tony Mayo

DECEMBER 20, 2010

You can graph the frequency of use for any word or phrase in “ 500 billion words from 5 million books published over the past four centuries. “ I asked it to chart “ executive coaching.&# Popularity: 1% [ ?

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