Tony Mayo

AUGUST 22, 2009

CEO Executive Coaching Fees My Protein Shake Recipe One more question. August 22nd, 2009 — tonymayo Email This Article Languages shape the way we think about space, time, colors, and objects. Literates saw optical illusions; illiterates sometimes didn’t. Illiterates resisted, saying that all the items were useful.

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Executive Coaching Mayo Execution Hammer 163

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2018

It happens all the time: A group of managers get together at a resort for two days to hammer out a “strategic plan.” At the start of my public seminars on strategic planning I ask attendees, who rank from board members and CEOs to middle management, to write down an example of a strategy on a sheet of paper.

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Strategic Planning Planning Objective Seminar 11

Deming Institute

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

In his account to Xerox, CEO David Kearns (Reference: Prophets in the Dark , by David Kearns), the remaining parts required mallets to assemble. At that time at Ford, if two connecting parts could be assembled without the use of a handy rubber mallet, then these parts were known as “snap fit.”

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System Productivity Products Deming 74

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Several years ago I sat down with the CEO of a fast-growing retail business. I asked the CEO, whom I’ll call Mike, about the secret of his company’s rapid growth. Without a hammer, we’re more likely to think of a shoe as a good tool to get a nail pounded into the wall. His answer blew me away. “Say no!”

Creativity 8

Creativity Budgeting IPO Merchandising 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2011

For example, several companies embarked on Six Sigma programs after their CEO heard about GE's success with the approach, and many other companies have adopted Lean because of Toyota's success. What's more, the company helped develop Hammer's PEMM concept and is now training Lean managers.

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Six Sigma BPM Process Hammer 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

If the operation being closed or downsized is large or historically important to the company, the CEO should make at least one visit. While I was CEO of Quest Diagnostics, we acquired SmithKline Beecham Clinical Laboratories (SBCL). Who stays and who goes should be decided on an objective basis. Set the tone.

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Hammer Operations Quality Project 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2015

Those in Clinton’s camp include the venerable Aspen Institute, which produced a 2009 call to arms arguing that corporations’ short-term objectives corrode the “foundation of the American free enterprise system.” Another prominent argument is that briefer CEO tenures lead to more short-term thinking.

Hedge 8

Hedge Short-term Long-term EPS 8