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A Simple Habit That Can Boost Productivity

Tony Mayo

Repeat Back & Report Back Here is a simple habit that can boost productivity in your organization. The post A Simple Habit That Can Boost Productivity appeared first on Tony Mayo. One client credits this technique for an 18% increase in annual revenue with a reduced headcount. It takes practice but quickly becomes second nature.

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Coaching from the Man Who Launched 40,000 Businesses

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” … One of Sirolli’s current goals is to work with business schools to shift the nature of entrepreneurial education. Most schools teach entrepreneurs that they must have all the skills—product, marketing, […]. Entrepreneurship Coach: “No, your problem is trying to do everything yourself. Finding people is your job.”

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Business Book Includes Thanks to Authors’ Executive Coach

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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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Encourage Employees to Talk More

Tony Mayo

Professor Ashenhurst told us the story of how an “efficiency expert&# had reduced productivity. Productivity plummeted. The expert did a classic time and motion study of some programmers. The new equipment was ordered and installed. A brief investigation uncovered the problem. You probably have already guessed what went wrong.

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How to Conduct a “Customer Listening Session” | Top Executive.

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Steps to Organizing a Customer Listening Session Be explicit about the corporate goals the listening session is meant to support, e.g., growth, margin, line expansion, service offerings, locations, market positioning, etc. Action makes the difference. Here are my instructions on how you can organize your own customer listening session.

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Focus on improving your people not the product. For Executives , Quotes and Aphorisms blog comments powered by Disqus « Evidence-based Rules for “How to Set Goals&# How to Write an Ad to Hire Employees » Tony Mayo, Top Executive Coach, is located in Reston, Virginia 20190 Ranked in Top 3% by Technorati & Alexa !

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Prompt, Precise Performance Reviews

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With difficult employees, you may need to increase the pressure, particularly if they consistently fail to meet goals. An added benefit of the reports is that no goal will be overlooked for long without action being taken. Establish a deadline for implementing the action plan. Schedule another meeting immediately after the deadline.