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February 26, 2016
Preview two of Tony’s books right here
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January 14, 2016
Tony’s Book “Exposes Big Company Cultures”
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Crimes of Cunning exposes the roots of the worst practices common in today’s big company cultures. Enjoy the ride as his characters cope, complain, and —ultimately— grow. – Robbe Richman Co-founder ofZappos Insights &author of Culture Blueprint
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January 12, 2016
Improving Delegation
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Let’s keep it simple. Find someone who willaccept responsibility for the desiredoutcome. Explain that you do not have the time and/or expertise to design the solution. Ask the person to propose an approach which you have some confidence (not certainty) will succeed with the resourcesagreed to, e.g.,hours, budget, tools, deadline, etc. Don’t abdicate, […]
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December 14, 2015
A Simple Habit That Can Boost Productivity
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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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December 1, 2015
What Evil Lurks in the Design of Public Companies
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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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November 30, 2015
Instrumental in My Transition
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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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November 25, 2015
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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Time for Public Companies to Evolve
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Does your job trigger primitive survival instincts? My book presents alternatives. Those best equipped to compete mercilessly for food, ward off any threat, dominate territory, and seek safety naturally passed along their genes, so these self-centered impulses could only intensify. But sometime after mammals appeared, they evolved what neuroscientists call the limbic system, perhaps about […]
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November 23, 2015
Why Do Good People in Big Companies Do Bad Things?
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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
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November 19, 2015
Make New Habits with My 1 Page Annual Calendar
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Here is a simple yet powerful toolto 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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