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November 17, 2015
Meet the Author & Book Signing
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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
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November 6, 2015
Corporate Social Responsibility Nonsense
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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 […]
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November 2, 2015
Ethical Problems in Organizations
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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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October 30, 2015
Book Reading: Crimes of Cunning by Tony Mayo
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My new novelCrimes of Cunning exposes the roots of someserious 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 supportingSmall Business Saturday with a book signing and reading at Reston’s favorite bookstore. Please join me there on the Saturday after American […]
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October 27, 2015
A Truly Transformational Novel for Our Time
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My novel just received an amazing review from bestselling author Lt. Col. Dave Grossman. Hebegins by calling it, “Deep and Powerful Wisdom.” Read the whole reviewby clicking here.
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October 23, 2015
Video Endorsement from a Happy Client
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October 22, 2015
Strong Reviews for Tony’s New Novel
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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 […]
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October 8, 2015
Win a free copy of my new novel
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Goodreads Book Giveaway Crimes of Cunning by Tony Mayo Giveaway ends November 07, 2015. See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter Giveaway
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October 5, 2015
Sample Chapter of Crimes of Cunning
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Chapter One is below. Read the Author’s Preface by clicking here. Book Sample Chapter 1 Haunted Hallways While we now slowly emerge from under the rubble of the events of the last few years, let us not forget these years of aberration lest we become wholly unworthy. When the facts come home to roost, […]
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October 2, 2015
The Power of Progress Reports
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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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