Mentoring Skills

Julia Loughran

I have been a member of a Vistage group – of which Tony Mayo is the Chair – since 2005. Tony’s coaching and mentoring have been helpful in the decisions I have made for my business. I would highly recommend any business owner hire Tony for his coaching and mentoring skills. Tony offers an objective view and insightful suggestions for how to make your business better — and then he sees to it that you follow-up on your goals.

Tony is adept at facilitating groups to get the most out of its participants and he has great business advice to share. His wide set of capabilities and vision have really made a difference to my TEC [now Vistage] experience.


–Julia Loughran
President
ThoughtLink, Inc.

039 What is Executive Coaching • PODCAST [Refresh]

039 What is Executive Coaching • PODCAST [Refresh]


Today’s podcast, “What is Executive Coaching?” includes the audio from a webinar presented by Tony Mayo, The Business Owner’s Executive Coach. Listen to this recording and then join us for Tuesdays with Tony at Twelve, a weekly, free webinar where you can explore powerful executive coaching tools and ask Tony about applying them in your life and career.

Today’s topics covered include:

  • What is Executive Coaching?
    • “My own best thinking”
    • “I now live in a different world, see different things, take different actions.”
  • Differences between coaching, consulting, mentoring, managing, therapy, training, and just plain friendship.
  • Basic logistics of what it costs, how much (more…)
026 Stick to One Point, Make a Big Impact • PODCAST [Refresh]

026 Stick to One Point, Make a Big Impact • PODCAST [Refresh]

 


 

Click here for Tony Mayo's podcast

Simplify your mission and amplify your impact. A quick message on the surprising power of strategic focus from Tony Mayo, The Business Owner’s Executive Coach.

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Executive Coach Quickly Shifts Client’s Thinking and Compels Supportive Action

 


I had the pleasure of meeting Tony in the Heroic Public Speaking community. In his senior role as a Teaching Fellow, I experienced the incredible depth of his skill as a speaker, mentor, and coach.

Since then I’ve had the chance to learn more about his work. His skills as an executive coach to business owners are beyond compare. Tony has the ability to quickly make a point, shift someone’s thinking, or compel them to action. Add to this his sales expertise, and you have someone who’s potent ally. You’d be remiss if you fail to hire him!

Scott Wintrip
Keynote Speaker | Author | Strategist and Advisor

Wintrip Consulting Group


 

Executive Coach Helps Brand Consultant See a New Perspective

 


Tony listens with patience and understanding in order to offer his guidance and advice clearly. He helped me through a situation I had where a fast decision had to be made in my business. He asked the right questions and he got down to the core issue I was facing. Through our conversation, I was able to see a new perspective and feel confident in the decision.

Tony impressed me with how fast he knew exactly where I was and what I needed to hear to get me past it. His mentorship and coaching would be a significant benefit to any executive or business owner.

Chloe DiVita
Public Speaker | Performance Coach
Digital Marketing Strategist | Brand Consultant
Perceptive Presence


 

039 What is Executive Coaching • PODCAST [Refresh]

039 What is Executive Coaching • PODCAST


Today’s podcast, “What is Executive Coaching?” includes the audio from a webinar presented by Tony Mayo, The Business Owner’s Executive Coach. Listen to this recording and then join us for Tuesdays with Tony at Twelve, a weekly, free webinar where you can explore powerful executive coaching tools and ask Tony about applying them in your life and career.

Today’s topics covered include:

  • What is Executive Coaching?
    • “My own best thinking”
    • “I now live in a different world, see different things, take different actions.”
  • Differences between coaching, consulting, mentoring, managing, therapy, training, and just plain friendship.
  • Basic logistics of what it costs, how much (more…)
026 Stick to One Point, Make a Big Impact • PODCAST [Refresh]

026 Stick to One Point, Make a Big Impact • PODCAST

 


 

Click here for Tony Mayo's podcast

Simplify your mission and increase your impact. A quick message on the surprising power of mission focus from Tony Mayo, The Business Owner’s Executive Coach.

———————————————-
Thanks to MusicOpen for providing public domain recordings of Beethoven.

Just click here to listen now or subscribe on your device using Apple’s Tunes, Android, and other podcatchers to have this and all new episodes placed on your device as they become available.

 


 

TRANSCRIPT: (more…)

Shannon’s Limits: How A Genius Thinks, Works, and Lives

 


 

  1. Ignore more.
    • Inbox zero, be damned.
  2. Big picture first. Details later.
  3. Don’t just find a mentor. Allow yourself to be mentored.
    • Be humble enough to listen.
  4. You don’t have to ship everything.
    • Feel free to dabble & play.
      Not everything you make needs to ship. Some things you do for you.
  5. Chaos is okay.
  6. Time is the soil in which great ideas grow.
    • Stick with it & be willing to put it to the side now and then.
  7. Be mindful of with whom you spend time & at what activity.
  8. Money is a means not the end.
    • Good to have. Bad to chase.
  9. Fancy is easy. Simple is hard.
    • Simplification is an art form: it requires a knack for excising everything from a problem except what makes it interesting.
  10. The less marketing you need, the better your idea or product probably is.
    • Don’t oversell to the doubts and indifferent; put your energy into making something you find interesting.
  11. Value freedom over status.
    • Shannon, pursued projects that might have caused others embarrassment, engaged questions that seemed trivial or minor, then managed to wring the breakthroughs out of them.
  12. Don’t look for inspiration. Look for irritation. Then, do the work.

Source: 10,000 Hours With Claude Shannon: How A Genius Thinks, Works, and Lives

 

Also on this blog, Lessons from Bell Labs’ Heyday

 


 

University of Chicago Alumni Career Webinar

University of Chicago Alumni Career Webinar

Mind Your Career Webinar:
Would I Benefit from Coaching?

From the University of Chicago website:
Kick-start your New Year with executive coach and dual alumnus, Tony Mayo, AB’77 MBA’78.

  • Differences between coaching, consulting, mentoring, managing, therapy, training, and just plain friendship.
  • Basic logistics of what it costs, how much time it takes, how to know if it is working, and how long the results last.
  • Finding, selecting, and getting started with an executive coach.
  • What topics and concerns are best addressed with coaching.
  • Typical components of a coaching conversation.

Click here for links to the companion articles mentioned in the presentation.

Also available as an audio-only podcast.
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