by Antony Tinker | Feb 12, 2020 | Leadership, Mentoring/Coaching, Personal growth
With many millions of subscribers, the Calm app has been a huge success. If, like me, you are a regular user, you may have heard the story of the Wishing Tree which featured in the Daily Calm recently. I use the app as part of my morning 101010 (find out more about...
by Antony Tinker | Jan 28, 2020 | Leadership, Mentoring/Coaching, Teamwork
Along with many others in January, I’ve recently been taking time out of my day-to-day to consider my goals. Where would I like to be in six months, one year, three years? Not just what do I want to accomplish, but how do I want to be, how do I want to feel?...
by Antony Tinker | Dec 28, 2019 | AAR, Culture, Employee Engagement, Mentoring/Coaching
During an After Action Review (AAR) with a client recently, the subject of soft skills came up and it’s been bothering me ever since. Why? Because it’s one of the greatest misnomers in business. ‘Soft’ is not the same as ‘easy’ and, in our experience, these skills...
by Antony Tinker | Sep 9, 2019 | Leadership, Mentoring/Coaching, Personal growth
With the new term now very much in full swing, the thoughts and attention of our kids (and some of us!) turn to “what next?” My own kids are wondering what job they may wish to do when they leave university in the next couple of years and my youngest, what course he...
by Antony Tinker | Aug 20, 2019 | Mentoring/Coaching, Personal growth
It’s true that the greatest gift we can give anyone is to be fully present, but how often is it that we manage this, even, or especially, with our nearest and dearest? Being present is definitely an art more than a science, in my experience. Yes, there are things we...
by Antony Tinker | Aug 12, 2019 | Mentoring/Coaching, Performance, Personal growth
I recently heard the analogy of trying to play a lute or guitar with the strings too tight or too loose. Imagine this, what would it sound like? Likelihood is either there would be no sound at all or it would be strained and unpleasant and most certainly not musical...
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