by Antony Tinker | May 23, 2025 | Leadership, Performance, Personal growth, Uncategorized
Bring promoted is a great feeling. A promotion is a pat on the back for all your hard work and recognition of your expertise. Even better, it usually comes with a pay rise! But there is also a problem with being promoted, something that is rarely acknowledged or...
by Antony Tinker | Mar 28, 2025 | Leadership, Personal growth
Feedback is an essential part of leadership, both giving and receiving it. It’s wonderful when the feedback is positive, but what about when we have to take or deliver criticism? Much earlier in my career I had the cringeworthy experience of hearing some home truths...
by Antony Tinker | Mar 14, 2025 | Leadership, Personal growth
What role does selfishness play in leadership? Your first instinct may be that selfish leadership can only be a bad thing and, until recently, I might have been inclined to agree with you. As I observed in a blog last month on servant leadership, the servant leader...
by Antony Tinker | Feb 28, 2025 | Leadership, Organisational Learning, Performance, Personal growth
A few weeks ago on LinkedIn, I quoted a line from the 80s classic movie, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off: “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” I was illustrating my belief that, however busy we are, it’s so important...
by Antony Tinker | Feb 14, 2025 | Leadership, Personal growth
In 1970 Robert K Greenleaf wrote an essay entitled ‘The Servant as Leader’, in which he asserted: “A servant-leader focuses primarily on the growth and well-being of people and the communities to which they belong… The servant-leader shares power, puts the needs of...
by Antony Tinker | Jan 10, 2025 | Leadership, Personal growth
Have you started the year by setting yourself some intentions or goals? It’s a great thing to do, but how do you make them realistic and achievable, especially when life gets busy? Forming habits takes time and consistency, and wanting to do it (however much you want...
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