by Antony Tinker | Apr 3, 2018 | Leadership, Teamwork, Uncategorized
This Easter weekend I managed to drag my three teenage(+) boys out of bed to do a lovely long country walk in the Kent countryside. When we arrived at the village start point, I parked the car, turned and handed the walking book to one of them: “why do I have to do...
by Antony Tinker | Mar 27, 2018 | AAR, Leadership, Teamwork, Uncategorized
You may have read in the past that I spent about 6 weeks on exercise in Canada with my Regiment (described in my blog: “I Learned about leading from: that Rock Star”). There is a very structured approach to the timetabling on such an exercise: the participants...
by Antony Tinker | Mar 27, 2018 | AAR, Leadership, Teamwork, Uncategorized
I would like to finish my current run on AAR blogs with a short story which I hope will show you how powerful it is and the benefits of both applying the system and embedding it throughout your organisation. It is one of the many times that AAR has been of...
by Antony Tinker | Mar 19, 2018 | AAR, Leadership, Teamwork, Uncategorized
I was so pleased to hear that BD were Highly Commended at the PF awards for the way in which they have both embraced and embedded After Action Review (AAR) into their organisational learning and continuous improvement culture. One of the reasons that I was so pleased...
by Antony Tinker | Feb 12, 2018 | Culture, Leadership, Teamwork, Uncategorized
Quite early on in my career, I discovered that our Commanding Officer was known as “The Head”. I thought that this nickname might reflect the authority of his position at the top of our organisation – the Headmaster or the Head Honcho, if you like – but over the next...
by Antony Tinker | Jan 31, 2018 | Culture, Leadership, Teamwork, Uncategorized
I support Stoke City Football Club and I must admit it has been a challenging ride for the past 12 months. We seemed to lose our direction, were rather shambolic on more than one occasion and appeared to lack heart and togetherness. The run of poor results led to a...
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