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 21, 2018 | Leadership, Uncategorized
On a recent trip to far away lands, I found myself with some daylight time to kill. So without too much thought I took myself off in a car to a (reasonably) local tourist spot; the top of a very large hill named “Mount Erie”. The top of this mount promised 360-degree...
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 | Feb 5, 2018 | Culture, Performance, Uncategorized
Something happened to me last week that, to my recollection, has never happened in my life before! I was on an early morning train in to London and we were on the last couple miles of the journey, when the train came to a halt away from any station and the driver...
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...
by Antony Tinker | Jan 29, 2018 | Leadership, Performance, Teamwork, Uncategorized
Several years ago (longer than I care to recall!), when I was first made a director and member of the country leadership team, I was driving along the M20 one day to attend a meeting of one of the teams that now reported in to me. The fact is, to this day (over 15...
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