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Chapter 20
Annie Panter and Dr Hannah Macleod
One of the best leadership and team journeys I have ever heard is one that GB women’s hockey team went on in pursuit of their gold medal at the Rio Olympics in 2016.
The journey for me started with two Brilliant Minds that I was lucky enough to meet who were part of the GB Hockey Team. This team is formed especially for the Olympics comprising of separate nations – England, Wales, and Scotland, who train for GB over the four-year cycle but at certain points team members will be released to play for their home nations country.
The Golden Team, were connected and had a shared sense of purpose, worked collaboratively to deliver something that could not be achieved independently. They invested in building relationships, which were authentic and shared their vulnerability with each other. This for me is the best recent example that I have been privileged to hear that incorporates many of the things that we identified in our leadership study.
By Harvey Thorneycroft
Chapter 20: Annie Panter and Dr Hannah Macleod
One of the best examples that encapsulates all the above is the journey that the GB women’s hockey team went on in pursuit of their gold medal at the Rio Olympics in 2016.
The journey for me started with two Brilliant Minds that I was lucky enough to meet who were part of the GB Hockey Team. This team is formed especially for the Olympics comprising of separate nations – England, Wales and Scotland, who train for GB over the four-year cycle but at certain points team members will be released to play for their home nations country.
Garry Bowe, the Headmaster of my old School Wellingborough, wrote to me on 18th September 2012. He thought I might be interested in a visitor who had attended the school that day. Her name was Anne Panter, a former Old Wellingburian, but also GB Olympic Hockey squad bronze medal winner. She had left Wellingborough in 2002 (just after Garry had arrived) and recalled me handing out prizes at Speech Day in 2000. We had just won the European Cup with the squad of players that I was part of at Northampton in my testimonials season, so the school had invited me back as a special guest which was a great honour.
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