Rashad in Conversation

Quality Professionals strive to make businesses and society a better place. We do not achieve such efforts single handedly though. We engage with so many people and subject matter experts from around the world. Having a clear understanding of how and who we interact with makes a successful calibration and helps in driving winning strategies. Join my podcast as I connect with Global Quality and Business leaders to better explain how to calibrate with different stakeholders and how to drive success. Website: https://theQstrategy.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rashadissa

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Resilience through Humour with Rhian Williams

As a coach and leader, Rhian holds integrity, inclusion and relationships at the heart of what she does. Having originally qualified as a nurse, she progressed into the education. She realised quickly that to maximise her potential, and the potential of those she works with, there had to be trust, transparency and compassion, which is integral in positive relationships. Rhian has extensive experience of strategic, structured consultancy, and focus leaders on achievable and realistic targets thro...

Jan 10, 2023•17 min•Season 1Ep. 10

A Veteran who found his niche in Quality with Mark Walsh

Mark Walsh is a veteran, a Chartered Quality Professional and member of the Chartered Quality Institute who advocates for Quality in Businesses and has since set up his own business. He left school at the age of 16 with no GCSEs and joined the armed forces. He started his career as an 'expeditor' working in the logistics supply chain where he developed his passion to Quality. From there he obtained his qualifications as a Quality Professional, set up his own company and is now supporting clients...

Dec 06, 2022•40 min•Season 1Ep. 9

Delegate to Scale up with Bastien Siebman

Bastien Siebman is the Chief Technology Officer at iDo Clarity company. Bastien is an entrepreneur who is passionate about helping people and making their daily work more productive and hassle free. He followed his dream and now helps organisations world wide implement tools that improves productivity and reduces wasted time. Bastien joins me from France and shares the importance of delegation and how documenting explicit knowledge can help you scale your business. You can connect with Bastien h...

Nov 01, 2022•14 min•Season 1Ep. 8

Sustainability & Sustained Success Tie the Knot

Sustainability and Sustained Success tie the knot. I am delighted to bring you a special episode of my podcast during World Quality Week this year. The theme this year is Sustainability: improving our products, people and planet But how can we put this in practice and what are quality professionals expected to do to support this agenda. Today I am bringing you a panel of experts in Quality, Business Improvement and Sustainability. Nina, Martin and Mark welcome.

Nov 09, 2021•31 min•Season 1Ep. 7

Quality & Business Leaders Collaborate

Welcome to my new podcast series Rashad in Conversation. Quality Professionals strive to make businesses and society a better place regardless of the sector we work in. We do not achieve such efforts single handedly though. We engage with so many people and subject matter experts from around the world. Having a clear understanding of how and who we interact with makes a successful calibration and helps in driving winning strategies. Join me this series as I connect with global Quality and Busine...

Nov 01, 2021•50 sec

I Don’t Know It All

Sonia Mills joins the conversation and confesses about the areas in her business she does not have the experience in, and how she finally got over that barrier. She also has a small beef with supermarkets.

Jun 01, 2021•26 min•Season 1Ep. 6

Sirens for Success

When confessions are actually positive…A moment of doubt which turned into one of the key successes of Eyad Bibi. A Quality Professional, international consultant who started in Finance and moved into Construction. He shares his story about turning a challenge into a success when changing sectors.

May 25, 2021•35 min•Season 1Ep. 5

A Villain Converted

Jack Naidoo joins me in this episode to share how being a civil engineer helped his journey in Quality a lot, and his experience with Engineers Without Borders taught him a lesson about elephants

May 18, 2021•22 min•Season 1Ep. 4

Ego: a Recipe for Disaster

From a Scientist to a Quality Professional. Join me this episode as I speak with Jonathan Bishop who shares his journey from being a scientist into the construction world. His confession: ego is really a recipe for disaster!

May 11, 2021•26 min•Season 1Ep. 3

Humans Not Machines

Janhavi Yadwad: a Quality Professional in India who started her career at the front of the house in operations before moving into the path of improvement projects to improve her customers’ experience. Her confession: the fact that her colleagues were humans and not machines.

May 04, 2021•17 min•Season 1Ep. 2

Wasps & Pimps

Thiago Barcelos: a Quality Professional shares his experience in the automotive sector and talks about the importance of making things simple. His confession: a generous round up of costs in his early career

Apr 27, 2021•26 min•Season 1Ep. 1

Do you have a confession?

Quality Professionals from around the world talk to me, Rashad Issa, about their career journey and their biggest confessions in their professional life.

Apr 21, 2021•49 sec

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