Canny Conversations Podcast by Safaraz Ali MBE

Canny Conversations Podcast by Safaraz Ali MBE

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Canny Conversations Podcast by Safaraz Ali MBE episodes

  • External Stakeholders Feedback
    In this episode Safaraz takes a look at the value of feedback from external stakeholders. Pathway regularly gets feedback from stakeholders and quality standard frameworks such as Investors in People, Matrix Standard, Awarding Organisations and funding and regulatory bodies, which Pathway Group review and act on. Here Safaraz explores the process and actions Pathway Group takes using examples of recent reviews and inspections to develop a roadmap for improvements and ensure the organisation and its people are truly fit for purpose.
    21 min
  • Peer Coaching and Support #peercoaching
    “When one person teaches two people learn”
    In this episode, Saf touches on the power of coaching in the development of individuals from new insights to new perspectives, peer learning is an important part of supporting colleagues and teams. Here he explores how powerful questions, the follow up questions and the role of peer support delivers stronger people, both individually and collectively.
    20 min
  • Emotional Intelligence

    Building trust in the workplace is essential for the success of the company. Being able to build strong relationships that you can rely on is at the core of every professional relationship. Trust is the currency and is absolutely necessary in order to establish not only your own reputation but that of your department and grow a strong network of people who will help you throughout your career.

    No one person is responsible for the success of a company; it's a team effort. In order to achieve results in any organisation, People rely on each other in the workplace; there is a chain of events/actions that passes from individuals/departments that need to happen. But that reliance can't exist without trust. Trust reflects your character, and colleagues will work harder for people they trust. That, in turn, helps produce above-and-beyond results.

    38 min
  • Lean, Agile and Responsive.

    Creating High Performance in business by Safaraz Ali

     

    My go to quote for everything about team work and therefore peer challenge and support is:

    “we are not a team because we work together, 

    we are a team because we make each other better” 

      

    Each one of us has three key groups of people for leaning on for learning and supporting:

    Those ahead of us in a specific area

    Those at the same level as us

    Those behind us in a specific area

    When you get involved in peer challenging and supporting, it allows you to reflect yourself & improve your own performance

     

    Remember:

    When one teaches, two learn

    That’s why they say the best way to learn and grow yourself is to support others 

     

    Peer coaching and support process can create a powerful combination of open questions and a diverse range of perspectives on a one to one or one to many basis.

    The aim being to help an individual take new perspectives on a challenge and to generate new insights.

    The questions are the key, It's all about the questions you ask, how you ask and the follow up questions to get to the core issue and get some real reflective practice and momentum.

    As some suggestions and to get you into the flow, it might be useful to consider the following example questions:

    19 min
  • Change has Changed Pt.2
    In this second part of Change has Changed, Saf explores if there is a right time for change and the challenges businesses face when they have no choice but to change: the way to manage risk, manage communications and to celebrate the journey too.
    19 min
  • Change has Changed Pt.1
    In the first part of this 2-part episode, How change has changed. He discusses how it feeds into quality, opportunity, and competitiveness along with the key role of people in making change happen.
    The insights change brings are fundamental to success, and outlines the signs of a successful business, strong governance, financial control, a clear view on what’s happening on the frontline, valuing customers as partners and moving beyond the transactional relationship.
    In turn there are trends that appear in weak businesses, compliance and lack of urgency, that damage growth potential.
    38 min
  • Strategic Overview
    Strategic Overview - In this episode, Safaraz demonstrates how the companies’ mission, Changing lives through skills, along with their core values underpin their strategy. This builds on previous episodes but in itself provides a valuable insight into how a business develops a strategy for success.
    18 min
  • 15 Skills and Traits
    In this episode Saf once again picks up on the culture and structure that make for a successful business that he began talking about in the last episode, Core Values
    This time he outlines the 15 skills and traits that build high performing individuals and high performing teams. So, weather you are listening to better understand how to improve yourself or whether you are a business leader looking for inspiration on how to build performance to underpin growth, there is plenty to take away from this episode.
    48 min
  • Core Values
    In this episode Saf talks about The Pathway Group’s core values that underpin their aspiration to change lives through skills and work.
    He highlights the power of authentically living the company and your own values and how these benefit everyone.
    From acting with intention through to building trust, The Pathway group behave in ways that are designed to empower the team, the people they support and their stakeholders and funders. This is a powerful way to build and maintain success.
    29 min
  • What We Deliver
    This week Safaraz talks about what the Pathway Group deliver and how the Group’s sustainable growth and success in delivery across the UK is underpinned by strong culture, common aims and language and well defined, well managed systems and processes.
    29 min

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Canny Conversations Podcast by Safaraz Ali Social Entrepreneur, CEO of Pathway Group and proud Birmingham business leader, where he shares his insights and experiences on entrepreneurialism, having a growth mindset and getting the best out of people as well as useful information to help your grow your business, develop and build your team.