Leadership & Team Effectiveness
Rashad Issa FCQI | FCXA
Effective, cohesive leadership, from the boardroom to the front line.
Everything DiSC® leadership and team development for boards, executive teams, managers and the teams they lead. We help people understand each other, have the conversations that matter, and turn individual talent into collective performance.
A track record at the top
CEO leadership
Leading a CEO of the Year
As Chair of the Board at the Chartered Quality Institute (CQI), Rashad line-manages and develops its CEO, who was named CEO of the Year following Rashad’s nomination.
Board leadership
Chair of a highly mature board
Since becoming Chair, Rashad has mapped out and led the CQI board’s development programme. The board has been independently assessed as highly mature, with effective dynamics.
Award-winning teams
Teams that earn recognition
Teams Rashad has led and coached have been voted the most engaged, kept their people, and won at annual organisational awards.
Why it starts at the top
The way a board or executive team works together sets the tone for everyone else. When senior leaders understand their own style and each other’s, they make better decisions, challenge with respect, and model the behaviours they want to see across the organisation.
Strategic
Better decisions, because different perspectives are heard and used, rather than the loudest voice in the room setting the direction.
Dynamic
Healthy challenge, where leaders debate openly and constructively, so issues surface early and decisions stick once they are made.
Clarity
A shared direction that cascades, so what leaders model at the top becomes how managers and teams work together across the organisation.
Does this sound familiar?
Most leadership teams are made up of capable, committed people. What holds them back is rarely skill. It is how they work together, especially under pressure, and whether people feel safe enough to speak up.
Agreement in the room, doubts outside it
Board and executive discussions stay comfortable, the real debate happens afterwards, and decisions keep being revisited.
Strong individuals, not yet a strong team
Each leader excels in their own area, but priorities compete and the team does not yet act as one.
Conflict that is avoided, or becomes personal
Difficult conversations are delayed, or turn into friction that drains energy and trust across the organisation.
How we can help
Three connected programmes, from the boardroom to the wider team. Start with the one that matters most to you today, and build from there.
Board and executive team dynamics
A focused programme for boards and C-suite teams to understand how they lead, decide and challenge together, using Everything DiSC® Work of Leaders.
- You receive: individual leadership profiles, a team view of how your board leads, a facilitated session and agreed team commitments
- Ideal for: boards, executive teams, and leadership teams that are newly formed or going through change
Leadership development
Help leaders adapt their style to get the best from each person they lead, using Everything DiSC® Management.
- You receive: a personalised profile, a practical workshop, and tools for delegation, motivation and development
- Ideal for: new and experienced leaders of people
Team effectiveness
Build trust, communication and productive conflict across any team, using Everything DiSC® Workplace and Productive Conflict.
- You receive: individual profiles, a team report showing how your styles combine, and a facilitated workshop
- Ideal for: project, cross-functional and newly formed teams, or any team going through change
How it works: mind, method, momentum
Every programme follows the same simple journey, so insight turns into lasting change rather than a good day out of the office.
01
mind
Consult and assess
We start with a conversation about your goals. Each participant then completes a short online Everything DiSC® assessment and receives their personalised profile.
02
method
Facilitate and plan
Using Everything DiSC®, a framework backed by decades of research, we combine group facilitation with one-to-one coaching. Online or in person, people explore their profiles, see their team’s dynamics, and leave with a clear strategy to strengthen their leadership behaviours and connections across the organisation.
03
momentum
Coach and sustain
Coaching and follow-up help new habits stick, with a shared language your leaders and teams keep using long after the session.
Ready to strengthen your leadership team?
A free, no-obligation conversation about your team and where to begin.
For HR and L&D teams
Specialist support that fits your people strategy
If you lead HR, people or learning and development, you need a partner who makes your job easier and gives you confidence in the outcome. Here is what you can count on.
A trusted, research-based tool
Everything DiSC® is a validated assessment used by organisations worldwide, delivered by an experienced facilitator.
Designed around your frameworks
We align each programme with your values, leadership or competency framework, and the development pathways you already have.
Simple to run, careful with data
We fit around the way you work. Run the programme through your own systems, or let us manage invitations, scheduling and reports for you. Either way, we provide ready-to-send communications for every stage, from the first invitation to the follow-up, so your people always know what is happening and why.
See what your people receive
Every participant receives a personalised, easy-to-read profile they keep using long after the session. Here is a glimpse of what is inside.
Sample pages from Everything DiSC® reports. Click any page to enlarge. © John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved.
What changes for you
Cohesive
A genuinely aligned leadership team with one shared direction, the trust to challenge openly, and the discipline to speak with one voice once a decision is made.
Emotionally intelligent
A high-performing team that thrives on collaboration and diversity of thought, where people understand each other’s intent and bring out the best in one another.
Effective
Decisions made with clarity and confidence, faster alignment, and performance that holds up through change.
Why the Q strategy
For more than 20 years, Rashad Issa FCQI has led people and business improvement on a global scale. We combine the insight of Everything DiSC® with a practical, people-first approach, so leaders and teams own the change rather than simply attend a workshop.
In their words
Keep learning
Training: join our next open Everything DiSC® Leadership Cohort, or bring a programme in-house.
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