Quality Progress

In this month's cover story, “Learning to Let Go,” the author explores how to move on from a leadership position gracefully and embrace whatever comes next. Transitioning away from being a leader means you must learn to step back onto the sidelines and take influence, rather than act or direct.

In “The Right Mix,” learn how the Baldrige criteria can help organizations build a workforce development strategy that actually works. It’s important to note that soft skills—and the attention of quality professionals—play an important role in effective workforce development.

In “Prescribing ISO to Improve Performance,” read about Navicent Health’s ISO 9001:2015 journey. The organization found success by shunning its compliance mentality and pushing toward organizational excellence-related goals, data and trends.


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Thanks for bringing this to our attention--we'll make sure it's updated!

I would like to add my appreciation to that of James Fender (Seen & Heard, May 2021) to the continued relevance and quality of the content of Quality Progress.


For a while, like all people, organisations and countries, Quality Progress continued with the status quo, until we all came to terms with the effects of the pandemic. Then, as Quality Progress reported the effects of COVID-19 on all of us, its content changed to more reflect the changed world and the relevance that quality will always have, no matter what.


As a retired Quality Manager and Senior Member, able to enjoy free membership after many years of ASQ membership, the contents of Quality Progress remain as relevant to me now as they did when I joined over 30 years ago.

Referring to the article Learning to let go by Ruth (p15-20):

A very well written article which is pertinent , topical & relevant today. What I have seen in my experience is that it is easier said than done in practice particularly for micro managers (we have them in abundance)! Leaving our comfort zones is the main obstacle in letting go as none of us like uncertainty (most of us I mean). Thank you Ruth for sharing the checklist for letting go with grace.

All the best for your next role as a coach & can't wait to hear you on that a year down the line.

You were the most outstanding RD for Canada region I have seen in the last 10 years! A great leader!

Cheers!

Santosh

I also like the new look of our QP! Well done!

May QP Learning to Let Go by Ruth Stanley

Ruth, THANK YOU FOR A WELL-WRITTEN QP article! Learning to Let Go made quite an impact. It aligned well with my personal career transition and current role in ASQ as St. Louis Section Chair. After leaving a long time corporate role then an interim HR Manager role at a university I now am a business of 1 serving as Executive Coach & adjunct faculty, finding myself in quite a few non-profit and volunteer roles. It is an adventure and a challenge. Most of my work inside organizations involved leadership, teaming, transitions, change, and transformation working in and with teams. Much of my work now is one on one with professional affiliations providing some version of teaming.

Personally I've had to learn to let go of the security of working in an established corporate role as a member of a team, working with teams at all levels, and am learning to embrace taking risks to enter new spaces as an entrepreneur and member-leader. I particularly appreciate your points about "authentic grace...without comparing yourself to someone else." My style is collaborative and less directive. That can be a different approach than people have experienced.

Leading our ASQ STL section in a fully-virtual way this year has been challenging with lots of change so the checklist you provide is a helpful visual guide.

I encourage everyone to read this article!