Veteran quality leader Edward Armstrong, Vice President of Quality at Vedanta Biosciences, joins Nicholas Capman to tackle a critical but often overlooked responsibility of leadership: developing the next generation of professionals.
With 30 years in life sciences quality, Ed shares candid stories of mentorship, hard lessons from career setbacks, and practical frameworks for cultivating future leaders who can sustain compliance and culture long after today’s executives move on.
A few key takeaways:
Leadership isn’t just about titles—your best mentors might be senior specialists or document control staff guiding new colleagues.
Transparency builds trust: share what you know, admit what you don’t, and hold yourself accountable to your team’s growth.
Career ladders clarify options for both high-functioning individual contributors and aspiring leaders.
Helping people grow—even if it means leaving your company—creates lifelong allies and strengthens your reputation.
True mentorship blends into daily work: seize critical moments, model your thought process, and invite team members into high-stakes decisions.
Each generation in the workforce—Boomers, Gen X, Millennials, Gen Z—brings different needs and expectations. Great leaders adapt mentoring styles accordingly.
Grab Nick Capman’s book The Passionate Workforce for a deeper dive into building high-trust, high-performance cultures: https://www.amazon.com/Passionate-Workforce-Maintain-Employee-Engagement/dp/1544544472