BDC Small Business Week - Dr. Tahira Bilal on Business, Safety & Community

So, I mean, you know, doctors are leaders too.

So you were a GP by background.

But leadership, you know, you've gone into business.

So now you're a business leader.

You're leading your company and your team.

What does good leadership look like to you? And has your definition of leadership changed from being...

in the medical profession to being, you know, your medical safety, but in business.

I mean, there is, I think there's a difference between those.

How do you kind of view the difference between medicine and entrepreneurship?

definitely there is a difference when you're working in the hospital as a doctor it's more about taking the responsibility about teamwork about communication but business has taught me something different it's about listening to others building relationships surrounded by good people and then you also learn from other people this is how like you work together in the business and One of the most important things about leadership is that it is about providing service.

So whether in the hospital you are treating your patients, you are providing service.

Or you are doing trainings for students, for the communities, for the organizations.

You are teaching them something, like you are providing service to them.

And at the end, the main goal is that the people should be safe.

Yeah.

There are lots of places in Canada where you can build a company like a health and safety education company.

You know, we're our friends at BDC at Small Business Month Week.

Why did you pick Waterloo Region? Like, is there something unique about Waterloo Region for starting a new business like this? Or is it just where you happen to be? I mean, like, is there something unique about Waterloo Region?

both the things we were here in the beginning and we could have moved somewhere else as well my son was in uw he was admitted there but then i found that waterloo is a place where like education innovation and community like they're coming together right so there is a diversity of people organizations businesses and And it's a growing community.

It's an evolving community.

When the community is growing, you have to think about the safety of the people.

You have to make sure that people are prepared.

And they are getting their health education.

So that's why I thought like Canadian health and safety education should be based here so that I can make connections locally.

We can build our relationships and then also we can provide quality training that is more important to the students and communities and organizations.