In this episode, Tim has a conversation with Froswa’ Booker-Drew. Froswa believes that Social Capital is critical and spends her days weaving people together via networking and connecting. Booker-Drew is a relational leadership junkie. Relationships, when cultivated well, are powerful and transformative. Tim and Froswa’ keep it real and go deep with real-life challenges that keep people from experiencing true growth, connections, and engagement. Enjoy!
THE CONVERSATION:
- Growing up in the deep south
- How she didn’t stay ‘STUCK’ as a child with limited resources and lack of opportunities
- How her relationships and family helped her see there is more out there beyond ‘LUCK’
- Which is greater, your own power or privilege?
- Life can be ‘Both-And …’
- Thoughts on: Opinions, Beliefs, and Values
- The importance of finding spaces of reflection and feedback loops
- The problem with not letting people hurt and feel pain
- Being on the balcony and being on the dancefloor (The Practice of Adaptive Leadership by Ronald A. Heifetz)
- Understanding that people are not machines and they need to be the totality of who they are
- Learning to be still in silence. The Silence Retreat
- We are not human ‘DOERS’ we are human ‘BEINGS’
- Replacing the technology connections with real face-to-face conversations
- The struggle people have to identify and share the descriptors of who they are beyond the surface or obvious
- The lost desire for CURIOSITY and INNOVATION
- People are creating but not being creative
- The power of saying, I AM and what it’s paired with
- Overcomplicating things that are simple
- Examining your own narrative
- What do you focus on?
- Are you the common denominator in less than desired situations and circumstances?
- The value of openness and vulnerability
- An UPHILL challenge Froswa’ experienced and what she did to overcome
RESOURCES:
Rules of Engagement by Froswa Booker-Drew
Videos of Dr. Froswa’ Booker-Drew
BOOK REFERENCES:
Walk on Water by Madeline L’Engle
From Here to There by Don Miguel Ruiz
CONNECT WITH THANE:
Website: froswasrules.com
LinkedIn:in/froswabookerdrew
Twitter: @Froswa
ABOUT FROSWA:
Dr. Froswa’ Booker-Drew
Vice President, Community Affairs and Strategic Alliances at State Fair of Texas®
I am intrigued by relationships, particularly building networks to address issues in...
