110 – Froswa’ Booker-Drew – Grow + Connect + Engage

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...