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June 03, 2005
Nothing like an expert...
I've had the privilege of connecting recently with Alan Nelson, a partner at CRA, a small but highly respected consulting firm in Philadelphia that specializes in communication and leadership coaching. Alan heard about me and GTD through 43 Folders, has been a fan ever since, and as it turns out we have a number of mutual clients. Randall Stutman, another partner at CRA, had introduced us to Childrens Hospital in Philadelphia a few years ago, for whom we wound up doing our workflow coaching program for most of the surgeons (thanks again, Randall!)
While speaking with Alan a few weeks ago, he gave me some coaching which has served me well already: "the more strategic the conversation, the broader the communication bandwidth needs to be." E-mail won't cut it, in other words, if you're trying to communicate about something at 40,000 ft. That's creating problems now, because many in the e-mail-raised generation of kids ain't kids any more, with higher-level jobs requiring focus and skills at interfacing more intimately than they are used to.
Thanks, Alan for the advice. Tweeked some important things I'm doing, and the way I'm doing them.
Posted by David at June 3, 2005 08:50 AM
Comments
This crystallizes something I was thinking about just 20 minutes ago. I have a JV partner in China. We do weekly phone calls to keep us on track operationally, but there's no substitute for the occasional face-to-face meeting when it comes to strategic planning.
Posted by: Derek Scruggs at June 3, 2005 12:39 PM
Thanks, David. It's been my pleasure, as has been the addition of GTD to my life. Here's to a long and pleasant friendship.
Posted by: Alan at June 3, 2005 02:30 PM