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Articles by Dr. Brad McRae
Dr. Brad McRae Director, Atlantic Leadership Development Institute (Halifax, NS & Kingston, Jamaica) Brad is a keynote presenter, consultant, and best-selling author and was trained in negotiating skills at the Project on Negotiation at Harvard University and leadership at the Harvard Business School's Leadership Best Practices Program. Brad has earned his CSP (Certified Speaking Professional) designation and gives over 100 presentations across Canada and in the United States, Mexico, Australia, Africa, England and the Caribbean. He is the author eight books including: How to Write A Thesis and Keep Your Sanity; Practical Time Management; Negotiating and Influencing Skill; The Seven Strategies of Master Negotiators; The Seven Strategies of Master Presenters, and From our Grandmother's Lap: Lessons for a Lifetime. His most recent book is, The Seven Strategies of Master Leaders. Brad is also the editor of The Atlantic Leadership Development Institute Newsletter. Lastly, Brad is a recognized philanthropist in Canada and Jamaica. Contact: brad@bradmcrae.com
The Ultimate Question ─ Part I
I am currently sitting in a bed and breakfast in Edinburgh. The internet has not worked 90% of the time. They keep telling me that the internet is working for everyone else. Well it didn’t work for my son either and it didn’t work elsewhere in the building. They did tell me it worked for[.....]
Hothouses and Pipelines: Insights from Made in Canada Leadership co-author Francoise Morissette
B.M. In your book Made in Canada Leadership, you said, we require a national leadership strategy to make leadership a priority. The strategy should include leadership education for all ages, coaching, mentoring, stretch assignments and the creation of a National Leadership Institute to oversee the implementation of a national leadership strategy. Can you give me[.....]
Canada’s Next Governor General ─ the Honourable David Johnson on the future of higher education
As the current president of the University of Waterloo, David Johnson has a strong vision for the future of higher education and the necessity to fully fund and benchmark Canada as a leader in research and innovation as the following excerpt from my book The Seven Strategies of Master Leaders: Featuring Key Insights from 32[.....]
Leadership & Trust
There are classic case studies of crises that are handled well, like the Tylenol poisoning crisis of 1982, and crises that were handled poorly like the Exxon Valdez oil spill of 1989. There are two pertinent quotations that exemplify leadership in crisis management: “In calm water every ship has a good captain” and “Trust is[.....]
Where Do You Want To Be in the Next Five to Ten Years?
The best way to predict the future is to invent it. ─ Alan Kay
There is another technique to help us make a better decision in developing and moving our career forward. You have two choices regarding your future: you can wait for it to happen, or you can invent it and then work to achieve[.....]
Reflections from Your Best Career Experiences and Finding the Lessons Within
By three methods we may learn wisdom:
First, by reflection, which is the noblest;
second by imitation, which is easiest; and
third by experience, which is the bitterest. ─ Confucius
The last four blogs looked at how Master Leaders are Master Decision Makers. We will now look at tips that can help you become a better decision maker[.....]
Double Pro/Con Analysis
A variation on the old pros and cons analysis is the Double Pro/Con Analysis. Once you have seen how powerful and easy-to-use this technique is, you will find many uses for it in both your professional and personal life ─ and you will be able to create and make better decisions.
Let me give an example[.....]
The 70% Rule
In times of war, decisions have to be made quickly, but the consequences of a wrong decision can be fatal. It is also true that you will never have 100% of the information needed to make a decision. Therefore, to better enable its soldiers to make the right decision more often, the United States Marine[.....]
The Weighted Averages Method of Decision Making
Research has demonstrated that when decision-making reaches a certain level of complexity, it becomes increasingly difficult to make a decision because most of us can only keep a certain number of variables in our minds at any one time. Furthermore, there is typically a steep decline in our ability to make decisions once the number[.....]
Master Leaders are Master Decision-Makers
A journalist was interviewing a successful businessman. He asked what his success was based on. The reply was “decisions.” Not being happy with the answer, the journalist asked, “What were those decisions based on?” The answer was “experience.” Still not happy, the journalist asked “how did you get that experience?” The answer – “Bad decisions.” [.....]
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