
Prepared: What Kids Need for a Fulfilled Life

STP process—“identify the status,” “define the target,” and “develop the proposal”—that
Diane Tavenner • Prepared: What Kids Need for a Fulfilled Life
the employees of 2020 need: 1) complex problem solving, 2) critical thinking, 3) creativity, 4) people management, 5) coordinating with others, and 6) emotional intelligence. Employers want innovative thinking, independence, initiative.
Diane Tavenner • Prepared: What Kids Need for a Fulfilled Life
What emotions do you have?
Diane Tavenner • Prepared: What Kids Need for a Fulfilled Life
Getting too involved, by taking over, is a mistake I see parents making constantly, and from personal experience, I get why.
Diane Tavenner • Prepared: What Kids Need for a Fulfilled Life
Group work goes wrong in two primary ways. First, most often the task assigned isn’t actually worthy of group work. What groups do well is solve complex problems that benefit from different experience, expertise, skills, and knowledge. Groups aren’t better at completing tasks that are rote or linear, with a single right answer.
Diane Tavenner • Prepared: What Kids Need for a Fulfilled Life
We want to avoid nearing the crisis point to begin with because it is so stressful, and so we naturally start putting structures in place to prevent our kids from even coming close to a failure.
Diane Tavenner • Prepared: What Kids Need for a Fulfilled Life
Groups who are prepared for the coming storm, and view it as a productive stage to getting to a more aligned, “norming” place, fare better.
Diane Tavenner • Prepared: What Kids Need for a Fulfilled Life
What do you want from this situation?
Diane Tavenner • Prepared: What Kids Need for a Fulfilled Life
What behaviors are you exhibiting?