Deane Babb

What did you do this week to help a colleague who could do nothing for your career?

There is a prevalent conversation now about how we should be facilitating our children's creativity. The language is all innovation and collaboration and thinking outside of the box. I am a huge fan of that conversation, but of the gap between my language and the message I actually give my kids? Not so much.
We adults keep asking children "what do you what to be when you grow up" and we teach them early that the expected answer to that question is to name some known job, trade or profession. So for all of our language, we smile encouragingly while we steer them neatly into a box.
Next time try asking: "what do you love to do?"; "what do you like to learn about?" or "is there anything you would love to try?" or "what problem in the world would you like to solve? That's interesting. If you knew how to solve that, how would you solve it?"
Listen. How do they respond?

If you are in a team, giving your best is not enough. To be a valuable member of a team, you must facilitate each of your colleagues to be at their best.
- What did you do last week to engage the best of your colleagues?
- What could you do this week to help each of your colleagues to do their best work?

How often do you glimpse your best self? What could you do to engage your best-self more often? What could you do to align your best-self with the work you do?

Deane Babb coaching works with individuals, teams and organisations to develop and practice the mindset, habits, strategies and processes to reach their stated and unexpected goals sustainably and with sharp commercial focus.

There is a treacherous rascal of a gap between what we know about achieving sustainable, enjoyable success and what we actually do day to day, hour to hour. Deane Babb coaching works with people, teams and organisations to fill that gap.