What is Your Genius Podcast

What Is Your Genius

Working Genius Model Overview

• Aim: To make work more effective and fulfilling.
• Core Idea: Match work tasks with personal strengths (working genius).

Six Types of Working Genius

1. Wonder

   • Gift of pondering and identifying potential or problems.
   • Often overlooked but crucial for identifying new areas to address.

2. Invention

   • Creating new solutions from scratch.
   • Driven by empathy and problem-solving.
   • Pat Lencioni's primary genius.

3. Discernment

   • Intuitive ability to evaluate ideas and solutions.
   • Not based on expertise, but on patterns and instincts.
   • Works closely with inventors to refine ideas.

4. Galvanizing

   • Inspires and rallies people to take action.
   • Cody's primary genius.
   • Essential for moving ideas forward.

5. Enablement

   • Providing support and making things possible.
   • Flexible and responsive to needs.
   • Often undervalued but essential for starting projects.

6. Tenacity

   • Finishing tasks and ensuring results.
   • Focused on completion and impact.
   • Vital for seeing projects through.

Personal Impact Stories

• Concept emerged from Pat's personal experiences and realizations.
• Highlighted personal and professional frustrations due to mismatched tasks and strengths.

Application and Importance

• Reduces guilt about personal weaknesses.
• Enhances team dynamics by appreciating diverse strengths.
• Encourages placing team members in roles that align with their genius.

Conclusion

• Encouragement to explore personal working genius.
• Expected benefits include improved job satisfaction and productivity.
• Invitation for listeners to share personal insights and experiences