excellent guide can be found in Types of Working Genius A Better Way to Understand Your Gifts, Your Frustrations, and Your Team.
The book is by Patrick Lencioni, founder and president of The Table Group, firm dedicated to helping leaders improve their organizations health.
The model can help you reframe your perception of the effectiveness of your team, understand the contributions each individual can bring to the table, and help your people find fulfillment in their work..
Patrick Lencioni Working Genius is fast and simple model for people to identify which of the six types of work give them joy and energy, because those are the two most important predictors of sustainable success.
It's amazing to watch someone take our assessment, get their results, and right away they're coming to realizations about their past successes and failures and making simple adjustments to their work and life..
The next genius comes into play later I've been thinking about that question, and I think I've come up with new set of services we could offer and new way to package them so clients receive more value from us...
The person with Invention comes up with idea, and after few conversations, the person with Discernment says, Okay, now that makes sense.
The final genius comes into play Okay, we need to wrestle this to the ground and get it done by next week.
Once you've established that they fit your company's values and belong on the bus, as Jim Collins says, then the next thing you are looking to do is ensure that they have Working Geniuses for the role and the team.
Lencioni One of the I love about how people discuss and use Working Genius tool is the sudden lack of defensiveness around their strengths and weaknesses.
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