The Working Genius Podcast with Patrick Lencioni

We're taking a break from uploading new episodes this fall, but we're looking forward to a return in 2025.  Thank you to all of our listeners!     To take the Six Types of Working Genius Assessment: https://www.workinggenius.com/   Check out the 5 Dysfunctions of a Team Assessment: https://tinyurl.com/ttgteamassessment   To become a Working Genius Certified Facilitator: https://www.workinggenius.com/client/certification/ 

What makes Discernment unique, and why is it often so difficult to accurately place within our results?  This week, Pat, Cody and Beau discuss the perceived implications behind having - or not having - Discernment as a Working Genius.   To listen to the At the Table Podcast: tinyurl.com/atthetablepodcast

At work, we can't always use our Geniuses as much as we'd like.  This week, Pat, Cody, Beau and Matt discuss how we can find ways to exercise our Geniuses while we're off the clock.     To listen to the At the Table Podcast: tinyurl.com/atthetablepodcast   Working Genius Store: https://www.workinggenius.com/store

What is your third letter?  This week, the team discusses the impact that your first Working Competency has on the way you use your Geniuses.     To listen to the At the Table Podcast: tinyurl.com/atthetablepodcast   Working Genius Store: https://www.workinggenius.com/store

What is the best way to tap into each Genius?  This week, the team goes over the questions we can ask and the high-impact phrases we can use to successfully engage and activate each Working Genius type.   Collaborating with Each Genius Handout: https://tinyurl.com/wgcollaborationresource   Working Genius Certification Program: https://workinggenius.me/certpodcast23   To listen to the At the Table Podcast: tinyurl.com/atthetablepodcast

Episode originally aired March 4th, 2022.   Buckle up!  This week, the Working Genius team reveals all of the pairings in our longest episode yet.  

This week's rerun originally aired on January 21, 2022   We've talked about the altitude of each Genius, the 3 stages of work, regulating your Genius, and the Genius of meetings.  What do you get when you roll all of these concepts together?  A new Working Genius framework that applies to any conversation at work.

If you aren't regularly utilizing your Working Geniuses, you won't be able to take full advantage of your strengths.  This week, Pat and the team discuss atrophy as it relates to the Working Genius model.     To listen to the At the Table Podcast: tinyurl.com/atthetablepodcast

It's a productivity tool, not just a personality assessment.  This week, Pat and the team dissect a team map and describe how it can be used to make any team more effective.     To take the Six Types of Working Genius Assessment: https://www.workinggenius.com/   WG Certification Program: https://www.workinggenius.com/client/certification/   Team Application Guide: https://www.workinggenius.com/teamapplicationguide   WG Team Maps: https://tinyurl.com/WGteammaps   New!  Working Genius Store: https://www.workinggenius.com/store

Young people and students are no strangers to feeling overwhelmed, misunderstood, and anxious.  This week, Pat and the team speak directly to students, parents, teachers and administrators about how the Working Genius model - and the new version of the assessment - can be utilized to set up students for success.     Working Genius for Students Assessment: https://www.workinggenius.com/students   To listen to the At the Table Podcast: tinyurl.com/atthetablepodcast

Three years of using the Working Genius model to explain, analyze, and even anticipate behavior has led us to some interesting observations.  This week, Pat, Cody and Beau discuss the words and phrases that each Genius - and each Genius pairing - often says.     Staffing Industry Webinar - Tuesday, May 21: https://www.workinggenius.com/webinars   To listen to the At the Table Podcast: tinyurl.com/atthetablepodcast

What additional insights can you gather from being a W, D, or E vs. an I, G, or T?  This week, Pat, Cody, Tracy and Beau discuss just how impactful it is to consider the responsive and/or disruptive nature of your Working Geniuses.     To listen to the At the Table Podcast: tinyurl.com/atthetablepodcast   Related Episode: https://www.workinggenius.com/wg-podcast-post/3-are-you-a-disruptor-or-a-responder

Nobody wants to have to advocate for or defend the legitimacy and value of their own Geniuses.  This week, Pat and the team discuss some things that certain Geniuses are crushed by, and how we can help each other avoid them.     To register for Working Genius Industry Webinars: https://tinyurl.com/IndustryWebinars   Working Genius for Students Assessment: https://www.workinggenius.com/students   Related Episodes: https://tinyurl.com/WGPodcastWhatEachGeniusCraves   Email: podcast@tablegroup.com

When hiring a new employee, it's important to make sure the candidate is a culture fit and that they have the necessary skills and experience for the role.  However, these aren't the only things we need to consider.  This week, Pat and the team discuss the idea of hiring to fill gaps on a team.     To listen to the At the Table Podcast: tinyurl.com/atthetablepodcast   To take the Six Types of Working Genius Assessment: https://www.workinggenius.com/   Working Genius Team Application Guide:  https://www.workinggenius.com/teamapplicationguide

In a marriage, a project team, or any other sort of partnership that consists of only two people, someone is going to be taking on dirty work.  This week, Pat and the team discuss the necessity of awareness and gratitude in every partnership.     WGP Episode 38 What Each Genius Craves: https://tinyurl.com/WhatEachGeniusCraves   Working Genius Podcast Webpage: https://www.workinggenius.com/podcast   To listen to the At the Table Podcast: tinyurl.com/atthetablepodcast

Use the Working Genius model to nail your next job interview and land the job you really want.  This week, Pat, Cody, Tracy and Beau discuss authentic interviewing and the idea of being rejected for the right reasons.     Related Episodes: Best Job Worst Job: https://www.workinggenius.com/wg-podcast-post/45-best-job-worst-job You Deserve the Right Job: https://www.workinggenius.com/wg-podcast-post/44-you-deserve-the-right-job Entering the Workforce: https://www.workinggenius.com/wg-podcast-post/11-entering-the-workforce Jobs, Careers, and Hiring: https://www.workinggenius.com/wg-podcast-post/7-jobs-careers-and-hiring   To take the Six Types of Working Genius Assessment: https://www.workinggenius.com/   To listen to the At the Table Podcast: tinyurl.com/atthetablepodcast

The Working Genius model should never limit someone within a role.  This week, Pat is joined by Cody, Tracy and Laura as they discuss the idea of being put in a box as a result of your Geniuses.     To listen to the At the Table Podcast: tinyurl.com/atthetablepodcast

What can you do if nobody on your team has a certain disruptive Genius?  This week, the team discusses the difference between behavioral and structural Galvanizing.     The 49ers may have lost, but you can still use code TEAM25 until Wednesday, Feb 14 at midnight PT to earn 25% off all assessment purchases! Working Genius Assessment: https://www.workinggenius.com/ 5 Dysfunctions of a Team Assessment: https://www.tablegroup.com/topics-and-resources/teamwork-5-dysfunctions/#5dAssessment   To listen to the At the Table Podcast: tinyurl.com/atthetablepodcast

On a large scale, working in your frustrations can lead to dissatisfaction and burnout.  But how does it affect us in the moment?  This week, Pat and the team discuss how the way we get work done can make us grumpy, and what that means for the way we approach tasks.     To listen to the At the Table Podcast: tinyurl.com/atthetablepodcast

Is there such a thing as spending too much time in your sweet spot?  This week, as promised, Pat and the team debate the merits of hypothetically doing all of your work within your areas of Genius.     To listen to the At the Table Podcast: tinyurl.com/atthetablepodcast