Young and Profiting with Hala Taha Patrick Lencioni: The Genius Way to Crush Team Burnout and Unlock Peak Productivity | Leadership | YAPClassic
Work Divides Into Six Energy Types
- People have two working geniuses they love, two competencies they can do, and two frustrations that drain energy.
- Patrick discovered this by mapping his own daily highs and lows and built the Working Genius assessment used by ~1M people.
Share Results Before Performance Reviews
- Share your Working Genius results with teammates and managers to avoid misattributing behaviors to character.
- Patrick recounts a consultant who used the assessment before a review and turned a firing into a promotion by revealing a role mismatch.
Use WIDGET To Map Task Types
- Use the WIDGET flow: Wonder, Invention, Discernment, Galvanizing, Enablement, Tenacity to match tasks to people.
- Patrick explains each genius with vivid examples: wonderers ask why, inventors whiteboard, tenacious finishers grind to completion.
Leadership expert Patrick Lencioni spent nearly 20 years feeling drained and frustrated at work, despite loving his job and the people around him. As the CEO of his own firm, he was constantly pulled into tasks that fell outside his natural strengths, with no clear understanding of why it was killing his productivity and energy. That frustration led him to create the Working Genius framework, transforming how leaders and entrepreneurs approach team building. In this episode, Patrick breaks down the six working geniuses to help you build teams where people find genuine fulfillment at work.
In this episode, Hala and Patrick will discuss:
(00:00) Introduction
(01:18) The Origin Story of Working Genius
(04:19) Finding Joy and Energy at Work
(08:05) Defining the Six Working Geniuses
(20:51) Applying Working Genius to Entrepreneurship
(30:51) How to Apply Your Assessment Results
(35:18) Doing Work You Don’t Enjoy
(38:32) Working Genius Assessment vs. Personality Traits
(50:18) The Three Stages of Teamwork
(59:02) Using Working Genius for Better Hiring
(01:03:56) Identifying and Fixing Team Genius Gaps
(01:15:33) Tips for Running Better Meetings
(01:22:35) Daily Habits for Personal Success
Patrick Lencioni is a bestselling author, speaker, and founder of The Table Group, specializing in organizational health and leadership. He has spent over 25 years helping leaders build high-performing teams and improve workplace culture. Patrick is the author of multiple business classics, including The Five Dysfunctions of a Team and The Six Types of Working Genius. His work has impacted millions of leaders and entrepreneurs worldwide.
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Resources Mentioned:
Patrick’s Book, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: bit.ly/-TFDOAT
Patrick’s Book, Death by Meeting: bit.ly/PL-DBM
Patrick’s Book, The 6 Types of Working Genius: bit.ly/T6TOWG
Patrick's Book, The Ideal Team Player: bit.ly/PL-TITP
Patricks’ Company: The Table Group: tablegroup.com
Working Genius Assessment: workinggenius.com/profiting
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