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The 6 Types of Working Genius: A Better Way to Understand Your Gifts, Your Frustrations, and Your Team Kindle Edition

by Patrick M. Lencioni (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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New York Times best-selling author Patrick Lencioni unveils a truly groundbreaking new model that will change the way we think about work and teams forever.

The 6 Types of Working Genius is the fastest way to help people identify the type of work that brings them joy and energy, and avoid work that leads to frustration and burnout.

Beyond the personal discovery and instant relief that Working Genius provides, the model also gives teams a remarkably simple and practical framework for tapping into one another’s natural gifts, which increases productivity and reduces unnecessary judgment.
 
In classic Lencioni fashion, Pat brings his model to life in a page-turning fable that is as relatable as it is compelling. He tells the story of Bull Brooks, an entrepreneur, husband, and father who sets out to solve his own frustration at work and stumbles into a new way of thinking that changes the way he sees his work, his team, and even his marriage.
 
What sets this book—and the model behind it—apart from other tools and assessments is the speed at which it can be understood and applied, and the relevance it has to every kind of work in life, from running a company to launching a product to managing a family.
 
In addition to this book, Lencioni and the Table Group have created a 10-minute assessment that helps individuals quickly identify their gifts and apply this model to themselves and their teams. Join the hundreds of thousands of people who have already discovered their Working Genius, and experience the transformation in your work, your team, and your life.
 
Learn more about the Working Genius at WorkingGenius.com.
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“The best thing ever to come from Pat Lencioni and The Table Group. I won’t think about my team and my business the same way again.”
—Dan Klock, CEO, Bridgetown Natural Foods
 
“Nothing gave me an aha moment like the The 6 Types of Working Genius. It dialed in something for me that’s been a question for years. It gave me a sense of freedom.”
—Michael Hyatt, New York Times best-selling author
 
“The simple 10-minute assessment completely changed the way we think about our work and our people.”
—Andrew Laffoon, CEO, Mixbook
 
“I can’t tell you all enough how “less crazy” this model makes me feel. It really is a game-changer in getting work done, and done well.”
—Stephanie Culbreth, business execution consultant
 
“If helping your people find fulfillment in their work is important for you, apply Lencioni’s The 6 Types of Working Genius in your organization.”
—Bobby Herrera, president, Populus Group
 
“The 6 Types of Working Genius has helped me realize the geniuses that I never knew I had, and now I am able to intentionally spend time doing the things I love.”
—Stacy Rutten, professional development coach, Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose School District
 
“Understanding my working geniuses, competencies, and frustrations told me more about myself than the other personality profiles I have done . . . Using the The 6 Types of Working Genius model resulted in the most productive project I have ever organized.”
—Al Ainsworth, 10th grade teacher, Northpoint Christian School
 
“What a powerful tool for understanding the contributions each individual can bring to a team.”
—Selita Jansen, operations leadership, TrueNorth Companies
 
“In this compelling book, Pat Lencioni shows us how work flows easily when we unleash our inner genius.”
-Steve Strauss, columnist, USA Today
 
“The 6 Types of Working Genius has reframed our entire perception of our effectiveness as a team.”
—Mark Stuckey, assistant high school principal, Solanco School District
 
“The 6 Types of Working Genius has transformed my interaction with volunteers . . . I am striving to never place a volunteer in an area outside of their geniuses.”
—Carmen Halsey, director of leadership development, Illinois Baptist State Association
 
“The 6 Types of Working Genius will empower every manager to affect positive change for their people, and be responsible for improving their productivity, both personally, as well as professionally.”
—Sam Weinstein, CEO, Specialty Care Inc.
 
“I enjoyed The 6 Types of Working Genius immensely, and my mind is racing with how I can incorporate the insights gleaned from it into my company’s operations.”
—David Macias, co-founder and president, Thirty Tigers
 
“After many years in marriage and business together, I questioned if my wife hated all my ideas. Before the The 6 Types of Working Genius, I saw her discernment as conflict instead of complement. Taking the assessment was the best anniversary gift!”
—Heath Ellenberger, operational partner, OrangeTheory Fitness
 
“I’ve lived under constant pressure to always be creative and inventive. I’ve felt judged for not being good in those areas. It's such a relief to finally understand that these are not my gifts and that I have other geniuses I can leverage.”
—Kevin Tranel, campus pastor, The Chapel
 
“Your life will be transformed by aligning your work to your genius.”
—Ellen Twomey, founder, You are techY
 
“This is the simplest and most useful tool that I have come across to quickly improve personal and team energy, understanding, and productivity.”
—Bates Alheit, senior consultant, Convergenc3
 
“Patrick Lencioni . . . challenges leaders to help their people unpack their innate talents and leverage them, not just for the benefit of the organization, but for the direct benefits they can reap by living a more fulfilled life.”
—Kelly Goldsmith, PhD, professor of marketing, Vanderbilt University

About the Author

Patrick M. Lencioni is the author of more than a dozen best-selling books, including The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, The Ideal Team Player, and The Advantage. The pioneer of the organizational health movement, he has become one of the most sought-after speakers in the world. Pat’s firm, The Table Group, has consulted with thousands of leaders around the globe, in every type of industry, from corporations to start-ups, from churches to non-profits. Pat has been married to his wife, Laura, for thirty years and they have been blessed with four sons.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Matt Holt (September 27, 2022)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 27, 2022
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
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Patrick Lencioni is founder and president of The Table Group, a firm dedicated to helping leaders improve their organizations’ health since 1997. His principles have been embraced by leaders around the world and adopted by organizations of virtually every kind including multinational corporations, entrepreneurial ventures, professional sports teams, the military, nonprofits, schools, and churches.

Lencioni is the author of ten business books with over three million copies sold worldwide. His work has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, Fortune, Bloomberg Businessweek, and USA Today.

Prior to founding The Table Group, Lencioni served on the executive team at Sybase, Inc. He started his career at Bain & Company and later worked at Oracle Corporation.

Lencioni lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife and their four sons.

To learn more about Patrick and The Table Group, please visit www.tablegroup.com.

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If you, like I did in the past, do not fully understand why certain aspects of work energize and motivate you and your team and other aspects are draining, but they vary between person, then order Working Genius for you and them TODAY, Now! After reading Working Genius, and may I boldly suggest, taking the assessment, you will be able to better understand yourself, your team, and adjust work to maximize everyone’s “genius.”Working Genius and the assessment have been invaluable for our team, even our family. Understanding that my desire to solve problem (Invention) and to rally folks around an idea (Galvanizing) makes sense and also understanding my “frustrations” of Tenacity and Enablement have been very helpful because I had been questioning my real value to our team when I am not excited and feel drained around taking a project to completion on my own. Rallying the team around the idea I can do, taking it to the end, it is draining.In our marriage it helped me understand that my bride’s “Genius” of Discernment is not her way to criticizing my ideas randomly (business or otherwise) but to help ensure that the things I or we attempt are fruitful.The Working Genius also gives us language to use when moving through a project. In the beginning we need to think about a problem to be solved, ways to fix it, arguing the merits until a decision is reached and then move forward with rallying the team, encouraging them through the process until we have finished it. As we move through the three key stages it enables the team to let the wonderer know that since we have decided on a solution that questioning it further at this point is not what we need to focus on. Or they can remind me that once we are into the enablement and tenacity phase we do not need additional solutions, but need to focus on pushing through to the end.
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Eve
5.0 out of 5 stars Easy and insightful read
Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2023
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I read this book with my leadership team at work. It gave us great insights as to how we partner and why we balance each other out. The book was a quick easy read. I read it over a holiday weekend. The story telling kept me turning the pages and the insights at the end had me interested for more. I just purchased three more copies to give to my family for the holidays. Highly recommend taking the quiz on their website afterwards to better understand your own geniuses and frustrations.
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John
5.0 out of 5 stars Not just another personality test/categorization tool --
Reviewed in the United States on June 12, 2023
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My TL;DR --> everyone who does ANY KIND of work (from advising M&A deals to planning a kid's birthday party) should read this book. It's a fast, easy read, with INSTANTLY helpful content that can be applied to any work at any time in life and in any context. Big promises to make, I know.

The long version: This book arrived within the expected time frame. The content is so superior to today's guru/leadership covered elsewhere. It starts with the story of HOW the "working genius" model was discovered/developed, and launches straight in to how to implement the information to improve real life relationships.

My main question going into this book was, "Okay, but what KIND of work will this model apply to?" Because no one wants to waste time learning about working models that are built for specific, non-relevant industries (and not their own). Thankfully this TRULY can be applied to the work of getting ANYTHING DONE. It can be applied to consulting gigs, portco operational improvements, or change management initiatives... and it can also be applied to philanthropic volunteer days, selling your car, or setting up a nursery for your new arrival. Seriously. Game-changing for anyone who... well, anyone who needs to get things done.
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Leslie
5.0 out of 5 stars Info to enable people and teams a way to lean in to their gifts, get more done and avoid burnout
Reviewed in the United States on October 5, 2022
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The 6 Types of Working Genius by Patrick Lencioni creates a framework and a common language for us to overcome false narratives we make about ourselves and others and unlocked a tool that allows us to identify what brings us joy and fulfillment in an easy-to-understand yet powerful way. The Working Genius model and assessment is simple, practical, and transformational. Patrick Lencioni's premise is that all work has six steps, but we only get energy, joy and fulfillment from two of them. This book and the model gives the reader language for how to celebrate the unique contributions of each member of a team and provides a framework for how we can get more work done, in less time, and have more fun doing it by leaning in to our God given gifts. It also helps to avoid burnout and shed unnecessary shame by recognizing our working frustrations. For people who follow his Working Genius podcast there is not any new info but it is a fun read and the Exploring the Model section at the end of the book provides a nice summary of the 6 Types of Working Genius and why it is important for a team to know the Working Genius of their team members and to make sure gaps are addressed and how to use the model to make meetings more effective by being clear about the purpose of the meeting and the Geniuses needed. I was a bit disappointed that the book did not go into the pairings as this has been presented on the podcast but perhaps he wanted to avoid information overload and another book will be written to focus on the pairings.
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Kevin L Shoemaker
4.0 out of 5 stars Have read most of Pat’s books
Reviewed in the United States on November 1, 2023
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Concepts are solid. I will try and take the assessment. Big fan of 5 Dysfunctions and the Advantage and I use it in my leadership in my company Devro. I have focused this work on my direct reports and the leadership teams at the plants that I manage.
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Paul Mcnamee
5.0 out of 5 stars Easy read and inspiring
Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2024
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Easy to read. Have suggested to to others!
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Free Thinker
5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely great read!
Reviewed in the United States on March 25, 2024
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My youngest son and I started reading/listening to this book, yes I have purchased both. He is not the avid reader but this book inspired him so much to share his thoughts on the read that I had to pick it up, and I am really happy that I did.
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Kristin J. Arnold
5.0 out of 5 stars Autobiographical Fable to Get Your People in the Right Seats on the Bus!
Reviewed in the United States on October 24, 2022
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As a certified facilitator of Patrick Lencioni's 6 Types of Working Genius, I have been anxiously awaiting the arrival of the companion book to the certification.  The recently released book, The 6 Types of Working Genius: is, like all of Lencioni's books, a business fable that shares a theory in a fictional setting so we can easily understand and implement the ideas.

This book is a bit different in that it is an autobiography!  The characters are (mostly) real - with a few name changes and character composites.  But knowing the backstory of how Lencioni arrived at this model IS the story that is captured in the book!

The premise of the book is quite simple: every task has six elements and while we can DO each of these tasks, TWO are our "genius" - it gives us energy and joy and is pretty much our default happy place.  We also have two that are our "frustrations" - those things we don't like to do, and two that we are competent at.

While some people might view this as a personality profile, it's more of a productivity tool in making sure we have our people in the "right seats on the bus" and maximizing their gifts!  It also explains why some very competent people are suffering from burnout....because we heap so much on them because they can do a good job, but it is not their genius - happy spot!

It's a quick and easy read - and worthwhile to have a team discussion about how the six working geniuses apply to your team!
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Erich
5.0 out of 5 stars Loved it!
Reviewed in the United States on April 13, 2024
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Easily Patrick Lencionis best book so far. The book pairs well with the test/survey to identify your working "Geniuses" and your "Frustrations". Highly helpful for our leadership team to help us figure out how to work as a more efficient team.
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Gordon D Melville
5.0 out of 5 stars POWERFUL INSIGHTS!
Reviewed in Canada on December 23, 2023
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If you own a business, or are leading a group or are an entrepreneur, you MUST read this book! Wonder why your experienced team can't seem to reach the finish line without a schmozzel?! Maybe it's the mix of players on the team! This books is HIGHLY impactful and brilliant!
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Josh You ARE
4.0 out of 5 stars Exhilarating... Then frustrating
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 30, 2023
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I loved the working genius model. It explains a lot and I can see myself using it regularly to build teams. But most strength books give you at least a basic assessment even if you have to pay for the full one. Not here. Nope. It's another $25 dollars. Do I think it worth it? Yes. But just a bit marked that my full cost is around $40.00
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Frederickj3
5.0 out of 5 stars genuinely helpful
Reviewed in Germany on November 29, 2023
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The 6 Types of Working Genius‘ is a practical and easy to follow model to increase morale and productivity at the workplace.
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Ishandshelke
5.0 out of 5 stars The author is doing Almighty's work
Reviewed in India on September 2, 2023
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Explained why I am the way I am and my Unique genius. Thank you so much. I am forever grateful for your work.
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Michael Jacobsz
5.0 out of 5 stars Insightful book
Reviewed in the Netherlands on June 28, 2023
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The last 40 pages did it for me, understanding the power of work geniuses and what my work geniuses are. Super helpful, I understand myself better and others because of this book.
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