"Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships." – Michael Jordan
“Finish Him!” – Mortal Kombat
What a lesson to learn from a 90’s video game…you must finish. By this point I’m tempted to be on to my next thing leaving the current work 90% done…but finishing is where the final of the 6 Genius’s comes out…The Genius of Tenacity. If you find satisfaction from pushing things over that final finish line…making sure all the details are accounted for, “i’s” are dotted, and “t’s” are crossed you may have The Genius of Tenacity”
“Put me in Coach! I’m ready to play…” John Fogerty, Centerfield
A person with the Genius of Enablement is the person that is “ready to play” …the person that simply loves to make the team successful. The person who gets joy from making plans happen. This can be an under-valued Genius but every project needs people to step up and play their role to make it a reality.
“Nothing happens until something moves” – Albert Einstein
“The trouble with quotes on the internet is that you never know if they are authentic” – Abraham Lincoln
“To invent you need a good imagination, and a pile of junk” – Thomas Edison
Patrick Lencioni tells us the Genius of Invention is the ability to generate ideas and solutions…to solve that problem that Wonder revealed. A problem without a solution is just a problem…and a solution to a problem is an invention. If you get energy from figuring out these solutions, you may have the Genius of Invention.
“Wonder is the beginning of Wisdom” – Socrates
All work begins with someone wondering. The Genius of Wonder from Patrick Lencioni’s, The 6 Types of Working Genius, described wonder as the person that observes that something needs to change…there is a problem that needs to be solved, an improvement to make or an opportunity to capitalize on. This is the seed for all work and accomplishment.
In The 6 Types of Working Genius by Patrick Lencioni he breaks down work into 6 different stages…that can be remembered by the acronym WIDGET.
In Patrick Lencioni’s model, The 6 Types of Working Genius, there are 6 stages of work.
Each of us have 2 Types that are fulfilling and life giving to us…these are our Working Geniuses, There are 2 types that fall into our Working Competenciess…we can do it, but it isn’t our favorite. Finally, there are 2 types that are our Working Frustrations…this work can be soul sucking!
Understanding what fills you and what drains you is key to doing work that you enjoy and are good at.
“People are entitled to joy in work” – W. Edwards Deming
Patrick Lencioni’s latest model, The 6 Types of Working Genius, is all about finding what types of work you LOVE, that bring you energy and fulfillment…and what parts you HATE, that drain you and leave you empty.
When you understand that about yourself…and even better about your team; you can maximize the joy in work…and minimize the pain; all while working more productively as a team.