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The 6 Types of Working Genius

BY SAMANTHA HARRIS/BREAKTHROUGH IMPACT GROUP

“If you want to be successful and fulfilled in your work, you must tap into your gifts. That can’t happen if you don’t know what those gifts are.”

–PATRICK LENCIONI, AUTHOR AND CREATOR OF THE SIX TYPES OF WORKING GENIUS

The Six Geniuses Defined.

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    THE GENIUS OF WONDER

    The natural gift of pondering the possibility of greater potential and opportunity in a given situation.

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    THE GENIUS OF INVENTION

    The natural gift of creating original and novel ideas and solutions.

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    THE GENIUS OF DISCERNMENT

    The natural gift of intuitively and instinctively evaluating ideas and situations.

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    THE GENIUS OF GALVANIZING

    The natural gift of rallying, inspiring and organizing others to take action.

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    THE GENIUS OF ENABLEMENT

    The natural gift of providing encouragement and assistance for an idea or project.

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    THE GENIUS OF TENACITY

    The natural gift of pushing projects or tasks to completion to achieve results.

Pat on His Newest Model:

Far too many people in the world suffer needlessly because they don’t understand their personal areas of working genius. As a result, they don’t do the kind of work that gives them joy and energy, and they end up in jobs and projects that are draining and demoralizing. This is a grave tragedy on two levels.

First, it leads those people to lose confidence in themselves and enthusiasm for life, which is devastating for them, their families and friends, and society as a whole. That alone is heartbreaking.

Second, organizations and teams–even families–that don’t tap into the true genius of their members can’t come close to realizing their potential. They are left puzzled by their inability to achieve their goals. This often leads them to make inaccurate and hurtful judgements about one another, and to feel unnecessarily guilty about their own shortcomings.

What makes all of this particularly tragic is that it is avoidable. The solution is for everyone–employees, managers, students and spouses–to identify their areas of working genius, as well as their areas of life-draining weakness, and to put themselves in a position to tap into their genius more and engage in their weakness less.

That is what this assessment is all about.

The 6 Types of Working Genius assessment is the fastest and simplest way to discover your natural gifts and thrive at work. 

 

Click here to take the assessment or reach out to me to receive free access! 

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