Discover How You Do Your Best Work
Work feels different when you understand what naturally gives you energy, where you contribute your best thinking, and which parts of the work consistently require more effort.
The Six Types of Working Genius is a practical framework developed by Patrick Lencioni and The Table Group that helps individuals and teams better understand how they contribute to work. The model identifies six types of contribution across the full lifecycle of work, from the first idea through completion.
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The Six Types of Working Genius™
Implementation
Ideation
Activation
wonder
Invention
Discernment
galvanizing
enablement
tenacity
Lead With Greater Self-Awareness
Your Working Genius results can help you recognize the work that naturally energizes you, the responsibilities you are capable of performing but may not enjoy, and the areas where you may benefit from the strengths of others.
That awareness can influence how you lead, delegate, communicate, make decisions, manage your energy, and structure the people and resources around you.
That awareness can influence how you lead, delegate, communicate, make decisions, manage your energy, and structure the people and resources around you.
Working Genius can help leaders:
- Better understand their natural contributions
- Recognize where work creates energy or frustration
- Delegate more intentionally
- Identify where additional support may be helpful
- Communicate more effectively with people who work differently
- Build teams that complement their own strengths
Great leadership begins with understanding yourself.
Gain Insight into Your Areas of Genius, Competency, and Frustration
Through the Working Genius assessment, you'll gain a clearer understanding of where you naturally thrive, where you can contribute effectively, and where work may be more draining.
Working Genius is not simply about what you are capable of doing.
It helps answer a more meaningful question:
Where do you naturally bring your best energy to the work?
Frustration
Genius
Competency
energy drain
work that may require more effort and can quickly lead to frustration
natural Energy
where you thrive and bring your best energy to work
capable contribution
work you can do well, but may find more draining over time
Build Teams That Work Better Together
Every team has talent.
The bigger question is whether that talent is being used at the right time and in the right way.
Working Genius helps teams understand how individual contributions come together across the entire flow of work. A Team Map provides a visual picture of where a team has natural energy, where frustration may occur, and where certain types of contribution may be limited or missing.
This creates a shared language teams can use to have more productive conversations about how work actually gets done.
Project execution
Team engagement and productivity
Appreciation for different working styles
Meetings and decision-making
Delegation
Roles and responsibilities
Collaboration and communication
Sometimes what appears to be disengagement, resistance, or lack of capability may actually be a mismatch between the work being asked of someone and the type of contribution that naturally gives them energy.
Working Genius gives teams a healthier and more practical way to explore those dynamics.
Working Genius can support teams in improving:
Knowing Your Genius Changes How the Work Gets Done.
Working Genius provides a simple language for understanding something every leader and team experiences:
Some work naturally gives us energy. Some work requires more effort.
And the best work happens when we understand how our contributions fit together.
Whether you are looking to strengthen your own leadership or help your team work more effectively, Working Genius can provide a powerful starting point for the conversation.
