The Working Genius by Patrick Lencioni instantly became my favorite assessment. Don’t get me wrong, I love the Myers-Briggs, I like the Enneagram & DISC assessments. But Working Genius is so simple, straightforward, and actionable.

If you haven’t taken it yet, I hope by the end of this post you’ll feel compelled to navigate to WorkingGenius.com and take it!

The Basics

There are three phases to work:

1. Ideation
2. Activation
3. Implementation

Each of these Phases has two Geniuses

1. Ideation
   1. Wonder
      1. Wondering about problems & possibilities
   2. Invention
      1. Inventing conceptual solutions
2. Activation
   1. Discernment
      1. Intuitively assessing ideas
   2. Galvanizing
      1. Rallying people to action
3. Implementation
   1. Enablement
      1. Supporting the cause!
   2. Tenacity
      1. Checking the box

Everybody has 2 Geniuses, 2 Competencies, & 2 Frustrations.

Mine

Mine looks like

1. Geniuses
   1. Invention
   2. Wonder
2. Competencies
   1. Enablement
   2. Discernment
3. Frustrations
   1. Galvanizing
   2. Tenacity

Challenge #1

So for me, I tend to move directly into inventing. Which is why I’ve built this Blog in a much more complex way than I needed to. Curiosity.

Sometimes, I skip the Wonder stage, inventing for the sake of invention.

Opportunity #1

I’ve found that I’m primarily successful with Enablement in an Extraverted fashion, so when I need to execute a task list, I try to make sure I’m collaboratively executing.