S2E77 The 6 Types of Working Genius
The Brian Buffini Show
Brian Buffini
4.8 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 27 September 2022
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
For a team to be really successful, all its members must tap into their natural gifts. In this episode, Pat Lencioni explains why his new Working Genius model vastly increases a team’s productivity and satisfaction, enabling people to thrive both in work and in life.
YOU WILL LEARN:
· Why you feel frustrated or misunderstood at work.
· How to identify work that energizes and fulfills you.
· How to become more self-aware, productive and successful.
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
“The 6 Types of Working Genius,” by Pat Lencioni
“The Five Dysfunctions of a Team,” by Pat Lencioni
NOTEWORTHY QUOTES FROM THIS EPISODE:
“I figured out that there were six different kinds of work that had to happen. And I was only good at two of them.” – Pat Lencioni
“The leader has to take care of him or herself first, so that other people can be healthy.” – Pat Lencioni
“Nobody exists in a vacuum. No man is an island. And when you have people that can't appreciate types that they don't have, that's a problem on a team.” – Pat Lencioni
“If people celebrate what they're not good at, they're going to appreciate the people that are good at those things.” – Pat Lencioni
“It takes an awful lot of understanding of who you are, what you are and what your gifts are to then be strong enough to say ‘this is what I don't do.’” – Brian Buffini
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| 0:28.0 | Visit doitlondon.org. |
| 0:30.0 | Music |
| 0:34.0 | Welcome to It's a Good Life Podcast, |
| 0:37.0 | where it's all about helping entrepreneurs think, feel and do better. |
| 0:41.0 | Here's your host, Brian Bafini. |
| 0:46.0 | Well, the top of the morning tea and welcome to It's a Good Life. |
| 0:49.0 | Well, today I get a chance to have a conversation with a good friend |
| 0:53.0 | and you guys get to listen in. |
| 0:55.0 | Pat Lencioni, we have a lot in common. |
| 0:57.0 | Irish and Italian names, similar values and faith and life and approach to business and success. |
| 1:04.0 | Brothers from different mothers, as my mother used to say. |
| 1:06.0 | I almost said it. |
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