The Pressure to Keep Winning (and What It’s Costing You) with Patrick Lencioni

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Amy Porterfield

Entrepreneurship, Business, Marketing

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🗓️ 17 June 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

What Helped Me Trust My Team, Protect My Energy, and Step Into True Leadership I’ll be honest—this conversation with Patrick Lencioni shook me (in the best way). If you’ve ever felt like running your business is way harder than it should be, or like you’re carrying the weight of every single task on your back, this episode is going to be a game changer. Patrick introduces his powerful framework called the Six Types of Working Genius. It helped me understand why certain parts of my business drain me, and why trying to be “good at everything” was actually slowing me down. In this episode, we explore how to build a team that complements your strengths, how to identify the work that energizes you, and why letting go doesn’t mean losing control—it means finally creating the business you thought you were building all along. If you're tired of feeling stretched thin, second-guessing your hires, or silently resenting tasks that suck the life out of you, this one’s for you. HERE ARE THE 3 KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE: 1️⃣ Your Genius Isn’t What You’re Good At—It’s What Energizes You – Just because you can do something doesn’t mean you should. Patrick explains how working in your genius fuels your joy, while living in your “competency” or “frustration” zones can quickly burn you out. 2️⃣ You Weren’t Meant to Do It All—And That’s Not a Flaw, It’s the Fix – We dive into how trying to wear every hat as your business grows actually holds you back. The magic starts when you let your team do what they do best so you can lead from where you thrive. 3️⃣ Self-Awareness Is the Shortcut to Better Hires, Better Systems & Better Leadership – This framework isn’t another personality quiz like Enneagram or Myers Briggs. It's a strategic tool that helps you make smarter hires, build a team that fits, and finally stop micromanaging things that were never yours to own. RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Take the Working Genius Assessment: workinggenius.com Get your copy of The 6 Types of Working Genius: The Working Genius Book Get your copy of The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: The Five Dysfunctions Book MORE FROM PATRICK Learn more about Patrick tablegroup.com/pat Follow Patrick on LinkedIn @patrick-lencioni MORE FROM ME Follow me on Instagram @amyporterfield SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW If you loved this episode, please take a moment to subscribe and leave a review on Apple Podcasts! Your support helps us reach more entrepreneurs who need these insights. 🎙 Thanks for tuning in to The Amy Porterfield Show! See you next week!

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0:00.0	Hey there, welcome to the Amy Porterfield Show.
0:09.0	If we don't know what our working genius is and competencies and frustrations are, how do we know how to be successful?
0:18.0	And we can be struggling and not know why and think.
0:21.6	And we judge ourselves and others.
0:23.6	We say things like, I guess they're lazier.
0:25.6	They're not very smart.
0:26.6	Like, no, they're smart in a different way.
0:29.6	And they work hard for different reasons than you.
0:35.6	Years ago, I was working with a consultant in my business and we were a lot smaller. We weren't
0:41.8	making as much money and we didn't have a lot of people on the team, but we were starting to
0:46.3	grow. And this consultant I worked with said, you need a leadership team. Now, I looked around like,
0:53.0	I don't think my business is big enough for a leadership
0:55.4	team, but he said, you absolutely do, because at the time we were starting to break out in departments,
1:01.0	we didn't have that many, but we were starting to do so. And he said, you can't lead everybody,
1:06.7	and you need strong leaders on the team that will help you be strategic and help you move the
1:12.3	business forward and help you manage the people that are getting the work done.
1:16.9	And when he said it that way, I was like, yeah, I want a leadership team.
1:20.4	So many, many years ago, I started to put together my leadership team.
1:24.0	And I remember at the time, we pulled in a few people.
1:27.2	I remember I asked somebody to be on my leadership team. She's been in the time, we pulled in a few people. I remember I asked somebody to be
1:28.5	on my leadership team. She's been in with my company for a long time. She's like, no, thanks. Don't want to do
1:33.5	that. It just wasn't her personality. And I had to respect that. So I went to someone else and I tried to
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