The Working Genius
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What is your Working Genius? The Working Genius podcast is designed to help people identify their natural gifts and find joy and fulfillment in their work and life.
What is your Working Genius? The Working Genius podcast is designed to help people identify their natural gifts and find joy and fulfillment in their work and life.
Leadership and teamwork expert Patrick Lencioni and his team explore the Working Genius model and provide practical advice for applying this framework individually, at our jobs and in our homes. What type of work makes you thrive? Are you burning out because your job requires you to work in your areas of frustration? How can teams and families better tap into one another’s gifts? This podcast answers all these questions and more.
How can understanding your strengths and weaknesses through the Working Genius model lead to true confidence?
Confidence isn’t about pretending to be great at everything—it’s about knowing and accepting the truth about yourself. In episode 96 of the Working Genius Podcast, Patrick and Cody explain how the Working Genius framework provides a foundation for authentic confidence rooted in both strengths and weaknesses. They share practical insights on how humility, honesty, and self-awareness create confidence that impacts work, relationships, and life.
Topics explored in this episode:
0:30 – Defining Confidence
* Confidence is not arrogance, but alignment with truth about yourself.
* Humility and confidence complement each other by grounding people in reality.
3:40 – The Power of Admitting Weaknesses
* Acknowledging what you’re not good at frees you to celebrate your real strengths.
6:20 – Building Confidence Through Working Genius
* The Working Genius framework provides language for identifying gifts and frustrations.
10:55 – Humility, Gifting, and Evidence
* Confidence is strengthened when you recognize gifts as given, not earned.
15:30 – Confidence for the Next Generation
* Helping young people discover their genius accelerates confidence and direction.
This episode of The Working Genius Podcast with Patrick Lencioni is brought to you by The Table Group: https://www.tablegroup.com. We teach leaders how to make work more effective and less dysfunctional. We also help their employees be more fulfilled and less miserable.
The Six Types of Working Genius model helps you discover your natural gifts and thrive in your work and life. When you’re able to better understand the types of work that bring you more energy and fulfillment and avoid work that leads to frustration and failure, you can be more self-aware, more productive, and more successful. The Six Types of Working Genius assessment is the fastest and simplest way to discover your natural gifts and thrive at work: https://workinggenius.me/about
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This episode was produced by Story On Media: https://www.storyon.co.
