Episode Details

Why do some parts of your work give you energy while others drain you?

Chris Stefanick sits down with Patrick Lencioni, president of The Table Group, to walk through Working Genius, the framework that helps you name the work that fills you up and the work that wears you out. Patrick shares how it came together, and why it frees us from guilt we were never meant to carry.

In this episode:
- The six kinds of work in every project, and the two you were made for
- Why "take a vacation" is the wrong advice for burnout
- Why feeling like a fraud may not mean what you think
- The email from a husband who thought his wife hated him
- What it changes for marriage, parenting, and your team- How it explains the way you pray

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Patrick Lencioni is president and co-founder of The Table Group, a consulting firm focused on leadership teams and organizational health. He is the author of 13 books with more than 10 million copies sold, including The Five Dysfunctions of a Team and The 6 Types of Working Genius.

Chapters

• (00:00:01) - Opening banter and warm greeting
• (00:00:16) - How the Working Genius assessment was born
• (00:03:34) - Gifts from God and freedom from guilt
• (00:06:26) - Team dynamics and needing each other's gifts
• (00:07:01) - Setting up the six types of working genius
• (00:09:09) - Call to support Real Life Catholic
• (00:10:03) - Wonder and Invention explained
• (00:13:03) - Discernment and recognizing instinct
• (00:15:13) - Galvanizing and competencies vs frustrations
• (00:16:43) - Enablement and tenacity
• (00:19:31) - Appreciating others' lanes and frustrations
• (00:21:27) - Working genius warnings in leadership
• (00:22:49) - Fundamental attribution error in relationships
• (00:24:40) - The marriage that was healed by Working Genius
• (00:27:02) - Embracing your 'dark side' and self-acceptance
• (00:29:08) - Parenting and marriage through the genius lens
• (00:32:18) - Working genius and prayer life
• (00:34:58) - Saints and their working geniuses
• (00:37:03) - Final thoughts, promo code, and priest stories
• (00:39:07) - Closing with the Magnificat prayer