Team Building
Forming, developing, and strengthening high-performance teams
Week 7 Day 1: Every Leader Has Two Frustration Areas
In the Working Genius model, every person has two areas of frustration -- work that drains them, slows them down, and quietly erodes their energy. Your job this week is to stop pretending yours do not exist.
Read commentary →Week 7 Day 2: The Genius You Lack Is Not a Flaw -- It Is Information
Your frustration areas are not deficiencies to fix. They are data points that tell you exactly what kind of help you need.
Read commentary →Week 7 Day 3: Why Leaders Pretend to Be Good at Everything
The pressure to appear complete is one of the most destructive forces in leadership. It wastes your energy, undermines your team, and fools nobody.
Read commentary →Week 7 Day 4: Your Gaps Are Showing Whether You Acknowledge Them or Not
The only difference between a leader who owns their gaps and one who does not is that the first one gets help and the second one gets worked around.
Read commentary →Week 7 Day 5: Building a Team Around Your Weaknesses, Not Your Strengths
Most leaders hire people who are good at the same things they are good at. The best leaders hire people who are great at the things they are terrible at.
Read commentary →Week 7 Day 6: The Courage to Say 'I Am Not Good at This'
Six words that will change your leadership: 'I am not good at this.' Not as self-deprecation. As strategy.
Read commentary →Week 7 Day 7: Assignment: Name Your Two Working Frustrations Out Loud to Your Team
This week's assignment: in your next team meeting, share your Working Genius frustration areas. Name them, explain what they mean practically, and ask your team what they would change if they knew those gaps were being addressed.
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