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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...

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....

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....

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....

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....

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....

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 tho...