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259 The One About The 6 Types of Working Genius

Published: July 8, 2022, 5 a.m.

Long-time listeners of the podcast know that I enjoy learning about leadership and self-development. I have had many guests on the podcast that introduced me to tools\xa0 and today\u2019s guest has a tool which I know will help your team and all of your relationships.

My lab partner is Tim Cooper. He is a Principal Consultant at The Table Group and the founder and president of Cooper Consulting. Tim has over 15 years of Team Leadership experience in his partnership with The Table Group. His clients include executives from Renaissance Learning, Chick-fil-A, Southern New Hampshire University, and \xd8rsted. Tim describes his approach to consulting as relational, particularly in tackling difficult interpersonal dynamics with the teams he serves. His specialties include building healthier relationships within executive teams that cascade throughout the organization.

In this episode, Tim will talk about The 6 Types of Working Genius. These are 6 different types of gifts that are required of any group of people trying to get something done: The Genius of Wonder, The Genius of Invention, The Genius of Discernment, The Genius of Galvanizing, The Genius of Enablement, and The Genius of Tenacity. If you don\u2019t know what the 6 Working Geniuses are, after this episode, you will learn what they are and how you can use this knowledge to lead, be part of a team successfully, and be a better version of yourself.

Tim loves talking about anything that has to do with Organization Health and the interplay between Smart and Healthy Organizations, and The 6 Types of Working Genius is the best tool he has come across that can help teams and individuals raise team morale, productivity, and organization health.\xa0

Bottom line: Tim will tell us what the 6 Types of Working Geniuses are and how knowing these Geniuses can create better organizational health.

Your roadside friend, as you travel from client to client.\xa0

-Trace\xa0

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Timestamps:\xa0

Running a business, facilitating team meetings, and upcoming events [01:44]

Welcoming The Table Group\u2019s Tim Cooper [09:53]

Introducing The 6 Types of Working Genius [14:28]

Preventing burnout by knowing your Working Genius [20:49]

Working together as a Team to create success in the three stages of a project: Ideation, Activation, Implementation [28:14]

Assessments are about awareness, not permission [31:55]

Understanding the Pain Points on a team and inviting the right people to the right meetings [37:05]

Hiring the best people for a role using the Working Genius [45:56]

Thinking On Water With James [1:01:01]\xa0

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Thinking On Water With James:

In this week\u2019s episode, we\u2019re thinking about a salt bridge in a water softener system. What is a salt bridge?\xa0 How do you know if you have one? What impact can it have on a water softener? How do you remove a salt bridge? How can it be prevented in the future? Take this week to think about salt bridges in water softener systems.\xa0

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Quotes:

\u201cTwo of the big components of a healthy organization are high morale and high productivity, and the Working Genius is the tool that is best at raising both of those.\u201d - Tim Cooper

\u201cThe Working Genius is 80% a production tool and 20% a personality tool.\u201d - Tim Cooper

\u201cThe Wonder Genius are the people that ponder the possibilities of greater potential and opportunity.\u201d - Tim Cooper

\u201cThe Invention Genius are the ones that create original and novel ideas and solutions.\u201d - Tim Cooper

\u201cThe Discernment Genius are the ones that are using their intuition and their gut-feel.\u201d - Tim Cooper

\u201cThe Galvanizing Genius are the people that get people moving.\u201d - Tim Cooper

\u201cThe Genius of Enablement is the most relational of all Geniuses. They are the ones that ask, \u2018How can I help?\u2019\u201d - Tim Cooper

\u201cThe Genius of Tenacity are the people that are all about execution.\u201d - Tim Cooper

\u201cIf you get to spend most of your time focusing on the things that bring you energy and fulfillment, it hardly feels like work.\u201d - Tim Cooper

\u201cBurnout is not really too much work, it\u2019s too much of the wrong kind of work.\u201d-\xa0 Tim Cooper

\u201cThe best leader is a self-aware leader.\u201d -\xa0 Tim Cooper

\u201cWe need to be really kind when operating in people\u2019s competencies or frustrations. And we need to be really generous when giving people opportunities to lean into their geniuses.\u201d - Tim Cooper

\u201cWe are breaking projects down into three stages: Ideation, Activation, Implementation.\u201d - Tim Cooper

\u201cWhen you skip over a project stage, you\u2019re not only skipping a stage of work, you\u2019re skipping over people who are trying to bring their best to the team.\u201d - Tim Cooper

\u201cAssessments are about awareness, not about permission. It is not permission for me to just be more of who I am, this is about awareness so that I can become a better version of myself.\u201c - Tim Cooper

\u201cThe Working Genius is a production tool. It is the art of getting work done, both individually and on a team.\u201d - Tim Cooper

\u201cAn Assessment can\u2019t tell you what brings you the most joy and fulfillment, it\u2019s up to you to answer that.\u201d\xa0 - Tim Cooper

\u201cWork doesn\u2019t have to suck. Work can be fulfilling and bring you joy. Work does not have to be the thing that you dread.\u201d - Tim Cooper

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Connect with Tim Cooper:

Phone: 678.327.7460

Email: tim.cooper@tablegroupconsulting.com

Website: www.tablegroup.com

Facebook: @TableGroupInc

LinkedIn: in/tim-cooper-80bab0143

company/thetablegroup

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