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October 10, 2023 50 mins

In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin’ Podcast: 

Lodestone True North’s Head Coach Mark Whitmore and business coach Preston True https://www.gettpafit.com/ continue their convo on the 6 Types of Working Genius by Patrick Lencioni.


About Preston: 

After 25 years of managing and owning entrepreneurial businesses, Preston has lived through some of the brightest days and darkest nights. He’s learned owning and operating a business requires a new level of fitness well beyond the day you started it. The stamina required to scale rocky peaks, navigate dark valleys and reach your pinnacle is not achieved without the right people, purpose, playbook and performance.


0:00 Intro

3:49 Book reference - Drive by Daniel Pink

7:40 The 3 Stages of Work

  • Ideation (Wonder and Invention)
  • Activation (Discernment and Galvanizing)
  • Implementation (Enablement and Tenacity)

17:35 Walk thru this practically

Can take the assessment at www.workinggenius.com 

Takes about 10 minutes for about $25 each

Assemble into a Team Map

21:51 Talk about pairing this assessment up with Kolbe, StrengthsFinder, or Enneagram?

  • Working genius helps with how I will be productive in work
  • Kolbe how I will engage or approach work
  • StrengthsFinder - Talent
  • Enneagram - Emotionally

40:32 What are you reading lately?

  • 10x is easier than 2x by Dan Sullivan and Dr. Benjamin Hardy
  • Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis 
  • 12 Rules for Life by Jordan Peterson
    • “Do what’s meaningful rather than what’s expedient”
  • Duck Commander Daily Devotional
  • Mark mentioned The Worldly Philosophers by Robert L. Heilbroner


**Credits**

Music - Push by Matchbox Twenty


Website: https://www.lodestonetruenorth.com
Website: https://www.bigeasydesk.com
LinkedIn Book Club Group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14158790/ 

LinkedIn Mark: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-whitmore-lodestone/
LinkedIn Lodestone: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lodestone-true-north
Lodestone Online Courses: https://lodestone.thinkific.com
Podcast:
YouTube (video)
https://youtube.com/@lodestonetruenorth
Spotify (video or audio)
https://open.spotify.com/show/3QCsZ7fyKr4z804oTac3FU
Apple Podcasts (audio)
https://apple.co/3O4uv4H

Other Podcast Platforms

https://lodestonetruenorth.com/podcast/

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