Greg Harrod noticed something strange partway through a career leading cross-functional teams in manufacturing. He was getting more and more of the work he was best at, and enjoying it less and less.
That is not a workload problem. It is a sorting problem.
We hand out work based on two things. Is this person good at it, and are they available. We almost never ask whether the work gives them energy or takes it away. So the most dependable person on the floor gets handed more of what they are dependable at, and nobody notices what it costs until they quit.
Greg is a business coach, a Certified Working Genius Facilitator, and he spent more than thirty years in manufacturing, including Johnson Controls and Caterpillar. He grew up in his family’s welding shop. He and Trevor get into why the blue-collar instinct to just get it done eventually turns on you, what a design review taught him about who is actually in the room, and the simplest question a leader can ask on a Monday.
His line to sit with: that is okay until it isn’t.
The Six Types of Working Genius is Patrick Lencioni’s model, available through The Table Group at workinggenius.com.
Take Greg’s free Leadership Clarity Scorecard at leadershipclarityscorecard.com. Find him at GregHarrod.com and on LinkedIn.
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