Every successful project follows a natural flow from initial idea to final completion.
But when critical pieces of that process are missing—or when the wrong people are doing work that drains them—projects stall, deadlines slip, and teams burn out.
The Working Genius® for Strategic Teams workshop reveals the six essential stages every team must navigate to achieve results: Wonder, Invention, Discernment, Galvanizing, Enablement, and Tenacity. When teams understand this natural flow and ensure each stage has the right genius addressing it, work accelerates, collaboration improves, and results follow.
The Six Stages of Productive Work
Every project, initiative, or challenge moves through a predictable process:
WONDER → Questioning and pondering the need or opportunity
INVENTION → Creating ideas and solutions
DISCERNMENT → Evaluating and providing perspective on ideas
GALVANIZING → Rallying people to take action
ENABLEMENT → Providing support and assistance
TENACITY → Pushing through to completion
When any stage is skipped or lacks the right genius, projects fail, momentum stalls, and teams struggle. The breakthrough comes when teams understand which pieces of the puzzle they’re missing and how to fill the gaps.
Learning Objectives
Participants in the Working Genius® for Strategic Teams workshop will:
Discover individual Working Geniuses across the six stages of productive work
Identify critical gaps where your team lacks natural genius that may be sabotaging success
Understand the natural flow from Wonder to Tenacity and why skipping stages causes failure
Recognize when work is stalled because a particular genius isn’t engaged
Build appreciation for teammates whose genius addresses stages you find frustrating
Optimize project flow by ensuring each stage has the right person addressing it
Ideal for
Teams Building Collaborative Foundations:
Teams where work consistently stalls at the same stage
Newly formed teams wanting to understand how to work together effectively
Teams experiencing friction because people skip stages or resist certain types of work
Organizations wanting to honour how different people naturally contribute
Teams Tackling Strategic Challenges:
Project teams where critical initiatives lose momentum at predictable points
Cross-functional teams addressing complex challenges (AI integration, innovation, transformation)
Leadership teams making strategic decisions but struggling with execution
Any team where missing genius stages are creating bottlenecks
What Happens When Pieces Are Missing
MISSING WONDER
Your team jumps to solutions without questioning whether you’re solving the right problem.
MISSING INVENTION
You lack creative solutions and settle for “the way we’ve always done it.”
MISSING DISCERNMENT
Bad ideas move forward because no one evaluates their viability.
MISSING GALVANIZING
Great ideas die in planning because no one rallies people to action.
MISSING ENABLEMENT
Initiatives fail because people lack the support and resources they need.
MISSING TENACITY
Projects stall at 80% complete because no one pushes through to finish.
Understanding which pieces your team is missing explains why certain projects consistently fail—and shows you exactly how to fix it.
Participants in the Working Genius® for Strategic Teams workshop develop:
- Process Clarity: Understanding of the six-stage flow and where work typically breaks down
- Gap Awareness: Recognition of which genius stages your team lacks or undervalues
- Strategic Assignment: Ability to match people to the stages where they naturally excel
- Faster Execution: Reduced bottlenecks by ensuring each stage has the right genius
- Sustainable Performance: Teams that work in their natural geniuses rather than draining zones
From Teams Who've Completed the Puzzle
Ready to Complete Your Team's Puzzle?
Workshop Details:
Available as an on-site corporate program or virtual delivery.
Includes individual Working Genius assessments for all participants.
Reveals which stages your team naturally excels at and where gaps exist.
Provides framework for filling gaps and optimizing your process flow.