Where are the spikes in your day?  This week, the team compares their energy levels throughout the day to an EKG, and explains how we can take advantage of this awareness.  

To take the Six Types of Working Genius Assessment: https://www.workinggenius.com/

Industry-Specific Webinars: https://www.workinggenius.com/webinars

This week's unpaid ad: https://tinyurl.com/theboysintheboatBOOK

An organization's culture lives through its values, and values are first demonstrated in hiring.  This week, Pat, Cody and Beau discuss the insitututionalization of culture through the intentional application of values.  

Staffing Industry Webinar - Tuesday, May 21: https://www.workinggenius.com/webinars

This week's unpaid ad - The Three Big Questions for a Frantic Family:  https://www.tablegroup.com/product/frantic/

To listen to the Working Genius Podcast: https://www.workinggenius.com/podcast

What are the two simplest indicators for determining the health of an organization's culture?  This week, Pat, Cody and Tracy talk about the importance of alignment and engagement among the executive team as well as the happiness and connectedness of the employees who impact the culture the most.  

The Two Simplest Indicators:

How is the executive team?  Are they engaged, and how do they interact with each other?  

Who are the employees that impact the culture the most?  Does each person on the executive team agree on who those people are, and are those employees happy with their roles?

To listen to the Working Genius Podcast: https://www.workinggenius.com/podcast

This week's unpaid ad: https://www.nickthegreek.com/

Beware of the lone dissenter.  This week, Pat and the team discuss the danger of allowing a single voice to override the interests of the team.  

To listen to the Working Genius Podcast: https://www.workinggenius.com/podcast

To register for Industry Webinars: https://tinyurl.com/IndustryWebinars

Unpaid ad: Banana Milk

Create your own competitive advantage.  This week, Pat and the team discuss unwritten rules, agility, and courage.  

To listen to the Working Genius Podcast: https://www.workinggenius.com/podcast

Pat's book, The Advantage: https://www.tablegroup.com/product/the-advantage/

This week's unpaid ad: https://tinyurl.com/CuttingEdgeFirewood

Which bubbles are you a part of?  This week, Pat and the team discuss the existence and implications of 'bubbles' as they relate to industries, expertise, and technology.  

Register for Industry Webinars: https://tinyurl.com/IndustryWebinars

To listen to the Working Genius Podcast: https://www.workinggenius.com/podcast

Related Episodes: https://tinyurl.com/PatronSaintoftheIgnorant

Please don't actually smell your customers.  This week, Pat, Cody, and Beau discuss why being in close proximity to customers and clients is necessary if we want our products and services to hit the mark.

The Working Genius Assessment for Students: https://www.workinggenius.com/students

To listen to the Working Genius Podcast: https://www.workinggenius.com/podcast

The concepts of trust and conflict in the workplace are still just as simple as they were two decades ago.  This week, Pat and the team discuss their thoughts on 'psychological safety'.  

To listen to the Working Genius Podcast: https://www.workinggenius.com/podcast

This week's unpaid ad: https://turo.com/

'Eavesdropping' is a part of our organization's culture, and it helps our team stay on the same page.  This week, Pat and the team discuss the merits of having strategic conversations within earshot of your colleagues and giving others the opportunity to clue in to the content of your meetings.  

To listen to the Working Genius Podcast: https://www.workinggenius.com/podcast

This week's unpaid ad - LOGE Camps: https://www.logecamps.com/home

Related Episodes:

167. The Never-Ending Meeting: https://www.tablegroup.com/167-the-never-ending-meeting/

191. When Gossip is Good: https://www.tablegroup.com/191-when-gossip-is-good/

Strategic mistakes are not the root cause of business failure - they're a downstream symptom of organizational dysfunction.  This week, Pat and the team conduct a forensic analysis of businesses successes and failures including Ford, United Airlines, and Hertz.  

Hertz CEO Resigns After Big Bet on EVs Fails to Pay Off: https://tinyurl.com/HertzCEOResigns

To listen to the Working Genius Podcast: https://www.workinggenius.com/podcast