Team development with the 6 Types of Working Genius
Lencioni's Six Types of Working Genius makes visible which type of work gives you energy and where it drains away — and how you build that into how you collaborate. I help teams make their strengths and energy visible, put them to use, and work together better.
From consultancies and project teams to education and NGOs — in Dutch, English, and bilingual.
Who it's for
Your team wants to grow to a higher level of collaboration
The team is already up and running, but you're wondering: how can we work together even better and more effectively? What you might be seeing is:
For new teams that need to get up to speed fast
New composition. New project. High pressure to perform fast. You're straight to work, but you don't know each other yet.
What you're looking for:
"After the sessions, I could better protect my team in client situations and set more realistic expectations — of what I could ask of them and what they could expect from me. We were far better aligned. No one was caught off guard anymore."— Teddy van Eijk · Manager, Capgemini Invent
The method
Working Genius describes the six core tasks needed to get collaboration done successfully. It shows which core tasks give you energy, which don't, and how that comes together within a team. That gives you insight into your strengths, collaboration, and possible gaps in the team. Developed by Patrick Lencioni.
What it brings teams
I run sessions in Dutch, English, or bilingually for mixed groups.
Intro callSees untapped potential. Asks the question others don't. In love with the problem, not the solution.
Generates new ideas. Prefers to start with a blank page — and creates something out of nothing.
Judges ideas for workability through intuition. Senses what works — even without proof.
Rallies people around an idea. Brings energy and momentum to the group.
Anticipates needs and supports execution. The glue of the team.
Drives tasks to completion. Task-focused and results-driven. Actually finishes things.
"The training gives insight into each other's talents and energy drains, at both individual and team level, and links those to the different phases of a work process. That gives more insight than, say, a colour-based personality test."— Kim op 't Hoog | Team Lead Contract Management | UvA
What I offer
Preliminary conversation with the manager — context, expectations, first signals. How does your own profile affect the team? I always tailor this to fit.
The theory set against the team's actual work. Then we discuss the Working Genius profile for each team member. We close by deciding what team members want to do differently.
Exploring the team map: how do the profiles come together, what does that mean for how you collaborate? Teams decide together how to anchor what they've learned in their day-to-day way of working.
Wrap-up with the manager — findings, recommendations, and concrete next steps. Working Genius can be anchored broadly and deeply across the organization, for example in recruitment and selection, team formation, meeting structures, and more.
About me
The common thread in my working life is collaboration. I started out as a chef, then trained at the Hogere Hotelschool (Dutch hotel school), opened and ran hospitality businesses, and worked as a manager, entrepreneur, project lead and trainer across different sectors. Always with teams: building them, guiding them, training them, developing them. Good collaboration isn't one thing. It's trust, communication, and working from your strengths. When a team gets into flow, that's, for me, close to the ultimate feeling of happiness. And when it isn't going well, that gets under my skin too. I look at all of it with curiosity: what's actually going on here, why do we do what we do, and what do we need to work together better? I'm curious by nature and want to understand things, without immediately attaching a judgment to them.
What I love about Working Genius is that it opens up conversations that usually stay below the surface. It's a neutral method — it isn't about right or wrong. If you don't finish your tasks, that doesn't mean you're lazy, it means your energy naturally doesn't flow that way. So it helps teams understand where energy sits, where frustration builds, and how to draw on each other better in the work that needs doing.
People describe me as warm, engaged, sharp-eyed and welcoming. I like exploring what's going on together, making dynamics visible, and creating room for honest conversations, so that working together becomes lighter, clearer and more enjoyable.
Contact
Curious whether this fits what your team needs?
Book a no-obligation intro call. I'll ask a few questions, you will too — and then we'll know soon enough together whether it leads anywhere.
annabelle@zestalenten.nl