The Ideal Candidate

This is a service for Executive Leaders and their teams who recognize they are not functioning at the potential they are capable of.

This is a fabulous assessment tool that awakens teams to their existing gaps and empowers them to re-examine their roles and responsibilities; recruit according to geniuses, and restructure in ways that energize team spirit.

There is a total of six Working Geniuses. All are required for getting work done successfully. We all have two Working Geniuses, two Working Competencies, and two Working Frustrations.

Working Genius

Indicates your natural ability; what brings you joy and fulfillment. It consistently gives you energy.

Working Competency

Indicates what you can do well but are not fulfilled by. Over time this drains your energy.

Working Frustration

Indicates what you dislike doing and find draining, even if you’ve learned to be capable at it.

We need to be doing a good portion of our work where we can hold onto the energy for a long time. Working in our Geniuses doesn’t feel like work at all.

Working with a Certified Facilitator can transform work for people by:

-Understanding why they have been successful or unsuccessful in past endeavors

- Clarifying which types of work give joy and energy and which types are draining and difficult

- Avoiding making unfair and inaccurate judgments about one another’s motivation

- Alleviating guilt about struggles people have with certain types of work

-Improving dialogue and directives in team meetings

-Making quick and concrete adjustments to roles and responsibilities to better tap into one

another’s strengths, and avoid one another’s weaknesses

- Getting more done in less time

We brought in Jacqueline and her team to facilitate a condensed Genius training workshop as part of our team building and department meeting day. I loved the enthusiasm and energy that Jacqueline brought into the training. The entire team was engaged and from a manager standpoint it provided invaluable information learning more in depth about our team members and what their areas of competencies and frustrations were and areas where they would shine in their natural genius.

-Alanna Adamko.

Director of Communications and Media Relations Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority.

The benefits of partaking in the Working Genius are: 

  1. The best leaders are self-aware leaders. 

  2. Leverage into the geniuses of the team. 

  3. Recruit people who can fill the genius gaps. 

  4. A clear understanding and recognition of team rhythm and motivation. 

  5. Lessen unfair and inaccurate judgments made of others on the team. 

  6. Make quick and concrete adjustments to roles and responsibilities. 

  7. Tap into strength geniuses of the team. 

  8. Get more done in less time. 

  9. Create a universal company language. 

  10. Alleviates one’s own guilt about struggles with one’s work. 

What My Incredible Clients Are Saying

“The Working Genius training and coaching was insightful and thought-provoking.

It allowed me time to reflect and become self-aware of my own leadership and areas that I can continue to improve on.”

— Nicole Semko, Director of Marketing and Communications

“Our leadership team took the Working Genius training provided by Jacqueline. I thoroughly enjoyed all the group sessions, as well as my one-on-one time with Jacqueline.

Jacqueline clearly explained the concepts of the Working Geniuses and how they applied to our organization.

I appreciated the one-on-one times as a way to further discuss the concepts taught in the group sessions.”

— Melody Lewis Executive Assistant to the CEO, LutherCare Communities

“Jacqueline not only made the time together engaging, she encouraged each of our team members to take the time to process learnings and consider how we, as a team, can best apply, in order to create the most successful outcomes for our organization. 

The Working Genius was indeed a great team leadership exercise!”

— Erin Kuan, CEO Lung Sask

“I cannot say enough good things about my session with Jacqueline. At first I was quite skeptical of the Working Genius as I don’t particularly love personality tests or the like.

However, the Working Genius is actually a really helpful tool as it helps me to find and undersand my natural joy and how it can work in and work. The key piece in all of this was my session with Jacqueline.

In my session she explained the geniuses, she asked the right questions to help me dig in deep, and ultimately she helped me go beyond the initial assessment and find my actual geniuses which were in fact different from what the original assessment showed.

I look forward to working with Jacqueline again and am excited to see how I continue to explore an apply my geniuses.”

— Josiah Prouten