Hala Taha

There are six types of working geniuses.

Everybody has two geniuses.

It's the type of work that gives them energy.

Two competencies.

It's the type of work that you may be good at, but over time, it actually drains you.

And then you have two working frustrations.

It's the work you don't like to do, and it drains your energy.

I uncovered that my two geniuses are invention and galvanizing.

My two competencies are discernment and tenacity.

And then my working frustrations are enablement and wonder.

So once I found this out, everything just like clicked for me.

Number one, I realized why I was butting heads with my executive team, because wonder is the frustration for me, whereas my business partner has wonder as a strength.

I wanted to get things done, rally the group, keep things moving.

He wanted to think about the big picture and if this was the right direction at all.

And so once we figured out these are our geniuses, we realized we can't build this company without each other and our strengths, and it helped us work better together.

And it also helped me uncover gaps within my organization.

Turns out that I'm the only person who has galvanizing as a core strength.

So I'm always rallying the team.

And sometimes that can come off as pushy or aggressive.

But now that my team knows that this is a gap, we need to hire people who have more of this galvanizing strength.