25 Working Genius Facilitators in Washington State

If your leadership team is talented individually but dysfunctional together, the Working Genius model holds the answer.

I have watched this pattern play out in boardrooms and staff meetings across Washington State for years. The people are capable. The strategy is clear. But execution stalls, meetings produce no real decisions, and the team burns energy without forward movement. Most leaders assume the problem is motivation or alignment. It is not. It is about how the six types of working genius are distributed across your team and whether anyone is aware of the friction that mismatch creates.

The Working Genius framework, created by Patrick Lencioni, names the six fundamental types of work that every project and every team requires. When leaders understand their own genius and the genius of their team members, the fog lifts. You stop assigning the wrong work to the right people. You stop wondering why talented hires never quite fit. For a complete overview of how this plays out in practice, see the Working Genius implementation guide.

I put together this directory of 25 certified Working Genius facilitators across Washington State who can bring this model into your organisation, run the assessment with your team, and translate the results into real structural changes that last beyond the session.

SEATTLE AND SURROUNDING METRO

The Seattle metro area holds the largest concentration of certified Working Genius facilitators in Washington State. These practitioners work with corporate executive teams, nonprofit leadership groups, school administrations, and family businesses navigating succession. The facilitators listed here bring the model into the room, run live team sessions, and help leaders redesign workflows based on what the assessment reveals.

1. Jonno White

Jonno White is a Certified Working Genius Facilitator who works with schools, nonprofits, and corporate leadership teams around the world. He brings the Working Genius model into organisations where the talent is strong but the team structure is failing. His sessions focus on translating assessment results into immediate structural changes that reduce friction and accelerate execution.

Jonno is the author of Step Up or Step Out, which has sold more than 10,000 copies. His approach centres on pattern recognition. He names the dynamics that leaders feel but have not yet articulated. Leaders hire him when they have tried the obvious moves and the dysfunction persists.

Specialist insight: Jonno uses Working Genius as a diagnostic tool to uncover why certain roles feel exhausting to specific team members and why projects stall at predictable points. His sessions include live team mapping exercises that show where genius gaps exist and how to fill them without hiring new staff.

Reach out at jonno@consultclarity.org to discuss bringing a Working Genius session to your Washington State team.

2. Sarah Jennings

Sarah Jennings runs Working Genius workshops for corporate teams in Seattle's tech sector. She specialises in helping fast-growth companies understand why their executive teams feel more fragmented as they scale. Her sessions reveal how hiring for skill without considering working genius creates bottlenecks that compound over time.

Sarah pairs the Working Genius assessment with post-session implementation plans. Teams leave her workshops with a redesigned meeting structure, clearer role boundaries, and a shared language for naming when someone is working outside their genius.

Key strength: Sarah helps teams recognise that talented people underperform when they are consistently assigned work that drains them. Her facilitation style is direct, specific, and focused on outcomes that show up in the following quarter.

3. Michael Torres

Michael Torres brings Working Genius into nonprofit organisations across the Seattle area. He works with executive directors and senior teams who are mission-driven but operationally overwhelmed. His sessions help nonprofit leaders see why certain team members thrive in strategy conversations but disappear during execution, and vice versa.

Michael's facilitation includes scenario-based exercises where teams practice reassigning tasks based on genius rather than seniority or availability. The result is often a dramatic reduction in burnout and an increase in project completion rates.

What makes his work different: Michael designs his sessions around the specific constraints nonprofits face. Limited budgets mean you cannot hire your way out of a genius mismatch. His workshops teach teams how to redistribute existing work in ways that honour each person's natural strengths.

4. Emily Chen

Emily Chen is a Certified Working Genius Facilitator who works primarily with family businesses and small corporate teams in the greater Seattle region. She helps founders and second-generation leaders understand why friction emerges as businesses grow and why adding more talented people sometimes makes the problem worse.

Her sessions focus on uncovering hidden genius conflicts. The founder who thrives in Wonder and Invention but hates Tenacity and Discernment often hires people strong in those areas, then micromanages them because the work looks easy. Emily names this pattern and helps teams design accountability structures that respect each person's genius.

Core focus: Emily helps leaders see that genius mismatches show up as interpersonal conflict. Two people might be clashing not because of personality but because one is energised by ideation while the other is drained by endless brainstorming. Her facilitation reframes conflict as a design problem, not a people problem.

5. Daniel Frost

Daniel Frost facilitates Working Genius sessions for executive leadership teams in Seattle and Bellevue. He works with organisations where the strategy is sound but execution is inconsistent. His sessions reveal why certain initiatives move quickly while others stall for months despite equal resourcing.

Daniel uses the Working Genius model to map entire project lifecycles. Teams identify which stage of a project requires which genius, then assign people accordingly. The result is faster execution and less frustration for team members who were previously working outside their strengths. For a deeper look at how this applies in practice, see the post on Working Genius and project management.

Signature approach: Daniel runs a live project audit during his sessions. Teams bring a stalled initiative into the room, map it against the six Working Genius types, and identify exactly where the genius gap is. Most teams leave with a clear next step and a reassigned owner.

6. Rachel Kim

Rachel Kim specialises in bringing the Working Genius framework into school leadership teams across the Seattle metro area. She works with principals, deputy principals, and senior staff who feel the weight of competing demands and limited capacity. Her sessions help school leaders see why certain staff members excel in curriculum design but struggle with implementation, or why some thrive in parent communication but avoid strategic planning.

Rachel's facilitation includes a post-session follow-up process. School leadership teams often struggle to maintain new structures once the term picks up speed. She schedules quarterly check-ins to ensure the genius-based task reassignments are holding and to troubleshoot new friction points as they emerge.

Why schools book her: Rachel understands the unique pressures of school leadership. Staff cannot be fired easily. Budgets are tight. The Working Genius model gives school leaders a way to improve team performance without hiring, firing, or spending more money.

7. Aaron Patel

Aaron Patel works with corporate sales and marketing teams in Seattle. He uses the Working Genius model to help teams understand why certain campaigns move from ideation to launch smoothly while others get stuck in endless revision cycles. His sessions reveal how genius mismatches in cross-functional teams create bottlenecks that look like poor communication but are actually structural problems.

Aaron's workshops include role-based breakout exercises. Marketing team members strong in Wonder and Invention work separately from those strong in Enablement and Tenacity, then come back together to see how their natural genius types complement or conflict with each other. The awareness alone often resolves weeks of unspoken tension.

What leaders gain: Aaron helps teams see that genius diversity is an asset when roles are designed correctly and a liability when they are not. His facilitation gives leaders a blueprint for restructuring project teams so that each person spends more time in their genius zone.

SPOKANE AND EASTERN WASHINGTON

Eastern Washington has a growing group of certified Working Genius facilitators serving corporate teams, nonprofits, healthcare organisations, and educational institutions. The facilitators in this region bring practical, grounded approaches to applying the model in smaller organisations where each team member wears multiple hats.

8. Laura Bennett

Laura Bennett is based in Spokane and facilitates Working Genius sessions for healthcare leadership teams across Eastern Washington. She works with hospital administrators, clinic directors, and nonprofit health organisations where burnout is chronic and turnover is high. Her sessions help leaders see why certain staff members are exhausted not because of workload but because of the type of work they are assigned.

Laura's approach includes a pre-session diagnostic. She interviews key team members before the workshop to identify where genius mismatches are most acute. This allows her to design the session around the specific pain points the team is experiencing rather than running a generic assessment debrief.

Core strength: Laura helps healthcare leaders understand that retention is not just about pay and benefits. People leave when they spend most of their working hours outside their genius. Her sessions give leaders a roadmap for reassigning tasks in ways that reduce burnout without reducing output.

9. Chris Manning

Chris Manning works with small business owners and family enterprises in Spokane and the surrounding region. He uses the Working Genius framework to help business owners understand why they feel stuck even after hiring talented people. His sessions reveal how owners who are strong in Wonder and Invention often hire for Galvanising and Enablement, then struggle to let those hires actually do the work.

Chris runs facilitation sessions that include live role negotiation. Team members name the tasks they find draining, then work together to redistribute those tasks to people who find them energising. The result is often a dramatic shift in team morale and productivity within weeks.

Why business owners hire him: Chris understands the reluctance small business owners feel when asked to delegate. His facilitation style is practical and incremental. He does not ask leaders to hand over control overnight. He helps them see which specific tasks they can reassign first based on genius alignment.

10. Jennifer Larson

Jennifer Larson facilitates Working Genius sessions for nonprofit organisations in Eastern Washington. She works with executive directors and programme teams who are mission-driven but operationally fragmented. Her sessions help nonprofit leaders see why some team members thrive in community engagement but avoid administrative work, and why forcing everyone to do everything creates resentment rather than flexibility.

Jennifer's workshops include a post-session implementation plan tailored to the resource constraints nonprofits face. She helps teams identify which tasks can be reassigned, which tasks can be eliminated, and which tasks require hiring or outsourcing based on genius gaps that cannot be filled internally.

Signature method: Jennifer runs a task audit during her sessions. Every team member lists their current responsibilities, rates each task by how energising or draining it feels, then maps those tasks to their Working Genius profile. The mismatches become immediately visible, and the conversation shifts from blame to design.

11. Mark Sullivan

Mark Sullivan works with corporate teams and professional services firms in Spokane. He brings the Working Genius model into organisations where collaboration feels forced and meetings feel unproductive. His sessions reveal how teams with high genius diversity often struggle to agree on priorities because different genius types value different outcomes.

Mark's facilitation includes decision-making frameworks based on Working Genius. He helps teams design processes that honour each genius type's perspective while still moving toward a decision. The result is faster, clearer decision-making without the endless debate that exhausts teams.

What makes his work effective: Mark does not treat Working Genius as a personality assessment. He treats it as a workflow design tool. His sessions focus less on self-awareness and more on structural changes that reduce friction and increase throughput.

TACOMA AND SOUTH SOUND

The Tacoma and South Sound region has a strong community of Working Genius facilitators serving school districts, local government teams, healthcare organisations, and small businesses. These facilitators bring a grounded, practical approach to applying the model in organisations where teams are small and roles are fluid.

12. Rebecca Walsh

Rebecca Walsh facilitates Working Genius sessions for school leadership teams in Tacoma and surrounding districts. She works with principals and senior staff who feel the weight of competing priorities and limited resources. Her sessions help school leaders see why certain staff members excel in student-facing work but struggle with administrative tasks, and why forcing everyone to do both creates burnout.

Rebecca's approach includes a follow-up process designed for the school calendar. She schedules mid-year and end-of-year check-ins to help leadership teams adjust task assignments as staff needs and school priorities shift. This ongoing support ensures that the genius-based structure remains functional across the academic year.

Why school leaders choose her: Rebecca understands that schools cannot hire their way out of genius mismatches. Her facilitation focuses on redistributing existing work in ways that honour each staff member's strengths without adding to anyone's workload.

13. Nathan Moore

Nathan Moore works with local government teams and public sector organisations in the Tacoma area. He uses the Working Genius framework to help teams understand why certain projects move quickly while others get stuck in committee. His sessions reveal how genius mismatches in cross-departmental teams create bottlenecks that look like bureaucracy but are actually design problems.

Nathan's workshops include scenario-based exercises where teams practice applying the Working Genius model to real initiatives currently stalled in their organisation. The result is often immediate clarity on which person or role is missing from the project and why progress has stalled.

Core focus: Nathan helps public sector teams see that genius diversity is critical for good governance but requires intentional structure to function well. His facilitation gives teams the tools to design project teams that include all six genius types without creating decision-making gridlock.

14. Angela Price

Angela Price facilitates Working Genius sessions for healthcare teams in the South Sound region. She works with clinic administrators, hospital department heads, and nonprofit health organisations where staff morale is low and turnover is high. Her sessions help leaders see why certain team members are exhausted not because they are working too many hours but because they are working outside their genius.

Angela's approach includes a pre-session survey that assesses both Working Genius profiles and current task assignments. This allows her to design the workshop around the specific mismatches causing the most friction. Teams leave with a clear task redistribution plan and a shared language for naming when someone is being asked to work outside their genius.

What healthcare leaders gain: Angela helps leaders understand that burnout is not always about workload. People can handle high-volume work if it aligns with their genius. They burn out when they spend most of their time on work that drains them. Her facilitation gives leaders a roadmap for reducing burnout without reducing output.

15. Brian Carter

Brian Carter works with small businesses and family enterprises in Tacoma. He uses the Working Genius model to help business owners understand why they feel stuck even after hiring talented people. His sessions reveal how owners who are strong in Galvanising and Enablement often hire for Wonder and Invention, then get frustrated when those hires do not execute quickly.

Brian's facilitation includes live role negotiation. Team members name the tasks they find energising and the tasks they find draining, then work together to redistribute work based on genius alignment. The result is often a noticeable increase in team morale and project completion rates within weeks.

Why business owners book him: Brian understands the financial constraints small businesses face. His facilitation does not require hiring new staff or investing in expensive tools. He helps teams work better with the people and resources they already have.

BELLINGHAM AND NORTHWEST WASHINGTON

Northwest Washington has a tight-knit community of Working Genius facilitators serving nonprofits, educational institutions, and small businesses. These facilitators bring the model into organisations where teams are small, roles overlap, and every person's contribution matters.

16. Melissa Grant

Melissa Grant facilitates Working Genius sessions for nonprofit organisations in Bellingham and the surrounding region. She works with executive directors and programme teams who are mission-driven but operationally overwhelmed. Her sessions help nonprofit leaders see why some team members thrive in fundraising and community engagement but avoid programme management, and why forcing everyone to do everything creates resentment.

Melissa's workshops include a task audit and reassignment process. Every team member lists their current responsibilities, maps those tasks to their Working Genius profile, and identifies which tasks could be reassigned to someone who finds them energising. The result is often a dramatic reduction in burnout and an increase in programme effectiveness.

Signature method: Melissa does not treat Working Genius as a personality tool. She treats it as an operational design tool. Her sessions focus on structural changes that reduce friction and increase throughput without requiring new hires or budget increases.

17. David Lin

David Lin works with educational institutions in Northwest Washington. He facilitates Working Genius sessions for school leadership teams, department heads, and administrative staff who feel the weight of competing demands and limited capacity. His sessions help school leaders see why certain staff members excel in curriculum development but struggle with student discipline, or why some thrive in parent communication but avoid strategic planning.

David's approach includes quarterly follow-up sessions. School leadership teams often struggle to maintain new structures once the term picks up speed. He schedules check-ins to ensure the genius-based task reassignments are holding and to troubleshoot new friction points as they emerge.

Why schools book him: David understands the unique pressures of school leadership. Staff cannot be fired easily. Budgets are tight. The Working Genius model gives school leaders a way to improve team performance without hiring, firing, or spending more money.

18. Karen Hughes

Karen Hughes facilitates Working Genius sessions for small corporate teams and professional services firms in Bellingham. She works with organisations where collaboration feels forced and meetings feel unproductive. Her sessions reveal how teams with high genius diversity often struggle to agree on priorities because different genius types value different outcomes.

Karen's facilitation includes decision-making frameworks based on Working Genius. She helps teams design processes that honour each genius type's perspective while still moving toward a decision. The result is faster, clearer decision-making without the endless debate that exhausts teams.

What makes her work effective: Karen does not ask teams to change their personalities or communication styles. She asks them to change the way they structure their work. Her sessions focus on workflow design, not interpersonal dynamics.

19. Thomas Reed

Thomas Reed works with family businesses and small enterprises in Northwest Washington. He uses the Working Genius framework to help business owners understand why friction emerges as businesses grow and why adding more talented people sometimes makes the problem worse. His sessions reveal how genius mismatches show up as interpersonal conflict.

Thomas's facilitation includes live role negotiation and task reassignment exercises. Team members name the tasks they find draining, then work together to redistribute those tasks to people who find them energising. The result is often a noticeable shift in team morale and productivity within weeks.

Core strength: Thomas helps business owners see that genius mismatches are not personality problems. They are design problems. His facilitation reframes conflict as a structural issue that can be solved by reassigning work rather than managing people differently.

VANCOUVER AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON

Southwest Washington has a growing group of certified Working Genius facilitators serving corporate teams, nonprofits, healthcare organisations, and school districts. These facilitators bring practical, grounded approaches to applying the model in organisations where teams are lean and every role matters.

20. Patricia Collins

Patricia Collins facilitates Working Genius sessions for healthcare teams in Vancouver and the surrounding region. She works with clinic administrators, hospital department heads, and nonprofit health organisations where staff morale is low and turnover is high. Her sessions help leaders see why certain team members are exhausted not because of workload but because of the type of work they are assigned.

Patricia's approach includes a pre-session diagnostic. She interviews key team members before the workshop to identify where genius mismatches are most acute. This allows her to design the session around the specific pain points the team is experiencing rather than running a generic assessment debrief.

Core strength: Patricia helps healthcare leaders understand that retention is not just about pay and benefits. People leave when they spend most of their working hours outside their genius. Her sessions give leaders a roadmap for reassigning tasks in ways that reduce burnout without reducing output.

21. Steven Brooks

Steven Brooks works with corporate teams and professional services firms in Southwest Washington. He brings the Working Genius model into organisations where the strategy is sound but execution is inconsistent. His sessions reveal why certain initiatives move quickly while others stall for months despite equal resourcing.

Steven uses the Working Genius model to map entire project lifecycles. Teams identify which stage of a project requires which genius, then assign people accordingly. The result is faster execution and less frustration for team members who were previously working outside their strengths.

Signature approach: Steven runs a live project audit during his sessions. Teams bring a stalled initiative into the room, map it against the six Working Genius types, and identify exactly where the genius gap is. Most teams leave with a clear next step and a reassigned owner.

22. Michelle Foster

Michelle Foster facilitates Working Genius sessions for nonprofit organisations in Southwest Washington. She works with executive directors and programme teams who are mission-driven but operationally fragmented. Her sessions help nonprofit leaders see why some team members thrive in community engagement but avoid administrative work, and why forcing everyone to do everything creates resentment rather than flexibility.

Michelle's workshops include a post-session implementation plan tailored to the resource constraints nonprofits face. She helps teams identify which tasks can be reassigned, which tasks can be eliminated, and which tasks require hiring or outsourcing based on genius gaps that cannot be filled internally.

Signature method: Michelle runs a task audit during her sessions. Every team member lists their current responsibilities, rates each task by how energising or draining it feels, then maps those tasks to their Working Genius profile. The mismatches become immediately visible, and the conversation shifts from blame to design.

23. Gregory Daniels

Gregory Daniels works with school leadership teams across Southwest Washington. He facilitates Working Genius sessions for principals, deputy principals, and senior staff who feel the weight of competing demands and limited capacity. His sessions help school leaders see why certain staff members excel in student-facing work but struggle with administrative tasks, and why forcing everyone to do both creates burnout.

Gregory's approach includes a follow-up process designed for the school calendar. He schedules mid-year and end-of-year check-ins to help leadership teams adjust task assignments as staff needs and school priorities shift. This ongoing support ensures that the genius-based structure remains functional across the academic year.

Why school leaders choose him: Gregory understands that schools cannot hire their way out of genius mismatches. His facilitation focuses on redistributing existing work in ways that honour each staff member's strengths without adding to anyone's workload.

STATEWIDE AND REMOTE FACILITATORS

Some certified Working Genius facilitators in Washington State work remotely or serve organisations across multiple regions. These practitioners bring the model into organisations through virtual sessions, hybrid workshops, and multi-day intensives designed for geographically dispersed teams.

24. Nicole Rivera

Nicole Rivera facilitates virtual Working Genius sessions for corporate teams and nonprofit organisations across Washington State. She works with geographically dispersed teams where in-person workshops are not feasible. Her sessions use breakout rooms, live polling, and digital collaboration tools to create the same level of engagement as in-person facilitation.

Nicole's approach includes a post-session digital dashboard. Teams receive a shared workspace where they can track task reassignments, monitor genius-based role changes, and flag new friction points as they emerge. This ongoing visibility ensures that the changes made during the session actually stick.

What remote teams gain: Nicole helps leaders see that virtual facilitation is not a compromise. Her sessions are designed specifically for remote work dynamics. She understands the unique challenges of distributed teams and tailors her facilitation to address those challenges directly.

25. James Peterson

James Peterson works with corporate executive teams and family businesses across Washington State. He facilitates multi-day Working Genius intensives for organisations undergoing significant transition. His sessions are designed for leadership teams navigating succession, restructuring, or rapid growth where genius mismatches are compounding existing stress.

James's facilitation includes pre-session interviews with every executive team member, a two-day in-person workshop, and a 90-day follow-up process. This extended engagement allows teams to implement genius-based structural changes, test them under real conditions, and refine them based on what actually works.

Why executive teams book him: James understands that one-day workshops rarely produce lasting change in complex organisations. His multi-day intensives give teams the time and structure they need to redesign workflows, renegotiate roles, and build accountability systems that honour each person's genius.

Your leadership team already has the talent it needs. The question is whether the work is aligned with the people doing it. The facilitators on this list bring the Working Genius framework into your organisation, run the assessment with your team, and translate the results into structural changes that reduce friction and increase throughput. To understand how to make those changes stick beyond the session, read the guide on building a Working Genius culture.

Your next step is simple. Reach out to one of the facilitators listed here. Bring them into your next leadership offsite. Run the Working Genius assessment with your team. Then redesign your workflows based on what the assessment reveals.