Understanding the people you lead is essential to leading them effectively. Different motivations require different approaches. This is part of an ongoing 9-part series exploring how each Enneagram type functions in the workplace. Throughout this series, I’ll break down what drives each type, how they contribute, what they need to succeed, and how you can work with and lead them more intentionally. Today, we’re diving into Type 6: The Loyal Sceptic.
Read MoreUnderstanding the people you lead is essential to leading them effectively. Different motivations require different approaches. This is part 5 of an ongoing 9-part series exploring how each Enneagram type functions in the workplace. Throughout this series, I’ll break down what drives each type, how they contribute, what they need to succeed, and how you can work with and lead them more intentionally. Today, we’re diving into Type 5: The Quiet Specialist.
Read MoreUnderstanding the people you lead is essential to leading them effectively. Different motivations require different approaches. This is part 4 of an ongoing 9-part series exploring how each Enneagram type functions in the workplace. Throughout this series, I’ll break down what drives each type, how they contribute, what they need to succeed, and how you can work with and lead them more intentionally. Today, we’re diving into Type 4: The Intense Creative.
Read MoreUnderstanding the people you lead is essential to leading them effectively. Different motivations require different approaches. This is part 3 of an ongoing 9-part series exploring how each Enneagram type functions in the workplace. Throughout this series, I’ll break down what drives each type, how they contribute, what they need to succeed, and how you can work with and lead them more intentionally. Today, we’re diving into Type 3: The Competitive Achiever.
Read MoreUnderstanding the people you lead is essential to leading them effectively. Different motivations require different approaches. This is part of an ongoing 9-part series exploring how each Enneagram type functions in the workplace. Throughout this series, I’ll break down what drives each type, how they contribute, what they need to succeed, and how you can work with and lead them more intentionally. Today, we’re diving into Type 2: The Considerate Helper.
Read MoreUnderstanding the people you lead is essential to leading them effectively. Different motivations require different approaches. This is the beginning of a 9-part series exploring how each Enneagram type functions in the workplace. Throughout this series, I’ll break down what drives each type, how they contribute, what they need to succeed, and how you can work with and lead them more intentionally. The first enneagram type that we’ll be delving into is Type 1: The Strict Perfectionist.
Read MoreYou can’t coach someone you don’t understand. You can try. You can give them advice, share a podcast, or book the 1:1. But if your feedback doesn’t speak to the part of them that matters, it won’t stick. That’s why we lean on the Enneagram at Allen Leigh. Not because it’s trendy, but because it helps us see what’s underneath the behaviour. And that’s where coaching lives.
Read MoreThink about what it would take for you to feel motivated to get up at 7 o’clock on a Saturday to mow the lawn. Does it align with the motivation of your Enneagram type? Let’s think about what it from the perspective of each Enneagram type’s motivation to mow their lawn in the morning.
Read MoreThe Enneagram is getting a lot of traction these days, even vying with the Myers Briggs as the most popular personality test for leader-managers. What makes the Enneagram rival tests like the Myers Briggs? Where traditional personality frameworks, like the Myers Briggs, focus on classifying personality types based on behaviour, the Enneagram peels back the onion and looks at our deepest form of motivation (i.e. why we do what we do?)
Read MoreThe Enneagram 8 is a powerhouse within the Enneagram personality system. Highly attuned to boundaries and respect, and guided by their gut, the Enneagram 8 Leader is quick to make decisions and believes that offence is the best defence. When aligned 8 teams are unstoppable, but when misaligned 8 teams can get into serious trouble.
Read MoreThe Enneagram to be an incredibly valuable addition to our leadership suite of assessments. Where many other tools provide insights into patterns, tendencies and preferences, the Enneagram exposes strategies but also weakness in relying solely on one method of success. For leaders to be relevant to all those who follow them, they need to become more flexible in their approach and be more willing to let the other sides of them show up.
Read MoreAs a leader, although your Enneagram type is powerful, the connecting lines become your secret weapon to true ultimate performance. I was recently describing the lines to a senior leader and used the analogy of ski poles to help. I compare the power of the lines to skiing with no poles. Without poles, a skier is limited to their ability to tackle moguls and tough terrain and limits dexterity and balance. With them the skier is freer to be themselves, can take on multiple challenges, and is swifter down the hill with fewer falls and downtime.
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