The Enneagram

A lot of companies are now talking about the importance of behaviours and how improvements in this area can enhance business performance.

Outcome of using Enneagram

Using the enneagram will improve communication. By understanding what drives us and others, we can make more space in our lives for things that matter, and the workplace can become an environment of respect, and clear strategy instead of firefighting.

How hard is it

It is a deceptively simple tool whilst offering a phenomenal amount of information. It provides detailed descriptions of an employee’s personality, whilst providing clear growth paths. It is likely that the Enneagram as a personality and motivation test will eventually replace or augment existing applications in business.

In practice

The system enables staff to identify values, habit patterns and attitudes which distinguish them from others in the company. The Enneagram works primarily on the 3 centres we each work from: intellect (head), emotion (heart) and instinct (body). It shows how we behave in stress, and also when feeling secure.

Who uses Enneagram

Many organisations around the world are working with the Enneagram, such as Motorola, and the United Nations. If you want to reduce meeting times, and create an environment of open communication, where people can learn how and why they act in relation to others, then this is probably the only humanistic, dynamic tool which will enable people to develop from their own starting point and has no limit! For sales teams, gaining an understanding of their emotional approaches and resulting behaviours can have a dramatic impact on their outcomes.

The benefits

We all need to make better use of our time at work, and this helps you to do it. As a tool for improving coaching and developing yourself and others, the Enneagram probably has no equal! Unlike psychometric tests, this is a living system, which enables people to understand rapidly their own attentional style, and how that impacts everything they do.