One of the skills conscious leaders develop is the awareness of when they are operating on automatic and when those automatic patterns are no longer serving them. Without this discernment, you tend to think you are playing to your strengths and that other people are the problem.

Often, the very things that we are good at can show up as areas for improvement in a review. Learn how the core needs of each Enneagram type lead to inevitable problems for teams.

Aristotle argued that virtues lie between deficiency and excess - and there is more and more evidence that suggests that success doesn’t come from playing to your strengths. It comes from using your strengths in the right situations at the right times. Explore the shadow side of the strengths on your team for each of the Enneagram types.

Explore the three conflict styles in more depth so that you can better understand the people you work with. Often, coworkers come at situations from a different perspective on the best way to resolve tension or move things forward…

The different ways we try to get what we want, if misunderstood, can be a source of conflict or confusion on teams. Understanding how your team is wired can help reduce friction on your team and help build a solid foundation of trust.

I created a free resource that explains the most common mistakes managers make and what you can do to avoid them.

As the leader of your business, your job is to become the strategic CEO your business needs you to be. But did you know that the Enneagram provides a personalized growth path for each of the personality types? This video outlines the 4 specific ways you can use your Enneagram type to grow as a leader.

Are you a stressed-out entrepreneur who can’t seem to make progress on your goals? What most people aren’t telling you is that entrepreneurship is a process of personal evolution. Learn more about why I work with entrepreneurs and the #1 tool I’ve found to help you grow your business in this video.

Challenging your leadership paradigm may be the key to becoming a good leader

The origins of the Enneagram represent a rich tradition of seeking self-awareness that spans time, culture, ethnicity, and ideology. Its history is a bit mysterious, but I break it down for you in this post.

Strong leadership is essential to the long-term success of your organization. And working with the Enneagram can help you personally grow your leadership capacity. But if you don’t have strong teams, you are at a serious handicap. The type of solutions that are needed to navigate an increasingly complex world requires mental flexibility and emotional intelligence that most people are lacking.

What is your go-to coping strategy when you are dealing with all that life throws at you? The Enneagram teaches that you adopt a specific pattern of behavior that is in response to a core belief and fear. These actions are always taken to avoid a feeling you don’t want to have or to pursue a feeling you are craving. And most of the time this happens outside of your conscious awareness.⁣ Explore the unconscious coping strategy of each of the Enneagram types.

What are you paying attention to? Did you know that our personality creates a filter on reality that has you paying closer attention to some inputs and completely ignoring others?⁣ Each of the 9 Types has a way of organizing life around core ideas about self and life that feels necessary, right, and real. What you organize your life around is related to where you naturally put your attention. ⁣

The thing about our strengths is that too much of a good thing can become a problem. When I’m teaching about the Enneagram types, I like to talk about the superpowers of each type. We are all naturally good at certain things because of the way we see the world and what we value the most. And that same superpower can become an Achilles heel if we aren’t paying attention. Let’s explore how this looks a little different for each of the types…

I know you want to find your Enneagram type, like right now. And I don’t blame you! But as you may have found out - the Enneagram system is more nuanced and complex than other personality systems. A lot of people have trouble identifying their type, so you are not alone! There are a handful of options people use to find their type, including…