Warning–This post is for true Enneagram geeks! I was recently asked on a Facebook forum about my view on the instinctual biases and how they differed from some of the other perspectives; here is my response. Note that I will be part of panel discussion on this topic with Russ Hudson, Peter O’Hanrahan, and Beatrice Chestnut in April 2020 in Cincinnati. It is being organized by the International Enneagram Association and more info can be found via the IEA at www.internationalenneagram.org. Yes, my approach tends to be closer to Russ… Read More
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Back to Basics: Peter Drucker and What Makes an Effective Executive
One occupational challenge I face is trying to stay current with the literature on management and leadership. As in every other field, we have more access to more ideas than those even a generation ago could have ever imagined. In addition to internet-based information, there are a number of good business magazines and newspapers to keep up on and each week brings compelling new titles to the local bookstore. The world is always changing (the rapid rate of technological change presents a significant set of new challenges and opportunities for… Read More
An Overview of the Three Instinctual Biases
The three instinctual biases–Preserving, Navigating, and Transmitting–are focuses of attention or systems of values that cause us to focus more on some aspects of life and less on others.
The Awareness to Action Approach to the Enneagram: The Nine Strategies
In this video I describe the nine adaptive strategies at the heart of the Awareness to Action Approach to the Enneagram.
Being Mindful
Flipping through a recent issue of a prominent business magazine, I came across yet another article on how organizations are flocking to “mindfulness” training based on traditional Eastern practices. In fact, according to the article some 22% of companies offer such mindfulness training for their employees. There is a lot to be said for such practices, but there is more than one way to become mindful and I prefer the kind of mindfulness work that focuses on developing relaxed, deliberate, and purposeful thought rather than simply breathing and observing our… Read More
Enneagram 9 Types Description
The map we use for identifying personality types is called the Enneagram (pronounced “ANY-a-gram”). The Enneagram diagram consists of a triangle and a hexagon enclosed within a circle. These elements combine to create nine points along the circle (“ennea” is Greek for “nine”; “gram” means “drawing”). In the early 1970s, personality theorists started mapping observations about personality to this diagram. Over time, numerous schools of thought sprang up about this system and it is used by consultants, psychologists, social workers, and educators across the globe. (Adapted from “Awareness to Action:… Read More
From Awareness to Action: Emotional Intelligence, the Enneagram, and Change : A Guide to Improving Performance
Innovative in its approach and application, From Awareness to Action, brings together the Ennegram, emotional intelligence, and the Ennegram Change Cycle to create an enormously useful tool for improving performance in any field.
Read MoreConciencia En Accion: Eneagrama, Inteligencia Emocional Y Cambio (Spanish Edition)
Conciencia en acción es un libro innovador en su enfoque y aplicaciones, y reúne el eneagrama, la inteligencia emocional y el proceso que conduce de la conciencia a la acción con el fin de crear una herramienta sumamente poderosa para mejorar el rendimiento en cualquier campo.Este libro discurre sobre la inteligencia emocio
Read MoreThe Missing Piece in Creating Change
Most advice on how to change is very straightforward (and simplistic): Become aware of your patterns and what you need to do differently, then make a plan for doing the new behavior. Of course, if it were that easy, everyone would keep their New Year’s resolutions and the whole self-help industry would fade into irrelevance. Executive coaches like me would have to get real jobs… We all know that change is not easy. The reason that most attempts to change fail is because they overlook a critical step between “become aware” and “act… Read More
Instinctual Leadership
Each of us has a particular area of instinctual focus that can significantly affect our leadership style. These instinctual biases incline us to pay more attention to some things and to neglect others, often to our detriment. In a very real sense, because it shapes our focus of attention, our bias shapes what we value. This post identifies those instinctual biases and explores how they influence our leadership style–and what we can do to be more effective. To understand these biases, it helps to imagine watching a documentary about peacocks–yes, peacocks. The first segment of the… Read More