How to align your team How do you access the collective wisdom of the Head Center of Intelligence to align your team? Every team, if they want to become high-performing, needs to create a collective mind-share, a way of aligning
Archive | Coaching
What makes a great team: part 1 | the AAA model
What makes a team go from just OK to good? What helps a good team become a great one? I use a simple concept called AAA: alignment, attunement and acceleration. I was first exposed to the first two elements of
Metaphors and the Enneagram
We love using metaphors in our Enneagram work, whether it be training programs, coaching, books, social media, and the list goes on and on. There is a very good reason for this. From a neuroscience perspective, metaphor activates more parts
Enneagram-Based Organization Work: The 3 Pillars
Enneagram work in organizations is serious work that requires knowledge and skills beyond knowing the Enneagram at a basic level. Here are some thoughts from my three decades of organizational work using the Enneagram. REQUIRED FOR ALL INDIVIDUALS USING ENNEAGRAM
Typing Gifts and Typing Potholes
Lately, I’ve been supporting a number of people in their ability and agility in guiding people to their Enneagram type. In doing this, some patterns have emerged about the ways in which each of us, depending on our Enneagram type,
The Four Agreements (Don Miguel Ruiz) | Body center types
This third blog in a three-part series of provocative techniques help us examine our firmly-held beliefs and assumptions. The Four Agreements based on the work of Don Miguel Ruiz is a deep and penetrating way to do this. This approach
The Work (Byron Katie) | Heart center types
This second blog in a three-part series of provocative techniques help us examine our firmly-held beliefs and assumptions. The Work by Byron Katie is a powerful and clarifying way to do this. This approach can be used with Enneagram types
What If Challenges | Head Center types
This first blog in a three-part series of provocative techniques help us examine our firmly-held beliefs and assumptions. The What If Challenges are surprisingly simple, yet have the potential for a deep impact. This approach can be used with Enneagram
Insights about Insight by Mary Maddock
In the following blog from Mary Maddock, her insights about insight are applicable to learning the Enneagram, discovering type, training, coaching, consulting, problem solving, and more! ~ Think about a time when from nowhere, you had a moment of brilliance
How to be a great coaching client part 3 | body center clients 8, 9 and 1
To accelerate the positive impact of your coaching success, clients of each type can use the coaching experience and their reactions to coaching itself as a guide for their development. This 3rd blog in the three-part series offers possibilities for