Enneagram

 

The Enneagram is a map of nine core patterns - the almost automatic ways we've each learned to move through the world, protect ourselves, and pursue what matters to us. It isn't a personality test, and it isn't about being boxed into a type. used well, it's the opposite of this: a way of seeing your own patterns clearly enough that they stop running you in the background, and start becoming something you can actually choose. A type is an entry point. From there, the assessment reveals how that type shifts under pressure or stress, how you tend to move toward or away from others, and where your specific version of that type differs from someone else who shares your same type. This is part of why no two people with the same type ever look the same.

I work with the Enneagram through the iEQ9 assessment, as an accredited practitioner. The assessment itself produces a report and the real work happens in what we do with what it reveals.

 

FOR INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

Most of us can name our strengths. It's harder to see the patterns underlying them - the specific ways we seek approval, avoid conflict, seek control, or protect ourselves from feeling something we'd rather not feel. These patterns often supported our early success in life. They can also, quietly, become a ceiling.

Working with your Enneagram profile gives us a precise, compassionate way into that terrain. We look at what drives your decisions under pressure, what you default to when you're depleted, and what becomes possible when you're leading from a fuller, more spacious version of yourself rather than a narrower, more automatic one. It's not about fixing something that is wrong with you. it's about meeting the parts of yourself that have been working hard on your behalf, often without much rest or acknowledgment, and finding more choice in how you lead from here.

 

FOR TEAMS

The same patterns that shape an individual leader shape how a whole team relates to each other, often invisibly. A team's Enneagram composition can explain a great deal: why certain conflicts keep recurring, why some voices go quiet in meetings, why collaboration feels effortful in ways no one can quite name - to name a few.

Working with a team's Enneagram profile builds a shared, compassionate language for these dynamics, replacing assumption and frustration with genuine understanding of why people show up the way they do. Teams leave this work with more empathy for each other, sharper self-awareness individually, and a stronger sense of how to work with each other's differences rather than around them.

 

HOW WE WORK TOGETHER

An Enneagram debrief is a single, standalone session. It tends to open doors that stay open for a while. Some clients begin here before moving into a longer-term coaching partnership. Others weave it into an existing coaching partnership when it's the right moment to go deeper. Either way, the assessment is only the doorway and what matters is what we do with what it reveals.

If you're considering this for yourself or your team and would like to know more about how it actually works - the process, the timeline, and the cost involved - reach out and I'm happy to walk you through it.

 

If you're curious about what your own patterns might reveal, for yourself and/or for your team, you can Book a Free Exploratory Call.