Lead with the Enneagram with Host Tracy O’Malley
Business:Entrepreneurship
111: The #1 Thing I’m Asked About the Enneagram (other than Mistyping)
2021-01-07
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How do I know what Enneagram type I’m talking to?
It’s irresponsible to go around typing people based on behaviors and without permission—what you see usually isn’t what motivates people.
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If we start telling people what Enneagram type they are without getting to the root cause of things, we’re doing people a HUGE disservice.
My kids didn’t even know about the Enneagram until four years after I’d really started learning about it. I tell you this because there are a lot of schools of thought around children and the Enneagram. I’m one of those that totally believes you can narrow down the type of your children without labeling them.
The Enneagram is a tool, after all.
In the first four years, I knew for sure I had one of the kids in the heart triad and the other in the head triad. Knowing that, six other types for each were eliminated.
Knowing at least what triad you’re dealing with when leading others—whether in your business or family—goes a LONG way.
Speak as if the person in question were the type you think they are, and you’ll know when you land.
I started doing this with my kids and it worked, but it wasn’t until years later that I told them what I’d been up to.
When you’re leading people and want to bring out the best in them and empower them, you have to know what motivates them. And narrowing down who you’re speaking to based on their triad helps ENORMOUSLY with this.
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It’s irresponsible to go around typing people based on behaviors and without permission—what you see usually isn’t what motivates people.
Listen now
If we start telling people what Enneagram type they are without getting to the root cause of things, we’re doing people a HUGE disservice.
My kids didn’t even know about the Enneagram until four years after I’d really started learning about it. I tell you this because there are a lot of schools of thought around children and the Enneagram. I’m one of those that totally believes you can narrow down the type of your children without labeling them.
The Enneagram is a tool, after all.
In the first four years, I knew for sure I had one of the kids in the heart triad and the other in the head triad. Knowing that, six other types for each were eliminated.
Knowing at least what triad you’re dealing with when leading others—whether in your business or family—goes a LONG way.
Speak as if the person in question were the type you think they are, and you’ll know when you land.
I started doing this with my kids and it worked, but it wasn’t until years later that I told them what I’d been up to.
When you’re leading people and want to bring out the best in them and empower them, you have to know what motivates them. And narrowing down who you’re speaking to based on their triad helps ENORMOUSLY with this.
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