Enneagarm 3-03

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Enneagram Training
V5.01
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What is the Enneagram?

• A system for understanding differences among
  people
• A productivity tool
• An alternative to seeing everyone as a better or
  less well developed version of me

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The Enneagram facilitates High Performance by
maximizing

• Understanding respect of self and others
• Collaboration
• Energy for productivity and creativity
• Freedom to respond effectively
• Fulfillment

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Endearing Differences

• Great leaders try to figure out and do a
  wonderful job of using peoples endearing
  differences rather than fighting against them.
• Marcus Buckingham 2001

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Proper Use of the Enneagram

• NOT an excuse for poor performance
• NOT a way to blame others
• A respectful, collaborative tool for maximizing
  performance

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The Enneagram Symbol
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You Are Not Your Personality

• Your personality is
• The vehicle youre riding in
• Lenses/filters through which you see the world
• Your patterns of perception and behavior

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Filters

• Whats the cost of being unaware
• of the filters through which we see?
• Dont realize our perceptions
• are skewed
• Less freedom to respond wisely
• Whats the benefit of knowing our filters?
• Greater access to wisdom
• More freedom of response

Awareness
Honesty
Acceptance
Loosening of filters
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Boxes

• The Enneagram
• Doesnt put people into boxes
• Helps us see the boxes were already in
• And how we might get out

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• Each Enneagram Type has nine
• Levels of Development

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The High Performance Levels
1
2
3
The Average Levels
4
5
6
The Acute/Chronic Stress Levels
7
8
9
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Levels of Development

• Important Distinction
• The Nine Levels of Development are not the same
  as the Nine Enneagram Types

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The Three-Dimensional Enneagram
High Performance
Average
Acute/Chronic Stress
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The Center of Gravity and Bandwidth
Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Level 4

Level 5

Level 6

Level 7

Level 8

Level 9

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Levels of Development Qualities
Freedom Flexibility Adaptability Out of the
Box Productivity Enjoyment Balanced
Stress/Tension Identified with Story Stuckness In
the Box Unbalanced Blame/Victim Dissatisfaction
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
High Performance
Average
Acute/Chronic Stress
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Degrees of Freedom

• What does it mean to have your options limited by
  your personality?
• The Fundamental Attribution Error applies less
  and less with higher levels of development

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Circles of Freedom High Performance
I have a personality. Im aware of its
patterns, and I generally express its high side.
Through self-awareness and self-honesty I notice
potentially destructive patterns and generally
make positive choices.
Me
My Personality
I experience a great deal of freedom to express
my highest values. I generally respond to myself
and others in ways that are respectful and
effective.
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Circles of Freedom Average Range
My Personality
Me
Sometimes I am my personality. I generally
function OK in life, but at times I find myself
in repetitive patterns that frustrate me and
others.
Me
Sometimes Im just fine. I enjoy life and I enjoy
my relationships. Other times I can feel tense,
heavy, or agitated, and neither my life nor my
relationships go as well as I think they could.
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Circles of Freedom Acute/Chronic Stress
My Personality
At times my thinking, feeling, and behavioral
patterns just seem to take control of me, and I
act in ways that can be very self-destructive or
hurtful to others.
Me
I must admit that I dont experience much
personal freedom. My patterns can control me at
times, and it greatly interferes with my life.
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Were Only One Type

• We have expressions of all types within us.
• We are each only one type. Were born that type,
  and die that type. What changes is our level of
  development within that type.
• No type is better than any other type.
• No two types naturally get along better or worse.
  

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Relying on External Behaviors leads to Mistyping

• Type reflects filters and inner motivations, not
  necessarily external behavior.
• Many factors could make us resemble other types.
• Never assume youre accurate in typing someone
  else. Check with them!

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Hiring using the Enneagram

• Type should NOT be used for hiring
• because it doesnt take development into account

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Why is it helpful to understand others types?

• Not to manipulate but to understand and work
  together more effectively
• High-level communication requires knowing others
  perspectives and filters
• Assisting each other in recognizing stress
  points, etc.

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Organizational Culture

• Organizational cultures have a type and the
  impact is powerful
• Changing organizational type is extremely
  difficult
• Effective change initiatives work to improve the
  organizations Level of Development

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Typing Yourself

• How do others see you?
• What do they most appreciate?
• What do they see as most difficult?
• What do you see as your most positive qualities?
• What are you biggest challenges?
• When theres been a lot of personal/professional
  development, think back to early adulthood (mid
  to late 20s)

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Use Score Sheet
Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Self



Highly likely
Could be
Unlikely X
Highly unlikely XX
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The Direction of Stress (Disintegration)
9

1


8

7

2

3
6

4
5

1 gt 4 gt 2 gt 8 gt 5 gt 7 gt 1
9 gt 6 gt 3 gt 9
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Direction of Integration (Security)
9

1
8

7

2

3

6

5

4

1 gt 7 gt 5 gt 8 gt 2 gt 4 gt 1
3 gt 6 gt 9 gt 3
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The Enneagram Triads

• Theres a lot more to learn from the Enneagram
  than just basic Type
• There are four distinct Triads (groups of three
  types)
• Each Triad adds more depth of understanding to
  our Type
• Each represents another perspective on qualities
  we share in common with other Types, and ways we
  differ

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The Four Triads

• Three Centers
• Hornevians (how we get our needs met)
• Harmonics (our initial response when we dont get
  what we want)
• Wallpaper (the emotional background)

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Three Centers
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1
8
INSTINCTIVE
7
2
THINKING
FEELING
3
6
4
5
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Three Triads
9
1
8
INSTINCTIVE
7
2
FEELING
THINKING
3
6
4
5
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Instinctive/Body Based/Anger Center

• Open and Relaxed True power, connected,
  presence, grounded, independence
• Tense and Resistant Not wanting to be controlled
  or messed with, anger, aggression, abuse or
  abdication of power

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Three Triads
9
1
8
INSTINCTIVE
7
2
FEELING
THINKING
3
6
4
5
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Feeling / Heart / Image Center

• Open and Relaxed Deep connection with our
  experience, true value, true identify,
  sensitivity, love
• Tense and Resistant Lose core self esteem,
  creation of an image, construct an identify to be
  appreciated

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Three Triads
9
1
8
INSTINCTIVE
7
2
FEELING
THINKING
3
6
4
5
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Mental / Thinking / Fear Center

• Open and Relaxed Inner guidance, quiet mind,
  faith, trust, confidence, serenity
• Tense and Resistant Looks for guidance and
  support, fear, anxiety, worry, security-seeking,
  uncertainty

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The Hornevian Groups

• Related to work of Karen Horney
• Tells us
• How we get our needs met
• How we approach problems

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The Assertive Types

• Demand what they want
• Active and direct
• Expand rather than backing down, seeking
  protection or withdrawing
• Expect to be noticed
• Issues with processing feelings
• Accomplishment, status winning replace inner
  sense of authentic value

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The Dutiful Types

• Earn what they want by doing the right thing
• Being an extremely responsible person
• Compliant to demands of superego (internalized
  rules, principles, dictates)
• Drive to be of service
• Rules, beliefs systems replace true inner
  guidance

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The Withdrawn Types

• Withdraw/disengage to get their needs met
• Easily zone out into rich inner world of
  imagination and fantasy
• Generally not forcefully assertive or competitive
• Often prefer to stay out of spotlight
• Fantasies, thoughts moods replace real
  connection with the world

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The Harmonic Groups

• Reveal our initial reactions when we do not get
  our needs met
• Determine how we approach conflicts
• We expect others to use the same approach
• Very important in relationships and in conflict
  resolution

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Positive Outlook Group

• Look for something positive, the bright side
• Avoid seeing negatives in self dealing with
  problems

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Competency Group

• Put aside personal feelings to deal objectively
  with the problem
• Cool and detached, self-controlled logical
• Prefers to not deal with feelings

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Reactive Group

• Reacts emotionally and wants to let others know
  it and for
• Wants others to have same reactions or at least
  understand/mirror in order to move on

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The Wallpaper

• The Dominant Affect
• Unconscious emotional background we bring to all
  areas of our lives
• Major building blocks of the personality

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Attachment Wallpaper

• Holds onto whatever seems to work (even when it
  doesnt!)
• Attachment is the desire to maintain a
  comfortable stable relationship with people or
  things that are identified with

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Frustration Wallpaper

• I dont really know who I am unless Im
  frustrated (restless, uncomfortable,
  dissatisfied, impatient, agitated, needy)
• Frustration is the feeling that our comfort
  needs are not being sufficiently attended to
• Sometimes reverses and becomes the frustrater

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Rejection Wallpaper

• I have to constantly defend against rejection
• Rejection is the expectation of needing to defend
  oneself from being victimized by others seen as
  powerful or abusive
• Tendency to repress own needs and vulnerabilities

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The Spirit of the Enneagram

• Self-Awareness, Honesty, and Self-Kindness
• Allowing a shift in the direction of
• Maximum freedom to respond effectively
• More effective, respectful, collaborative
  relationships
• Increased productivity
• Increased fulfillment
• Being better human beings