In order to live the leadership of letting go, it can be helpful to gain more insight into the sources of our need to control. While there are many sources, some of the more productive ones to investigate are linked to our personality. The Enneagram is a model of personality that sheds light on our [...]
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The Leadership of Letting Go, Part 1
The Leadership Think Tank group on Linked In has been discussing the difference between leadership and management for several months now. The discussion shows no signs of running out of steam.
One fundamental difference between leadership and management revolves around (the need for) control. The tools of management benefit from control over the situation or the [...]
Ask the Enneagram Coach, Part 2
Ginger Lapid-Bogda’s The Enneagram in Business portal contains an “Ask the Coach” feature, where a coach of each Type answers the same question about coaching, to give a flavor of the different possible perspectives. Ginger asked me to be the Type 9 – or Peacemaker – representative on this panel. Here’s my answer to the [...]
Ask the Coach, Part 1
Ginger Lapid-Bogda recently launched The Enneagram in Business portal. The learning portal is part of this great resource, with great contributors such as Jerry Wagner (describing the Types or Styles in detail) and Bea Chestnut (on the Sub-types). There’s also an “Ask the Coach” feature, where a coach of each Type answers the same question [...]
google reminds me how not to market
Nobody’s perfect, not even the company that runs with the motto “don’t be evil”. Google wrote me a letter, dated October 7, that gives me, a user of google maps, a €50 voucher to advertize using Google AdWords. So far, so generous. The voucher is valid until 31 October … and only arrived this afternoon, [...]
What Type of Leader am I?
I came across an online Enneagram test today; it pegged me correctly as a 9w8. Looking around the site, I noticed a Famous Leader test, which comes in different sizes. When I took the nine question version of the test, my style came out to be Albert Einstein.
What Famous Leader Are You?
personality tests by similarminds.com
With [...]
Today’s the day!
It’s been a hectic few weeks, probably interesting to reflect on from a project management perspective, but that’s not where my thoughts are today. After the thriller with the paperwork (I nearly lost my “J” thanks to a mix-up in the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs), and whether my father would escape from the clutches [...]
Twitter Goes Enneagram Teachers’ Weekend, Part 3
You may need to read Part 0 of this series to make sense of what follows.
The morning began with an hour of meditation, followed by a repetitive question.
cj76530: Repetitive question for all #enneagram Types: what does development mean for you?
Repetitive Question is an excellent instrument [...]
Twitter goes Enneagram Teachers Weekend, Part 2
You may need to read Parts 0 and 1 of this series to make some sense of what follows.
As ever, at such events, the side conversations are the best; especially the misunderstandings. I had so much fun discussing different approaches to leadership development after lunch that I missed out on the Gurdjieff Movements hour. Oh, [...]
Twitter goes German Enneagram Teachers’ Weekend, Part 1
You may need to read Part 0 of this series to make some sense of what follows.
The context for all the comments is that people were discussing about how they have developed and matured over the years: what was helpful, what was more challenging. Although the focus was not on professional life, there’s still a [...]
