What is the first step to becoming a better leader? Self-awareness. Ian Cron, author of The Road Back To You, is an expert on the Enneagram and host of the popular podcast, Typology. Ian uses the Enneagram personality-typing assessment as a tool to help leaders foster self-awareness. On this episode, we dig into the nine personality types and the do’s and don’ts for leading each type. If you are interested in taking the Enneagram assessment, click here.
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Show Notes
- How to use the Enneagram- and how not to use it (1:52)
- Using the Enneagram as a parent (6:04)
- How you can explore your Enneagram type (7:48)
- Understanding your Enneagram type (11:33)
- Healthy, average, and unhealthy ranges within your type (13:55)
- The underlying motivations of the 9 types (18:39)
- Type 1: The Perfectionist (20:10)
- Type 2: The Helper (21:26)
- Type 3: The Performer (22:40)
- Type 4: The Romantic (23:55)
- Type 5: The Investigator (24:44)
- Type 6: The Loyalist (26:14)
- Type 7: The Enthusiast (30:00)
- Type 8: The Challenger (31:34)
- Type 9: The Peacemaker (37:32)
- Leadership starts with self-awareness (39:35)
- How to use the Enneagram within your team (41:27)
- The motivators behind each type (42:51)
- Ian’s podcast Typology (45:49)
Resources / People Mentioned
- The Enneagram
- iEQ9– take the assessment
- Typology podcast
- The Road Back To You by Ian Morgan Cron
- The Soul of An Octopus by Sy Montgomery
- Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life by James Hollis
- The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Leo Tolstoy, author
- Desmond Tutu
- Yo-Yo Ma, musician
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