16: Enneagram 101: 8 Ways The Enneagram Builds Stronger Communication in Business

EnneaTalk Tuesday: The 8 ways the Enneagram can bring success to your business <br /><br />Another week means another EnneaTalk Tuesday—and you definitely don’t want to miss this episode. For this week’s topic, I discuss how the Enneagram can be used in business to increase productivity, motivation, and profits. I introduce the eight different ways this tool can help lead your company to success and how, if you have the right type, it can help not only refine your management skills, but build the culture you and your employees seek.<br /><br />Listen to this week’s episode to see how the Enneagram can move the needle in your business’ culture, communication, and profit. <br /><br />Habits, Patterns, and the Enneagram<br /><br />Have you ever wondered how your communication style might affect those around you? When it comes to work, everyone has different ingrained patterns and modes of process. I open this episode by covering every personality type’s unhealthy habits in business and how the Enneagram can be used to identify and break them. <br /><br />How understanding yourself can help your business thrive<br /><br />The key to being a good leader is knowing your own strengths and weaknesses, so the core piece to implementing this tool into your business is to first use it to understand yourself—so you can truly learn to see, hear, and understand others.<br /><br />I dig into how the Enneagram can help you develop self-awareness, as well as understand and speak the same language as those you lead. This can help to resolve conflicts easier, communicate effectively, and recognize other’s gifts in order to help them, and your business, grow.<br /><br />Building culture that cultivates creativity and engagement<br /><br />I discuss how environment is stronger than willpower and why it is important to create a healthy culture that empowers, encourages, and makes people want to come back—so there is no boundary to how far your business can go. <br /><br />Investing in the Enneagram can help build a culture of motivati