The MTL Professional Development Programme is a collection of 202 PowerPoint presentations that will provide you with step-by-step summaries of a key management or personal development skill. This presentation is on "Twos, the Need to be Needed" and will give you an in-depth view of the Enneagram personality type two, the need to be needed.

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TWOs, THE NEED TO BE
NEEDED
Caring, selfless, empathic
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Twos, the Need
to be Needed
Introduction: If you look at the Enneagram model, at number 2 is the type that
needs to be needed. This type is in the Feeling group, those who relate to the world
through their feelings for others. From this type come some of the most caring and
also some of the most manipulative people. This type shows us the world of love in
all its many forms.”

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Two’s communicate effortlessly
1. TWOS ARE
HELPERS
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Twos, known as Helpers, are the "people" people
of the Enneagram. They remind us that
organisations do not exist without the people in
them and the communications between them.
Twos probably know and are known by more
people than any other type. They move
effortlessly across, as well as up and down, the
organisation's structures. They put no limits on
what they will do to help others, even if
sometimes such offers of help are accompanied
by emotional strings of dependency.

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2. A SUMMARY
OF TWOS
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Two’s are natural carers
Group: heart or "feeling" group
Label: helpers, givers
Roles: the Jewish Momma, the queen bee, the
guardian angel, the gatekeeper, the agony aunt,
the well-meaning gossip
Drive: the need to be needed
Sin: pride
Routes to growth: looking inside themselves
Characteristics: outgoing; friendly; caring;
sympathetic; optimistic; sweet; seductive;
helpful; concerned; quick to form friendships;
likeable; others-oriented; gossipy; nosey.

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Two’s mix easily with others
3. HOW TO
RECOGNISE A
TWO
Twos are people who have the ability to make
instant contact with others. They are often rapid
talkers because their emotions flow quicker than
their thoughts. Theirs is a direct, plain-speaking,
everyday language. Twos can adjust themselves
according to who they're talking to. They can
easily slip into the current idiom, parlance or way
of speaking. Their motives are, or appear to be,
heartfelt and genuine and they therefore make
good listeners, sentence-finishers, gossips and
advisors.

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4. THE TWO AT
WORK
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Two’s can be relied on not to miss a celebration
It can be exhausting being a Two boss. They
remember all the personal details about their
team. They never forget a birthday, a date for a
meeting, a team celebration or the welcome for a
new member of the team. They love nothing
better than for others to pour their heart out to
them. Twos expect others to show their thanks in
compliant ways - by leading their lives in the ways
Twos want. When this fails to happen, Two bosses
feel like giving up on their ungrateful staff - until
the next time someone needs them.

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Atwo organisation is like a happy family
5. THE TWO-
TYPE
ORGANISATION
A Two organisation has the following features: a.
human resource policies are centre-stage; b.
customers' needs are met; c. the organisation
should be one big happy family; d. the style is one
of caring and supporting; e. decisions are taken
by consensus; f. soft female traits are prized
above hard male traits; g. Emotional Quotient
(EQ) is a prized management virtue; h. there is
always a collection box going round for someone
who is leaving, pregnant, getting married, or
retiring.

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6.
NOTEWORTHY
TWO'S
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Diana said, "I'd like to be a queen of people's hearts."
Some noteworthy Twos include: Mother Teresa of
Calcutta, missionary nun; Diana, Princess of
Wales; Eva Peron, wife of Argentina's dictator in
the 1950's; Abraham of the Bible, father of a
nation; Mary Magdalene; John Keats, poet;
Luciano Pavarotti, opera singer.

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Esther Rantzen, a confirmedTwo type
7. "SEX AND
LOVE ARE
FASCINATING"
Esther Rantzen is a broadcaster who set up the
child protection charity ChildLine. She is a Two
personality type. Here, she recalls her early years
as a student. "Sex and love are permanently
fascinating. In my teens, I fell in love with
somebody who was related to the Archbishop of
York. I was kissed for the first time when I was 16.
I kept my virginity right through university. There
were so many young men at Oxford that I
couldn't see how you'd ever stop. I had a serious
love affair with someone. He was a producer..."

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This has been a Slide Topic from Manage Train Learn
AFinal
Word
To discover the Twos on your team, ask yourself: "Who always has a kind word?” “Who likes to
match-make others?” and "Who can communicate easily with others?””