Understanding the building blocks in relationships with shri santhosh babu

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ENNEAGRAM

Why is it important for leaders to be self aware
ODA Diagnostic Model

The Enneagram

Enneagram Types
4
8
7
6
5
9
1
2
3
Easy going/ Harmonious
Avoids conflict/ Puts things off
Fun loving/ Adventurous
Unfocussed/ Inconsistent
Challenging/ Direct
Aggressive/ Controlling
Dutiful/ Loyal
Skeptical/ Suspicious
Analytical/ Objective
Detached/ Unassertive
Creative/ Individualistic
Melancholic/ Self-absorbed
Result Oriented/ Confident
Workaholic/ Insensitive
Caring/ Tuned into feelings
Overly Accommodating/
Manipulating
Perfectionist/ Disciplined
Critical/ Rigid
Descriptive
Labels

TYPE 1: The Perfectionist
They need to be right. They require order.
They expect a lot from themselves and
from other people.
Some people need to get it right!!
Rational, Idealistic

Ones’ View of Leadership:
“My job is to set clear goals and inspire others to achieve the highest
quality”
Success oriented
High energy
Reads an audience well
Overcomes problems
vesnn
Overly competitive
Impatient with others’ feelings
Abrupt
Hides deep-level feelings
TIPS FOR ONES:
1. Replace being right with being effective
2. Delegate more
3. Have more fun at work
VES VES

FAMOUS TYPE 1 PERSONALITIES
Gandhi

TYPE 2. Helper
They are great at taking
care of you - right until
the moment when they
need something in
return.
I hope my friends will
like me !!

Twos’ View of Leadership:
“My job is to assess the strengths and weaknesses of team members
and to then motivate and facilitate people toward the achievement
of our organizational goals.”
Develops excellent relationships
Empathic
Supportive and generous
Optimistic
Accommodates
Indirect
Difficult saying no
Angry when unappreciated
TIPS FOR TWOS:
1. Learn to say no!
2. Help the organization become less dependent on you
3. Bring more objectivity and less emotional reactivity into your
leadership
VES VES

Nothing succeeds
like success!!
TYPE 3. The Achiever
Just do it. Look good
while you do it. Always
look the part.

Threes’ View of Leadership:
“My job is to create an environment that achieves results because
people understand the organization’s goals and structure.”
Leads by example
Strives for quality
Pursues perfection
Organized
Reactive
Overly critical
Defends when criticized
Unaware of own anger
TIPS FOR THREES:
1. Pay more attention to the impact on people
2. Curtail your competitiveness
3. Consciously tell the whole truth about yourself
VES VES

TYPE 4. The Individual
Creative, unique, appreciative of beauty and
suitably tragic.
Artists and loners - need we say more?
Sensitive, Expressive.
Self Absorbed
Yup ! I am the natural artist !!

Fours’ View of Leadership:
“My job is to create organizations that give people meaning and
purpose so that they are inspired to do excellent work.”
Seeks meaning through
interpersonal connection
Inspiring
Creative
Introspective
Intense
Self-conscious
Moody
Easily bored
TIPS FOR FOURS:
1. Focus on others more than yourself
2. Turn down you intensity
3. Learn to forgive and let go
VES VES

TYPE 5. The Thinker
They like the perspective
and they are a little too
sensitive for the rough-and-
tumble of the playing field.
Knowledge is
power!!

Fives’ View of Leadership:
“My job is to create an effective organization through research,
deliberation and planning, so that all systems fit together and
people are working on a common mission.”
Analytic
Insightful
Objective
Systematic
Detached
Aloof
Unassertive
Underemphasizes relationships
TIPS FOR FIVES:
1. Focus on team interdependence
2. Pay more attention to politics
3. Stop strategizing and start acting
VES VES

TYPE 6. The Defender
Loyal, skeptical, anxious: they’ll either run
headlong into danger or headlong away from it.
Committed,
Engaging
What if I am wrong??
Responsible, Anxious

Sixes’ View of Leadership:
“My job is to solve organizational problems by developing a
creative problem-solving environment in which each person feels
that he or she is part of the solution.”
Loyal to company
Responsible
Practical
Collaborative
Suspicious
Worrying
Overly compliant / overly defiant
Dislikes ambiguity
TIPS FOR SIXES:
1. Deal with your authority issues
2. Learn to manage your anxiety
3. Cultivate worthy adversaries
VES VES

TYPE 7. Enthusiast
Chances are, there
are 7s in the thick of
the action. They like
to go wide - not deep;
they like to laugh;
they like variety.
Busy, Fun-Loving
Spontaneous,
Versatile
If you want to
be happy…
‘BE HAPPY’

Sevens’ View of Leadership:
“My job is to get people excited and to create innovative ventures so
that the organization can take advantage of new and important
business opportunities.”
Imaginative and creative
Enthusiastic
Curious
Engaging
Impulsive
Unfocussed
Rebellious
Avoids painful situations
TIPS FOR SEVENS:
1. Slow your pace
2. Find the truth in criticism
3. Complete your task
VES VES

TYPE 8. Challenger
I will protect you with my life
- just don’t get in my way.
I get to challenge - you get to
follow.
Powerful, Dominating
Power with
justice: is that
too much to ask?
Decisive, Willful

Eights’ View of Leadership:
“My job is to move the organization forward by leading decisively,
getting capable and reliable people into the right jobs, and
empowering competent people to take action.”
Direct
Self-confident and authorative
Highly strategic
Overcomes obstacles
Controlling
Demanding
High expectations - self & others
Impatient
TIPS FOR EIGHTS:
1. Never yell at work
2. Be careful about blaming others
3. Consider opposing points of view
VES VES

TYPE 9. Peacemaker
Gentle, empathetic people who
will go the extra mile - as long
as it doesn't create any conflict.
Conflict puts them to sleep
watch out when they wake up!
Peace - at
almost any
price.

Nines’ View of Leadership:
“My job is to help achieve the collective mission by creating a
clearly structured and harmonious work environment.”
Diplomatic
Assimilates big picture through
attention to operational details
Easygoing
Consistent
Avoids conflicts
Unassertive
Indecisive
Procrastinates
TIPS FOR NINES:
1. Assertive yourself more
2. Emphasize what is most important
3. Move things off your desk
VES VES

Next Steps
1) Enneagram and Leadership - one day workshop on for FICCI members
2) Lead Self including Enneagram - Two day workshop for FICCI members
company employees
3) Vision Quest – workshop for senior leaders to in-depth work on Lead Self

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