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So, You Want to Teach the Enneagram in Organizations… (Part 6)
Avoid Talking About Spirituality Unless the Client Brings It Up By Mario Sikora Yes, the Enneagram of personality is rooted in “psychospiritual” practices and, yes, it has of late been spreading like wildfire in churches across the US. However, the Enneagram of...
So, You Want to Teach the Enneagram in Organizations… (Part 5)
Be Humble, Especially About Assessment By Mario Sikora Inexperienced trainers and consultants think they have to know all the answers and that changing their minds will undermine their credibility. Experienced people, however,...
So, You Want to Teach the Enneagram in Organizations… (Part 4)
Start with the Instinctual Biases By Mario Sikora Yes, the "ennea” in “Enneagram” is Greek for “nine” and the Enneagram is generally understood as a model of nine personality types. But over the years of working with the system in organizations, I have come to...
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So, You Want to Teach the Enneagram in Organizations… (Part 6)
Avoid Talking About Spirituality Unless the Client Brings It Up By Mario Sikora Yes, the Enneagram of personality is rooted in “psychospiritual” practices and, yes, it has of late been spreading like wildfire in churches across the US. However, the Enneagram of...
So, You Want to Teach the Enneagram in Organizations… (Part 4)
Start with the Instinctual Biases By Mario Sikora Yes, the "ennea” in “Enneagram” is Greek for “nine” and the Enneagram is generally understood as a model of nine personality types. But over the years of working with the system in organizations, I have come to...
So, You Want to Teach the Enneagram in Organizations… (Part 3)
Don’t Be Simplistic By Mario Sikora Having studied the Enneagram for 30 years, and used it in organizations for over 25, I have learned to be cautious about any generalization I make about any of the Enneagram types. My guiding principle here is: “Everybody does...
Critical Thinking
Is Our Enneagram Type Nature or Nurture? Everyone seems to have an opinion…
By Mario Sikora “Are we born our type or do we become our type?” I see this question being feverishly debated on social media all the time, and it invariably pops up during workshops I conduct. It’s a reasonable question, and perhaps even an...
Decision-Making Tools: Some Additions To Your Toolkit
By Mario Sikora Part of an ongoing series of articles on clear-thinking skills, excerpted from “How to Think Well, and Why: The Awareness to Action Guide to Clear Thinking” by Mario Sikora (available at www.awarenesstoactionbooks.com). The ATA Questionnaire The ATA...
Understanding Logical Fallacies
By Mario Sikora Part of an ongoing series of articles on clear-thinking skills, excerpted from “How to Think Well, and Why: The Awareness to Action Guide to Clear Thinking” by Mario Sikora (available at www.awarenesstoactionbooks.com). Learning to recognize logical...
Emotional Intelligence / Self Awareness
The Conducting Mind
The is part of an ongoing series of articles on the qualities of the mind and mindfulness. For the others, visit us at the Awareness to Action Blog Growing up in suburban Philadephia, I had the opportunity to see two of the greatest-ever orchestra conductors, Eugene...
The Discerning Mind
This is part six in a series on the qualities of the mind. The first four qualities of the mind we discussed were focused on being attentive and receptive, cultivating an attitude of openness and acceptance. The Discerning Mind, however, is about winnowing, evaluating...
The Fluid Mind
Sometimes our minds feel like a sieve. Things go in one ear and out the other, we walk into a room and forget why, or we go to the store and come back without the main thing we went for (my wife could tell you stories…). This is usually due to a lack of attention, a...
Leadership
Common Cognitive Biases
Part of an ongoing series on Clear-Thinking Skills. This articles excerpted from “How to Think Well, and Why: The Awareness to Action Guide to Clear Thinking,” which is available in paperback and e-book via amazon.com. To really understand the challenges of our built...
Built-in Biases, Continued: Two Systems of the Brain, Cognitive Dissonance, and the Confirmation Bias
Part of an ongoing series on Clear-Thinking Skills. These articles excerpted from “How to Think Well, and Why: The Awareness to Action Guide to Clear Thinking,” which is available in paperback and e-book via amazon.com. Two Systems of the Brain Daniel Kahneman’s book...
The First Obstacle to Clear Thinking: Our Built-in Biases
Part of an ongoing series on Clear-Thinking Skills. This articles excerpted from “How to Think Well, and Why: The Awareness to Action Guide to Clear Thinking,” which is available in paperback and e-book via amazon.com. There are many factors that lead to our inability...