by Mario Sikora | Oct 19, 2019 | Article, Blog, Mario Sikora, Organizational Culture
It should be a simple question, but I’m usually a bit perplexed when people ask me for recommendations for business or leadership books to read. There seems to be an endless supply of such books, with new ones being published each week. Many are good and worthwhile;...
by Mario Sikora | Oct 19, 2019 | Article, Blog, Mario Sikora, Organizational Culture
In a previous article I wrote about “Instinctual Leadership” and the effect of our instinctual bias on the way we perform as leaders. As I wrote there, each of us has a tendency to habitually focus on one of three domains of life’s challenges more than on the...
by Mario Sikora | Oct 14, 2019 | Article, Blog, Mario Sikora, Organizational Culture, The Enneagram
One definition of culture that I like is “a group’s collection of implicitly agreed-upon ways of solving problems.” Culture is not something that is usually developed deliberately; it evolves from the psychological biases of those who form the group as they...
by Mario Sikora | Oct 23, 2012 | Article, Blog, Mario Sikora, Organizational Culture, The Enneagram
Recently, a Facebook friend put out a general call for advice for people who want to start using the Enneagram in organizations. Below is the guidance I gave. Dear ______, This is a great topic and one I have a lot of opinions on; hope you dont mind me sharing...
by Mario Sikora | Oct 14, 2011 | Coaching, Consulting, Enneagram, Organizational Culture, Personality Type, Spirituality, The Enneagram
(This post originally appeared as an article in the October issue of Nine Points Magazine, the International Enneagram Association’s quarterly online publication. For more information, go to http://www.internationalenneagram.org.) In the first part of this...
by Mario Sikora | Aug 21, 2011 | Consulting, Enneagram, Hiring, Organizational Culture, Personality Assessment, Personality Type, The Enneagram
“I need to hire a new (fill in the blank). What Enneagram type would be best?” It’s a question I hear with surprising frequency, and I can understand why. Hiring employees is a tricky business, and there are no foolproof ways to do it perfectly. A...
