The Blog
Insights on the intersection of leadership, organizational dynamics, the Enneagram, coaching, clear thinking, personal and professional growth, and related topics.
By Mario Sikora and guest associates
Being Mindful
Flipping through a recent issue of a prominent business magazine, I came across yet another article on how organizations are flocking to “mindfulness” training based
Instinctual Leadership
Each of us has a particular area of instinctual focus that can significantly affect our leadership style. These instinctual biases incline us to pay more attention to
The Leader as Conductor
Leaders set the tone for the organization. They establish the direction, set goals, support people along the way. They set an example of what behaviors
Why Change Efforts Fail—Culture and the Instinctual Biases
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;
Subtypes FAQ, Part 6: Why Don’t You Use “Connecting” to Describe the Transmitting Subtype?
After a recent training program on the subtypes, an attendee sent an email that included the following: Most people call it a “sexual” or “one-to-one”
Argument Amongst Friends
The tone was pleasant enough, but the words fascinated me: “I started reading your Enneagram Journal article today but became so frustrated after a few
Endless Forms Most Beautiful: Essence, Teleology, and the Enneagram (an excerpt from “The Enneagram Journal”)
(This is a very brief excerpt from my article, “Endless Forms Most Beautiful: Essence, Teleology, and The Enneagram” from the just-published 2013 Enneagram Journal. You can
A Skeptic Grapples With the Enneagram
Yes, I am the skeptic in the title, which, in fact, is a bit misleading; I’m not grappling with “the Enneagram,” I’m grappling with the
Simple
(This article appears on the IEA’s NinePointsMagazine.org.) Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. – Leonardo Da Vinci Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple thats
Subtypes FAQ, Part 5
(This is an ongoing series of responses to questions about the subtypes and instincts.) Why do you call it a “Preserving” domain rather than “self-preservation”?
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