Challenging your leadership paradigm may be the key to becoming a good leader

Strong leadership is essential to the long-term success of your organization. And working with the Enneagram can help you personally grow your leadership capacity. But if you don’t have strong teams, you are at a serious handicap. The type of solutions that are needed to navigate an increasingly complex world requires mental flexibility and emotional intelligence that most people are lacking.

The thing about our strengths is that too much of a good thing can become a problem. When I’m teaching about the Enneagram types, I like to talk about the superpowers of each type. We are all naturally good at certain things because of the way we see the world and what we value the most. And that same superpower can become an Achilles heel if we aren’t paying attention. Let’s explore how this looks a little different for each of the types…