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Episode Synopsis
If you’re looking to build a high-performance team, the key is to not put everyone in your team in a box and use the same approach. It’s not a one-size-fits-all. Everyone is different, therefore, how you interact within your team has to be different as well. A very effective way to get to know and understand your team better is by knowing their specific Enneagram types.
In today’s conversation, real estate agent and business coach Caleb Knecht talks to us about the power of using the Enneagram to create high-performing teams. He couldn’t stress enough the importance of self-awareness, which was something he built upon with the help of the Enneagram. Listen in to learn more about the power of assessment, how to build trust among the team, and why self-awareness is the key that unlocks so many doors of opportunities both in business and in life.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
The benefits of knowing your Enneagram
The importance of self-awareness in a business
Using the Enneagram to make better-informed decisions
The value of knowing your team’s different Enneagram types
How to build trust among the team
Episode Highlights:
[01:48] Knowing Your Enneagram Type
There are nine different Enneagram types and what's best about you is also what’s worst about you. By knowing your type, you develop self-awareness and you get to understand other people and why they behave a certain way.
Your Enneagram type is a coping mechanism that you develop early on in life to deal with the tough things in life. It’s a strategy that you embrace to try to make it through your childhood or young adult experience, and keep going.
[08:08] Using the Enneagram Type to Your Advantage
Taking a personality assessment doesn’t exist to put you in a box and tell you what to do. But it's the opposite. When you understand your Enneagram type, you will understand how you will naturally show up in a given situation. And then you can make a conscientious choice once you're aware of how you're naturally going to show up.
For instance, you’re an Enneagram 7 which means you’re thinking seven steps in the future. With that awareness, you’re going to be intentionally present in the moment. And so, there’s value built upon knowing you are a 7 and using that knowledge to step up and act upon it. Hence, your Enneagram type doesn’t define you, but it helps you make better-informed decisions.
[10:23] The Application of Enneagram in Teams
Knowing the Enneagram types of people in your team brings a different level of emotional intelligence to the conversation. For instance, how you interact with a 3 is different than how you talk with an 8. This gives you the power to create high-performing teams.
During the onboarding of a new member, you can sit down and talk about your numbers. That way, you’re able to set and manage expectations and facilitate conversations you otherwise wouldn’t be having.
[20:03] Building Trust Among the Team
Culture is so important in any team and any company. An employee will leave a manager, not necessarily the company. And with all the challenges between the great resignation and the challenge of finding team members and keeping really good team members, how do you take it to the next level to build trust and accountability as well as connect with one another? The Enneagram is, therefore, a very powerful tool that you can use to make this possible.
Resources Mentioned:
Road Back to You
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/caleb-knecht-7367173/
In today’s conversation, real estate agent and business coach Caleb Knecht talks to us about the power of using the Enneagram to create high-performing teams. He couldn’t stress enough the importance of self-awareness, which was something he built upon with the help of the Enneagram. Listen in to learn more about the power of assessment, how to build trust among the team, and why self-awareness is the key that unlocks so many doors of opportunities both in business and in life.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
The benefits of knowing your Enneagram
The importance of self-awareness in a business
Using the Enneagram to make better-informed decisions
The value of knowing your team’s different Enneagram types
How to build trust among the team
Episode Highlights:
[01:48] Knowing Your Enneagram Type
There are nine different Enneagram types and what's best about you is also what’s worst about you. By knowing your type, you develop self-awareness and you get to understand other people and why they behave a certain way.
Your Enneagram type is a coping mechanism that you develop early on in life to deal with the tough things in life. It’s a strategy that you embrace to try to make it through your childhood or young adult experience, and keep going.
[08:08] Using the Enneagram Type to Your Advantage
Taking a personality assessment doesn’t exist to put you in a box and tell you what to do. But it's the opposite. When you understand your Enneagram type, you will understand how you will naturally show up in a given situation. And then you can make a conscientious choice once you're aware of how you're naturally going to show up.
For instance, you’re an Enneagram 7 which means you’re thinking seven steps in the future. With that awareness, you’re going to be intentionally present in the moment. And so, there’s value built upon knowing you are a 7 and using that knowledge to step up and act upon it. Hence, your Enneagram type doesn’t define you, but it helps you make better-informed decisions.
[10:23] The Application of Enneagram in Teams
Knowing the Enneagram types of people in your team brings a different level of emotional intelligence to the conversation. For instance, how you interact with a 3 is different than how you talk with an 8. This gives you the power to create high-performing teams.
During the onboarding of a new member, you can sit down and talk about your numbers. That way, you’re able to set and manage expectations and facilitate conversations you otherwise wouldn’t be having.
[20:03] Building Trust Among the Team
Culture is so important in any team and any company. An employee will leave a manager, not necessarily the company. And with all the challenges between the great resignation and the challenge of finding team members and keeping really good team members, how do you take it to the next level to build trust and accountability as well as connect with one another? The Enneagram is, therefore, a very powerful tool that you can use to make this possible.
Resources Mentioned:
Road Back to You
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/caleb-knecht-7367173/
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