enneagram

Making the unconscious conscious

Our unconscious habits are powerful. They make the work of self-development and behaviour change difficult. Developing the ability to stand back and observe our habits is the key to personal mastery and the Enneagram can help us do that.

The lens of the Enneagram is a powerful way of looking at these unconscious habits because it is holistic and self-directed. It provides us with a map that shows us how to deepen our understanding of ourselves and change behaviour that no longer serves us.

The framework of the Enneagram provides a safe platform from which to investigate why we respond to the challenges of life the way we do. In this way, it can support us as we improve our ability to respond to people and situations as opposed to reacting in an unconscious, knee-jerk manner.

The Enneagram is an archetypal framework that offers in-depth insight into both individual and team culture, values and barriers, empowering the team to shift. It opens a pathway to self-discovery and greater personal awareness without boxing people into a stereotype. It can help individuals and teams access more effective ways of relating, collaborating and leading.

Enneagram Personality Types are determined based on your main motivation for behaving the way you do. Our behaviours may be the same, but the reason we’re choosing that behaviour is different for each  Enneagram Type. We have access to all of the Enneagram Types, so you will find many of them resonate but we only identify with one to the extent that it represents the underlying motive for most of our behaviour.

Human behaviour cannot be simplified to any framework or model, so while this framework has shown itself to be extremely powerful for me and my clients in our journey to self-mastery, it is to be used as one of many tools to unlock our potential to live more consciously.

I use the framework of the Enneagram for individuals and teams for personal and professional development. 

the impact

"Understanding where my team members fall on the Enneagram helped me grasp how to connect with them more meaningfully. I also gained clarity on the areas I can tap into for personal growth and what to be mindful of during times of stress. A powerful reminder was that no Enneagram type is better than another, and no one type makes a better leader - it’s all about becoming the healthiest version of your type."

(Workshop delegate, Fin Services,  July 2025)