299. Enneagram for Nonprofits: Pt 1. The Nine Types - Jonathan McCoy, CFRE, Becky Endicott, CFRE and Ashley Engle
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We've been teasing it for five seasons now, and the week is finally here - Enneagram series launch time 🚀🤩🙌 We've brought in a wise student of Enneagram to break down this powerful personality and relationship tool. Ashley Engle explains each type's strengths and weaknesses, and it's an open, loving convo celebrating the diversity we all bring to our personal and professional relationships. The four-part Enneagram series launches today learning about the nine types. Don't miss it! Self-awareness and grace are so needed in our fractured cultural moment. The Enneagram is here to help. Shout out your types to us this week!
Jon (Enneagram 9 - The Peacemaker✌️)
Becky (Enneagram 2 - The Helper🤗)
Julie (Enneagram 2 - The Helper🤗)
Today’s Guest
Ashley Engle, Pastor of Spiritual Formation, The Well Church
“No Enneagram type is any better than any other. All of us, when we are our best selves, bring something beautiful and essential to humanity, and what better gift can we bring to humanity than our best selves.”
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Episode Overview
Background and history of the Enneagram (3:45)
Overview of resources to determine your Enneagram type (7:00)
Heart Triad (10:00)
Type 2: The helper or the befriender
Type 3: The achiever, the performer or the motivator
Type 4: The romantic or the individualist
Head Triad (19:55)
Type 5 The investigator or the observer
Type 6: The loyalist
Type 7: The enthusiast
Gut Triad (32:00)
Type 8: The challenger or the leader
Type 9: The peacemaker
Type 1: The perfectionist or the reformer
Looking ahead to part 2: How to activate the Enneagram (44:45)
Powerful quotes
“The thing that I love so much about the Enneagram is it allows me to see my blind spots and my weaknesses. Not in a punitive way, but it is very much a self awareness tool.” -Becky
“It's likely that the type description that you read that makes you feel the most uncomfortable, or the most exposed is your type.” -Ashley
“No Enneagram type is any better than any other. All of us, when we are our best selves, bring something beautiful and essential to humanity, and what better gift can we bring to humanity than our best selves.” -Ashley
“Understanding someone's type is going to give two things, it's going to give you grace and it's going to give you perspective about someone. I think that all of that is going to lead to empathy.” -Becky
“What can get unlocked as we know ourselves better and as we know our teams better and our families better? What a moment to do this when there's so much strife across the world, in the country, and even in our own walls at organizations.” -Jon
Resources to further explore enneagram types
Assessments
RHETI Assessment / Eclectic Energies Assessment
Websites
Enneagram Institute / Narrative Enneagram
Podcasts
Sleeping at Last Podcast: Enneagram Series / The Road Back to You / Typology / The That Sounds Fun Podcast with Annie F. Downs: Enneasummer series
Books
Personality Types: Using the Enneagram for Self-Discovery by Don Richard Riso with Russ Hudson
The Sacred Enneagram: Finding Your Unique Path to Spiritual Growth by Christopher L. Heuertz
The Enneagram: A Christian Perspective by Richard Rohr and Andreas Ebert
The Road Back to You: An Enneagram Journey to Self-Discovery by Ian Morgan Cron and Suzanne Stabile
Connect with Ashley
Instagram / The Well Church / We Need To Talk Podcast / Cold Hands, Warm Hearts Podcast
