“In any given moment we have two options. To step forward into growth or step back into safety.” Abraham Maslow
On my second trip to Europe between university semesters, I met an older woman on the train who had never been to London. She lived 30 km away in a village. I had just traveled around the world for a year with my family and on a three-month wander through Europe following the sun. Later in life, I organized a trip to Europe for my daughter and her soccer school. She was fourteen and at that pivotal hormonal age where leaps of maturity come with increased responsibility and accountability supported by trust. One of the parents denied his daughter’s participation using the rationale that there wasn’t anything you could see in Europe, you couldn’t see in Canada. They were playing soccer against highly competitive players.
The logic escaped me then, and now.
Landscapes can look similar, but people’s thinking is shaped by their childhood experiences, their exposure to the unfamiliar and the confidence gained from learning from different points of view and experiences. It is shaped by culture, by emotional and social norms, and by memorable moments. Combined you have an individual and collective worldview.
There is an episode on worldview intelligence that dives deeper into what that is and why it is important. So in this episode with Karl Hebenstreit, we are talking about the application of the Enneagram for personal and business-personal growth.
In the course of my facilitation work observing deep dynamics, it became obvious that a business reflects the cumulative emotional maturity and capacity of individuals to learn. One expression of that is leadership consciousness.
There is a skill-building, self-organizational awareness boost that directly improves how business decisions are made. Complex issues like COVID-19, organizational change, communication, ecological and social health or workplace health benefit from diverse points of view. Yet oddly diversity and inclusion is treated as an add-on, not an essential element of making sustainable and supportable decisions. One skill set lost in the rush to resolve conflicts sparked by seemingly incompatible points of view is knowing how to respect and bring those differing views into the open. This is where the Enneagram comes in.
My guest in this episode is Karl Hebenstreit who brings a lengthy list of accomplishments to the conversation. Karl is a certified Executive Coach, Leadership/Team/Organization Development Consultant, and international speaker with over 25 years of experience coaching leaders and their teams (from Individual Contributors to CEOs in myriad industries and sectors) to work better together and consistently exceed their organizations’ goals. He holds a PhD in Organizational Psychology and authored three books: “The How & Why: Taking Care of Business with the Enneagram” (now in its 3rd Edition), “Nina and the Really, Really Tough Decision” (now available in English, Spanish, French, and Greek), and the newly-released “Explicit Expectations: The Essential Guide & Toolkit of Management Fundamentals.” Karl is an “International Enneagram Association (IEA) Accredited Professional with Distinction” and “IEA Accredited Professional/Provider/Teacher.”
We talk about:
· Understanding the Enneagram
· Challenges in Modern Business Practices
· The Oz Principle and Mindset Shifts
· Head, Heart, and Gut Leadership
· Exploring the Enneagram Types (with Dawna as the demo!)
· Understanding Organizational Culture Through Enneagram
· Hiring Bias and Personality Assessments
· Integrating Enneagram in Decision Making
· Enneagram's Role in Broader Worldview
· Children's Book: Teaching Enneagram Early
· Empowering Choices and Psychological Safety
Karl also wrote a children’s book so that the skills and understanding could start earlier and improve conversation outcomes.
Contact info for Karl:
R. Karl Hebenstreit, Ph.D., PCC
Executive Coach | Author | Speaker | Leadership, Team, & Organization Development Consultant
510.381.0121
Check out Explicit Expectations here!
Check out the Enneagram business book here!
Check out the children's book here!
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