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Breakthrough Team Communications through the Enneagram
Based on ancient philosophic traditions, the Enneagram is a profound, elegant approach to people and their relationships. It has been widely studied and applied worldwide in leadership development, coaching and other business areas. It describes nine basic worldviews, nine different ways of working and doing business in the world. Each of the nine personality types is something of a pathway through life, with likely obstacles and pitfalls along the way. Each style has its own natural gifts, limitations, and blind spots, its own distinctive ways of thinking, acting and being. Each relishes particular information - facts, feelings and understandings - while ignoring other information, especially anything that doesn't fit preconceived notions or inclinations.
The Enneagram explores unconscious assumptions - closely held opinions, inclinations and expectations - that we barely knew we had but which drive the way we see ourselves, do our work, relate to colleagues and make decisions. Instead of operating out of habit, and these lenses through which you see the world, you can, with clear intent and awareness, invoke your true reservoir of talents and skills.
It can also help you understand life from the view point of others around you. It can help you understand your blind spots, emotional blockages around the way you relate to co-workers and clients. Understanding where others come from can also help you become more compassionate towards them, judge others less, and at the same time gain clarity about what you value in your working relationship.
The Enneagram explores unconscious assumptions - closely held opinions, inclinations and expectations - that we barely knew we had but which drive the way we see ourselves, do our work, relate to colleagues and make decisions. Instead of operating out of habit, and these lenses through which you see the world, you can, with clear intent and awareness, invoke your true reservoir of talents and skills.
It can also help you understand life from the view point of others around you. It can help you understand your blind spots, emotional blockages around the way you relate to co-workers and clients. Understanding where others come from can also help you become more compassionate towards them, judge others less, and at the same time gain clarity about what you value in your working relationship.
Objective
In this program, you will learn how to:
- Understand your personality type using the Enneagram Personality Profiling.
- Understand how your personality affects the way you relate with others at work, in business and in your personal lives.
- Gain self-awareness of your strengths and areas for improvement.
- Appreciate diversity in different personality types, and the dynamics in key relationships in your life.
- Understand other personality types so you can better communicate with different people.
- Apply understanding of the Enneagram Personality Types in conflict management, negotiation skills and leadership.
- Give customised instructions to different personality types so as to tailor to their individual needs and motivations.
- Provide constructive and well-balanced feedback that is necessary to enable improvements.
Outline
Ice Breaker and Trainer Introduction
• Setting the Learning Objectives
• Creating a Safe Learning Environment
Introduction to the Enneagram
• History of the Enneagram
• Understanding the "9 Players on the Team" Principle
• Understanding the Ethical Use of Enneagram
• Understanding the Dynamism of the Enneagram and Growth Paths
• Understanding How Personalities are Formed
Introduction to the 9 Personality Types
• Introduction to the 9 Personality Types
• Understanding the 3 Different Levels (Healthy, Moderate, Unhealthy)
• Understanding the 3 Centres of Intelligence (Heart, Head, Gut)
• Understanding the Energy Orientation (Withdrawn, Assertive, Compliant)
• Understanding Wings and Growth Paths
Understanding the Enneagram Types (Type Focus)
In this segment, we will go into in-depth discussions of the 9 Enneagram Types. This will be
done through the following formats
• Introduction to the Gifts and Blind Spots of Each Type
• Panel Interviews
- Understanding How Each Type is Like
- How Each Type Contribute in the Workplace
- Challenges of Each Type in Relationship Building
• Development Pathways & Action Goals
Panel Interviews
Through the panel interviews, we get to hear participants share their models of the world,
their strengths, their challenges, their views of work, sales and relationships.
Distribution and Interpretation of Personality Reports
• The participants will be given their individual Enneagram Personality Reports
• They will be guided and brought through their reports and what the individual components mean
• See Annex A for a snippet at a sample report
Enneagram and Communication Styles
• Through this interactive exercise, participants will interact across different types, and get to understand how their communication styles can be interpreted by other types, that can cause misunderstanding and friction.
• They also get to understand the true essence and desires of the different enneagram types so that they can develop mutual understanding and empathy.
• Learn the application of the Enneagram in assertive communications, persuasion and influence and conflict resolution
Reflection, Crystallization and Conclusion of Program
• Reflection of Key Takeaways and Action Steps
• Setting the Learning Objectives
• Creating a Safe Learning Environment
Introduction to the Enneagram
• History of the Enneagram
• Understanding the "9 Players on the Team" Principle
• Understanding the Ethical Use of Enneagram
• Understanding the Dynamism of the Enneagram and Growth Paths
• Understanding How Personalities are Formed
Introduction to the 9 Personality Types
• Introduction to the 9 Personality Types
• Understanding the 3 Different Levels (Healthy, Moderate, Unhealthy)
• Understanding the 3 Centres of Intelligence (Heart, Head, Gut)
• Understanding the Energy Orientation (Withdrawn, Assertive, Compliant)
• Understanding Wings and Growth Paths
Understanding the Enneagram Types (Type Focus)
In this segment, we will go into in-depth discussions of the 9 Enneagram Types. This will be
done through the following formats
• Introduction to the Gifts and Blind Spots of Each Type
• Panel Interviews
- Understanding How Each Type is Like
- How Each Type Contribute in the Workplace
- Challenges of Each Type in Relationship Building
• Development Pathways & Action Goals
Panel Interviews
Through the panel interviews, we get to hear participants share their models of the world,
their strengths, their challenges, their views of work, sales and relationships.
Distribution and Interpretation of Personality Reports
• The participants will be given their individual Enneagram Personality Reports
• They will be guided and brought through their reports and what the individual components mean
• See Annex A for a snippet at a sample report
Enneagram and Communication Styles
• Through this interactive exercise, participants will interact across different types, and get to understand how their communication styles can be interpreted by other types, that can cause misunderstanding and friction.
• They also get to understand the true essence and desires of the different enneagram types so that they can develop mutual understanding and empathy.
• Learn the application of the Enneagram in assertive communications, persuasion and influence and conflict resolution
Reflection, Crystallization and Conclusion of Program
• Reflection of Key Takeaways and Action Steps
Testimonials
In the competitive technology industry that I am in, I always thought warmth and being a lady is a disadvantage. However, through Coen's coaching, I've learnt that I come across as a warm and approachable person naturally, and it's a strength rather than a weakness. I have learnt that I should be honest with my needs in order to really deliver difficult messages effectively. By leveraging on my personal style, and adopting delivery frameworks that Coen has taught me, I was better able to deliver team speeches to motivate my team, and also better convince stakeholders to collaborate with me on shared goals.
- Ursula Chiang, Director, Head of Professional Services APAC at PayPal
The workshop is enjoyable and useful. Trainer is interactive, knowledgeable, enthusiastic & passionate.
Singapore Polytechnic
The trainer is approachable, open to sharing personal experiences.
National Youth Council
The knowledge gained from this workshop enable me to apply it both at work and in my personal life. It also helps to understand myself better.
National Institute of Education
- Ursula Chiang, Director, Head of Professional Services APAC at PayPal
The workshop is enjoyable and useful. Trainer is interactive, knowledgeable, enthusiastic & passionate.
Singapore Polytechnic
The trainer is approachable, open to sharing personal experiences.
National Youth Council
The knowledge gained from this workshop enable me to apply it both at work and in my personal life. It also helps to understand myself better.
National Institute of Education
Particular of Coen Tan
Workshop Facilitator, Natural Empath, Improv Enthusiast
As a facilitator, Coen envisions a world in which people break out of their self-imposed limitations and express themselves courageously to serve others. He believes that every person deserves to be seen, be heard, and be appreciated.
This conviction comes from difficult personal experiences.
Personal Experiences
Growing up as an emotionally sensitive child, Coen often “felt” emotions that people were not aware of feeling themselves, so he was often labelled as “overly sensitive.” For a long time, he has accepted these labels and therefore learn to keep his emotions to himself. This led him to isolate himself, got bullied in school, and fell into depression.
After a long journey of personal healing, working through his experiences, Coen is now able to understand that his perceived weaknesses are actually his strengths when applied with empathy.
Today, he brings his gifts of compassion, curiosity and creativity to create safe places where individuals can challenge themselves and achieve personal and team transformations. Combining his understanding of human psychology with improvisation theatre techniques, Coen’s workshops are engaging, fun and deep learning experiences.
Work Experiences and Professional Training
Over the past 12 years, Coen has spoken to, and trained over 50,000 individuals. Before embarking on this journey, he worked for 5 years as a leadership training curriculum designer, which gave him an in-depth understanding of the psychology of learning.
Having been certified in multiple personality profiling instruments like the MBTI and Enneagram, he has an appreciation for the myriad of worldviews and motivation drivers of people he works with. Being a certified Cultural Transformation and Values Assessment Consultant, and Appreciative Inquiry Practitioner, Coen is inspired to work with people to tap into their values and innate gifts to flourish.
- holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resource Consulting,
- Advanced Certificate in Training and Assessment
- a certified NLP Practitioner
- a certified Enneagram Practitioner
- an accredited MBTI Personality Profiling Practitioner
- a Certified Organization Culture Transformation Practitioner
- achieved the Gold-Distinction Award (Speaking in Public) by the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts (LAMDA).
Coen’s wide range of clients include Citibank, AXA Insurance; Prudential, AIA, Zurich Insurance, PayPal, Twitter, Siemens Healthineers, Bristol Myers Squibb, Merck, Novartis, Roche, AstraZeneca, Allergan, Watsons, Wacker, Lubrizol, CGG, Fullerton Capital, Sime Darby, Cognizant, A*STAR, MINDEF, MHA, Nanyang Technological University and dozens of other reputable organizations.
