24: How the Enneagram can help you grow as a leader to improve conflict resolution

Resolving conflict and how the Enneagram can help<br /><br />Welcome to another week of EnneaTalk Tuesday! This week’s episode is all about a very important topic—conflict resolution. I discuss how the Enneagram can be used to have compassion and a positive understanding of others in order to move forward with a resolution. I share the three different categories of personality types and how the Enneagram types fall under each one. The Enneagram can help give you a better understanding of those around you and how each person might deal with issues differently.<br /><br />Listen to this episode to learn tools to resolve conflict in the workplace and home, how each type handles pressure and stress, what everyone can bring to the table, and how to come to a solution that leaves everyone feeling seen, heard, and understood. <br /><br />Listen now<br /><br /><br />Using conflict to bring people together<br /><br />Conflict is not always bad—it is not always easy to address but understanding strategies to find a solution can actually be beneficial and empowering to everyone. It is important to first understand yourself and how you react to issues in order to truly understand others around you and how to productively resolve problems that arise. <br /><br />The three harmonic personality types<br /><br />There are three harmonic personality types that help inform how each Enneagram type handles conflict. I discuss how each type falls under these categories, and how it is important to have one person from each harmonic type when in the workplace or on a team. I go over the strengths of each group when in health, what they bring to the table in terms of reaching a solution, and how they can bring out the best in others during times of stress. <br /><br />Using your Enneagram type to help find solutions<br /><br />I talk about how the Enneagram can be used to understand your own coping mechanisms, and how the way we view conflict comes from how we reacted and protected ourselves from it at a young age. In order to grow as a