Diana Chapman
Conscious Leadership Group
Understanding the interplay between your Enneagram type and The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership can be a game-changer in your journey towards becoming a more effective and conscious leader. Each Enneagram type tends to find certain commitments more challenging than others.
What is Ennegram?
The Enneagram is a powerful and nuanced tool for self-awareness and transformation. It categorizes personalities into nine types, offering insights into our core motivations and fears. These in turn impact how we lead and collaborate.
Understanding your Enneagram type can help you navigate The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership. This guide sheds light on the commitments that might be more challenging for each type and offers targeted resources for overcoming these hurdles. Focus on your type’s these commitments to support you in living and leading above the line.
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Type 1 - The Reformer
The Type One is on a journey to move from judgment to acceptance. Commitments that may be particularly challenging include:
Commitment 2: Be curious when you want to be right
Commitment 3: Feel feelings (especially anger)
Commitment 7: Appreciate the way things are now before reforming
Commitment 9: Rest and play more!
Type 2 - The Giver
The Type Two is on a journey from pride (I don’t have needs) to humility. Key commitments include:
Commitment 1: Take only 100% responsibility
Commitment 4: Reveal your needs and wants
Commitment 11: Seek approval, control and security from the inside
Commitment 14: Creating a win-for-all means there must be a win-for-you
Type 3 - The Achiever
The Type Three is on a journey from vanity (image) to authenticity. Essential commitments involve:
Commitment 3: Feel your feelings, especially your sadness
Commitment 4: Reveal your authentic thoughts and feelings versus concealing them
Commitment 9: Value rest and play as you achieve
Commitment 11: Seek approval, control and security from the inside
Type 4 - The Individualist
The Type Four is on a journey from envy (longing for what’s missing) to equanimity (knowing what is here is sufficient and being balanced with emotions). Commitments that may be particularly challenging include:
Commitment 1: Take 100% responsibility for your circumstances without blaming yourself or others
Commitment 8: Work in your Zone of Genius
Commitment 9: Value not taking things too seriously
Commitment 11: Seek approval, control and security from the inside
Type 5 - The Observer
The Type Five is moving from avarice (beliefs in scarcity) to non-attachment. Key commitments include:
Commitment 3: Feel your feelings
Commitment 4: Reveal yourself and let others know what you think and feel personally
Commitment 11: Seek approval, control and security from the inside
Commitment 12: Experience that you have enough of everything
Type 6 - The Loyal Skeptic
The Type Six is on a journey from anxiety to courage. Important commitments for them may be:
Commitment 9: When things seem serious, find a way to play with it
Commitment 10: When skeptical, see how the opposite of your story is at least as true
Commitment 11: Seek approval, control and security from the inside
Commitment 13: Practice seeing everyone and everything as an ally
Type 7 - The Enthusiast
The Type Seven is on a journey from seeking endless new experiences to finding fulfillment in the present moment. For Sevens, crucial commitments likely involve:
Commitment 3: Feel your feelings, especially fear and other uncomfortable ones
Commitment 6: Only make agreements that you have a Whole Body Yes to
Commitment 8: Work in your Zone of Genius
Commitment 12: Experience that you have enough of everything, now
Type 8 - The Challenger
The Type Eight is on a journey from a need for control and intensity to embracing vulnerability and gentleness. Important commitments for them may be:
Commitment 3: Feel your feelings, especially the vulnerable ones like hurt and fear
Commitment 10: See how the opposite of your story is at least as true
Commitment 11: Seek approval, control and security from the inside
Commitment 13: See that all people and circumstance are your allies
Type 9 - The Mediator
The Type Nine are on a journey from avoiding conflict to asserting their own voice. Key commitments for Nines include:
Commitment 3: Commit to feeling your feelings, especially your anger.
Commitment 4: Reveal your needs and wants, even if it might cause conflict
Commitment 8: Express your full magnificence
Commitment 9: Remember to play with what seems serious
Ready to Grow?
In exploring these potential blind spots, remember to approach yourself with acceptance and curiosity. Start small, choose one commitment to focus on over the coming weeks, and use the linked resources to help you practice.
If you’re looking for more support, we’re here for you.
- If you’re just getting started with The 15 Commitments, join a Conscious Leadership Foundations course.
- Don't know your Enneagram type? We recommend professional typing with our sister organization, The Enneagram Group.
- Want more personalized support? Our 1:1 coaches are all trained to use the Enneagram interwoven with the 15 Commitments.
- We also offer Enneagram workshops for organizations.