Out of the Box Coaching and
Breakthroughs with the Enneagram, Mary R. Bast, Ph.D. 
Copyright © 1999. All rights reserved. Revised: January 14, 2010 

The Leadership Circle

In this model by The Leadership Circle, the effective Creative Competencies and self-limiting Reactive Tendencies are illustrated in a circle graphic:

Creative Leadership Competencies

The top half of the circle maps Creative Competencies that contribute to a leader’s effectiveness. They measure key leadership behaviors and internal assumptions that lead to high fulfillment, high achievement leadership:

• Relating (caring connection, fosters team play, collaborator, mentoring & developing, interpersonal intelligence),

• Self-Awareness (selfless leader, balance, composure, personal learner),

• Authenticity (integrity, courageous authenticity),

• Systems Awareness (community concern, sustainable productivity, systems thinker), and

• Achieving (strategic focus, purposeful and visionary, achieves results, decisiveness).

Reactive Tendencies

The lower half of the circle maps self-limiting reactive tendencies and leadership behavior. The Reactive dimensions reflect inner beliefs and assumptions that limit effectiveness, authentic expression, and empowering leadership: 

• Complying (conservative, pleasing, belonging, passive),

• Protecting (arrogance, critical, distance), and

• Controlling (perfect, driven, ambition).