Style
Six
Description
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Sixes at their best are highly family-oriented in their personal lives
and team-oriented leaders in business who bring out the best in everyone. These are
energetic people who attend to interdependent needs, which shows up in their language as
thoughts about the group. Their driving force is
fear,
which is manifested in less well-developed Sixes as
accusation of others (particularly those in authority), in looking for hidden agendas, and in
self-doubt. They may procrastinate and/or blurt out their feelings with a kind of
reckless courage (driven by their
anxieties), and then worry that they've shot themselves in the foot--and they may have.
The good news is that they challenge others in ways that hold them accountable; the bad
news is that they're always looking for the bad news!
Typical Comments
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"I've been loyal to this group for 25 years."
" I don't think we have very competent senior management."
"I wish we could work better as a team."
"All my life, I've questioned my own ability."
First-Order Change
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Getting a reality check on their
fears, empowering themselves vs. blaming others, focusing more
on possibilities vs. worries, and centering their verbal
presentations on a central theme and several key points.
Key Development
Need
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Courage, recognizing
their own contribution to situations instead of playing victim.
In more common terms, Sixes need the courage of their own
convictions.
The Street-Wise
Strategist
Toss the Road Map Riding
the Bull Home
Getting Over Your Fear of Fear
Poems That Speak
to Sixes
Quick Views of Nine Personality Patterns Leadership and the Enneagram
