Out of
the Box Coaching and
Breakthroughs with the Enneagram,
Mary R. Bast, Ph.D.
Copyright © 1999.
All rights reserved. Revised:
July 21, 2010
Case Description: Style Five
Denise Harvey was complex, intelligent, and an expert in her field. Brought in by the Chairman of the Board to turn around a failing company, she was very shrewd, a good analyzer of information, and a quick learner. She had a deep knowledge of her industry and a clear view of where she wanted to take the company. She had brought in smart and experienced people to make up her team and she wanted to assure that they "work together like a finely tuned instrument." Her team members greatly respected her but found her stingy with praise.
She was not well known below the senior management level -- she seemed shy about walking through the organization and chatting with people. Furthermore, she loved to debate -- for her it was a way to connect with people and to refine her own ideas, but to her staff these felt like mental duels where it was never clear whether she had taken their point of view into account. In her development work, Denise confronted her fear of self-disclosure and close interaction. She learned to reach out more and became more compassionate, more generously supportive of others in ways that matched her introverted, intellectual style. Instead of debating, her search for ideas became a two-way process.
Path of Transformation A Withdrawing Style Subtypes
A Five's Team Team Action Plan Poems That Speak to Fives Relationship Dynamics
Dharma Combat: Fives In Transformation
Quick Views of Nine Personality Patterns Leadership and the Enneagram
Much more in Out of the Box Coaching Book
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