Team development begins with the individuals who make up the team. Through the Enneagram Assessment Tool, team members gain a new and deeper understanding of each other, beyond their titles and the working environment. 

The Enneagram offers remarkable clarity into what drives individual behaviour, enabling a nuanced insight into ourselves and our fellow team members. We can identify frequently unconscious patterns of behaviour, thinking and feeling as well as our personal triggers and defence mechanisms. And it is through recognising these, that robust conversations can be ignited and facilitated, ensuring they contribute to building trust within the team.

In this atmosphere, individuals work together to surface and name the dynamics at play in the team. Newly conscious of their influence and impact on the dynamic, team members are encouraged to assume responsibility for their contribution. Teams gain a shared language and conceptual framework, which is used to create a team narrative oriented towards the successful achievement of collective goals. This offers a pathway for teams to become high performing, by offering insights, and highlighting strengths or possible challenges.

As part of the process, each delegate will be upskilled in the principles and building blocks of Nancy Kline’s Thinking Environment model. By using these principles to hold the process, and using the building blocks to ensure competency development, the team starts to create an environment where respect becomes the hallmark of all interactions. This can be seamlessly transferred back into the workplace.