Enneagram at Work
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This is a podcast about understanding people at work and navigating professional relationships. We spend so much of our time at work, why not make it more enjoyable by working on creating more enjoyable relationships with our teammates?
Listen in each week to gain self-awareness, relationship management, leadership development, personal growth insights, and real-life application ideas through the lens of the Enneagram inside educational episodes and interview conversations.
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Enneagram at Work
218. Coworker Chemistry: The Type 1 + Type 6 Dynamic
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Striving to Feel Perfect Meets Striving to Feel Safe
What happens when the person striving to get everything right teams up with the person striving to feel safe and certain? In this episode of the Coworker Chemistry series, we're diving into one of the most quietly complex pairings in the Enneagram: Type 1 and Type 6.
On the surface, these two look like the dream team. Both are dependable. Both are thorough. Both would rather over-prepare than be caught off guard. But underneath that shared work ethic, two very different strivings are running the show, and when they rub up against each other, things can get complicated fast.
We're breaking down:
- Why the One's striving to feel perfect and the Six's striving to feel safe and secure are more compatible than they look...and where they can collide
- The specific friction points this pairing creates (including why Six's questions feel like undermining to a One, and why One's certainty feels like a threat to a Six)
- How these two types communicate completely differently under stress, and what each one actually needs to hear
- What this dynamic looks like when a One is leading a Six, when a Six is leading a One, and what peer-to-peer looks like when trust is (and isn't) established
- The growth paths that can turn this pairing from a loop of perfectionism and anxiety into one of the most reliable duos on your team
If you work with a Type 1 or a Type 6 (or you ARE one!) this episode might feel a little uncomfortably familiar. :)
Reflection Question from This Episode: Where on your team is someone striving to get it right and someone else striving to feel secure? And are you letting both of those be valuable?
Resources + Links:
- Learn more about the Dream Team Momentum program here
- Connect with Sarah on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/sarahlynnwallace/
- Take the Enneagram assessment: the 2-question quiz
- Looking for a gift for your coworker or boss? Find their type-specific mug
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✏️ Get an overview of all nine types inside the Understanding People at Work Cheat Sheet
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