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Envisioning 2021
The New Year is right around the corner and is waiting for you to envision it. Before the clock strikes midnight on December 31, 2020, take some time to respond to the questions below. Studies show if you write your intentions and goals down, you are more likely to...
Holiday Check-in
Happy Holidays – How are you faring? Here’s our check-in list to help you know. Use it to help keep your energy, attention, and focus on what’s really important: health and wellbeing. How are you? How is your energy level? (0-10) What is your stress level? (0-10)...
Reflections on a Year Like No Other – 2020
As 2020 ends, we invite you to answer the five questions below. When responding, consider all aspects of your life, your work, as well as your key relationships. While it has been undeniably a year like no other, the growth and development opportunities have...
Happy Thanksgiving
Remember that true appreciation is both a feeling and an action. Imagine if Gratitude were a verb, what if we truly showed as well as felt our gratitude with a touch of delight? This year, 2020, we are once again reminded how grateful we are to our clients for their...
Distractions
Human beings find lots of ways to distract themselves from themselves. COVID-19 has brought us face to face with ourselves and the temptations are plenty, whether isolated or juggling family and work at home, to distract ourselves from what we are feeling and what we...
“Just Right” Boost to Close out 2020
Each day for the past 55 days, Theresa has written about/reflected upon the question, What Unites Us? Here's an excerpt that may be "just right" for you and your company today. Human beings seek to be "just right." The story of Goldilocks told us of encountering...
The Way of this Enneagram Six
Sometimes self-awareness presents itself in my life as a blessing; sometimes it is a royal pain in the ass. As I walk through this time in my life, this time in the life of our country, I feel open. I am keenly aware of my emotions, and I’m aware of my physical...
A Raving Fan
In the past few weeks I have had the most incredible client service experiences that I wanted to share because I believe these days you really do need to go above and beyond to create an exceptional experience. First Example: I ordered 4 bookcases from Nathan James, a...
Make Your Voice Heard, Vote!
"Of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth." A well-functioning democracy should never be taken for granted. Voting is our right; it is also our civic duty. Be engaged, be well informed, and please do your duty to ensure we continue...
The Power of Aligned Values in Organizations and Their Employees
As human beings, we operate from a set of values that influence our thoughts, feelings and behaviors. These values, whether conscious or not, are operating all the time and create a set of beliefs that then seek out only that information which supports our beliefs and...
Mentors matter. Teachers matter.
Mary Anne and Theresa want to thank Helen Palmer for the immense personal and professional contributions she has brought to our lives and our work. We not only count her as a pivotal teacher, guide, and friend, we also count her as pivotal to the modern development of...
Gratitude
Today’s tip was a struggle. Deciding what message to send in these times is tough. There’s so much going on in the world it feels a bit like being suspended on the top peak of a serious roller coaster. Sometimes my nervous system says, “Help, it’s all out of control!”...
The Enneagram and Organizational Change
1 - Perfectionist Type Ones appreciate doing things the right way. Structure, hierarchy and clear expectations are highly valued as is continuous improvement. They want life and their world to be reliable, consistent, and organized, so when change comes, they have to...
A Grounding Body Practice
As we enter into a new season, it's a good time to think about how we want to transition into this new season. What are the things you do to transition into Fall? This week's Tip is another grounding practice that may just help you with this transition. Theresa...
Realizing your Best Self Starts with this Next Step
What do you do now that you know what your ideal work environment is? If you missed our last three blogs on the 9 Enneagram Types and their ideal work environment, we’ve provided a summary of them below. You might ask, “how it is possible to even think about an...
Tips for Staying Connected to Your Employees
In recent conversations with leadership teams, I have been asked how to keep employees engaged and motivated, especially when most of the team members are working remotely. Here are a few tips I’ve shared with our clients: 1. If you are the President or CEO, schedule...
The Enneagram Desired Work Environment: Body Types
In the Narrative Enneagram we learn from different Types what work environment best supports them. This week we look at what work environment brings out the best in the Body Center Types (Types 8, 9, 1). The Body Center Types are those who process information and...
The Enneagram Desired Work Environment: Head Types
What work environment brings out the best in the Mental Center Types (Types 5,6,7)? In the Narrative Enneagram we learn from different Types what work environment best supports them. The Head or Mental Center Types are those who live in their heads and will need to...
The Enneagram Desired Work Environment: Heart Types
What work environment brings out the best in you? In the Narrative Enneagram we learn from different Types what is the work environment that best supports them. The Heart Types are those who seek connection and relationship with others. How others view them is...
Grounding Practice #3 by Transform Inc.
This week's Tip offers a grounding practice that Mary Anne and Theresa recorded before they were about to start a Zoom session one evening. This practice is the third in our grounding practices series designed to give you some "in-the-moment" tools to settle yourself...
Collaboration in Unprecedented Times
"Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much." – Helen Keller Now is the time to collaborate and cooperate like never before. We are being required to adapt to a new and constantly changing business reality, one where working together doesn’t look like it...
Why check out the Enneagram?
As we round the corner to mid-year of 2020, none of us could have predicted the way this year has progressed, yet, here we are, in uncharted territory. In December 2019 we started to chart our direction for 2020 envisioning the creation of a virtual, supportive...
A Message from Transform, Inc.
Thank you to everyone who has been participating in our virtual Enneagram series. Stay tuned to be a part of this engaging and growing enneagram community.
How Do You “Do” Fear?
In the Enneagram world, we refer to the Head Types 5,6, and 7 as the Fear Types, which they are. It is also true that fear is a universal response to real (or perceived) threats. As a Six, the core Fear Type on the Enneagram model, I actually get a little reactive...
Happy 4th of July
Cheers to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness Have a wonderful and safe 4th of July holiday! — Transform Inc.
Maintaining a Sense of Calm and Groundedness During Tough Times
Recently a client of ours asked us, “My work has become so demanding and I’m having a difficult time dealing with all the stuff going on in the world AND my personal life and my work. What can I do?” It is hard not to have some reactions to what is going on in the...
Growth Process
It appears that we are in the midst of significant change as a society and individually. With meaningful and lasting change comes struggles and opportunities. Here's a proven approach that can guide you through the change process. At Transform, we practice it...
The Lost Art of Listening
Listening, like many other elements of communication, can be developed through practice, or lost if not used regularly. Good listeners focus on what they hear. They pause, think about what they’ve heard, before responding. In today’s “act now” world it can sometimes...
Empowering Your Enneagram
Every day, each of the nine Enneagram types are challenged in new and different ways. When we are challenged, it is important to think about how we can plug into some personal power tips for our types, and in doing so overcome any obstacle. If you haven’t a clue what...
It’s A New Day
Over the last few weeks, we have been given the opportunity to consider time. How we use it, do we appreciate pivotal moments, and ponder how to best allocate our attention. When you take advantage of your time, appreciate the moment, and focus your attention you can...
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