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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...
The Enneagram and Relationships in Focus Webinar Series
The Enneagram and Relationships in Focus Seeing through the eyes of another: How your Enneagram Type impacts your relationships. Join Mary Anne Wampler, Theresa Gale, and representatives of each Enneagram Type as they explore the dynamic and fertile ground of the...
Where is Your Attention?
What is attention and what impact does it have on whether you have a bad, good, or great day? Did you know that you have control over your attention? Join Theresa Gale and learn how to gain greater control of your attention. Have you taken our survey yet? We believe...
“What to Remember When Waking” – A Poem By David Whyte
In these challenging times we find ourselves thinking about time, how we use it and taking advantage of this opportunity to reflect. Last week we considered how you could use each hour, minute and second of your day with Theresa Gale. This week, we are taking a moment...
How Will You Use This Day?
While we are in uncharted, uncertain times right now, there is one thing that remains the same — that is the amount of hours, minutes and seconds we have in each day and how we make use of our waking hours is the topic of this thought by me, Theresa Gale. The...
Difficult Times Require This Essential Ingredient
I recently attended a webinar hosted by Gallup Organization on How to Keep Remote Worker Wellbeing High. One of the key takeaways was the urgency for leaders, right now, to stay attentive to their own and their employees’ wellbeing. By wellbeing they include...
Strategizing Change
Listen in as Theresa reveals what really inspires her in her work with clients. What inspires you these days? We'd love to know. Check our Theresa's interview here! The Enneagram in Focus Join Mary Anne Wampler, a nationally recognized Enneagram teacher and co-owner...
Human Universals: The Enneagram and The Pandemic with Leslie Flood Hershberger
Leslie Flood Hershberger is a colleague and friend of Transform, Inc. She is a certified Enneagram Trainer, a skilled facilitator and Integral Theory expert. We asked if we could share her recent message with our community. Luckily, she said, “yes.” I’ve been asked...
Maximize Your Leadership Team
As a successful business owner, you’ve dedicated your life to building your company, and you’ve felt the weight of responsibility that comes with running it all on your own. But, you also know in your heart that it’s not good business to have your company completely...
Tips on Fear
Who among us isn’t experiencing fear running through us these days? You can feel it in the ethos. We are engulfed by the news of a pandemic (COVID-19) and our daily routines have been greatly altered. Economic uncertainty is afoot for many. I am wondering, how are...
The Impact of Understanding
Plain and simply put, “To be an effective leader you need to understand yourself as well as your impact on others.” Everywhere you look, it’s easy to see examples of leaders who charge ahead, adopting a take-no-prisoners stance. These leaders then often are taken by...
Minimize the Impact when a Key Employee Leaves the Company
In last week’s blog we talked about a business owner having a succession plan to ensure the continuation of the business in the owner’s absence. In this blog, we want to give some tips for developing succession plans for your key employees. Has any of these scenarios...
Succession Planning Helps Business Owners Sleep at Night
Have you ever had these thoughts? “I lay awake at night and wonder if my business would be okay if something were to happen to me.” “The business is too dependent on my sales. If something were to happen to me, would the business survive?” “If something were to happen...
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