The Personality Grid
Interpersonal Roles
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Disruptive Roles
The
following Personality Gridsm shows how all nine types take on
specific Interpersonal Roles. As the Grid indicates, the nine types can be
divided into three groups of three: those whose "social function"
is as a soloist, an initiator, or a cooperator. These three groups are
further subdivided into three groups depending on those whose concern is
primarily focused on developing the self, on looking to the future, or on
influencing others. The words in parentheses describe the principal asset or
talent each type attempts to bring to the workplace. The italicized title is
a healthy role of the type.
The Interpersonal Roles
Personality Grid sm
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Social Function
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Area of Concern
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SOLOISTS
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INITIATORS
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COOPERATORS
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DEVELOPING
THE SELF
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The Designer
(Creating)
The Intuitive
Originator
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The Achiever
(Communicating)
The Competent
Pragmatist
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The Mentor
(Supporting)
The Thoughtful
Contributor
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LOOKING TO
THE FUTURE
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The Investigator
(Discovering)
The Perceptive
Expert
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The Enthusiast
(Popularizing)
The Joyful
Visionary
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The Troubleshooter
(Implementing)
The Dependable
Associate
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INFLUENCING OTHERS
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The Peacemaker
(Mediating)
The Comforting
Optimist
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The Challenger
(Empowering)
The Self-
Confident Authority
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The Reformer
(Improving)
The Conscientious
Teacher
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Copyright,
2001, The Enneagram Institute
All Rights Reserved
Each type also has less-than-optimal aspects to it, and these
characteristics could also be added to the above Personality Gridsm
to indicate more disruptive qualities.
In all of the following "Disruptive Roles,"
people become more defensive about their identity and more willing to get
into conflicts with others to maintain their sense of self. It is when
people get stuck in these roles that much of the egocentric posturing and
"game playing" found in organizations takes place. People then
find it increasingly difficult to put their own ego agendas aside for the
common good or to cooperate with others in the organization.
The Disruptive Roles Personality
Grid sm
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Social Function
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Area of Concern
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SOLOISTS
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INITIATORS
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COOPERATORS
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DEVELOPING
THE SELF
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The Designer
(Creating)
The
Temperamental
Withholder
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The Achiever
(Communicating)
The Slippery
Operator
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The Mentor
(Supporting)
The
Self-Important
Busybody
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LOOKING TO
THE FUTURE
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The Investigator
(Discovering)
The Detached
Technician
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The Enthusiast
(Popularizing)
The Scattered
Chatterbox
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The Troubleshooter
(Implementing)
The Ambivalent
Skeptic
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INFLUENCING OTHERS
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The Peacemaker
(Mediating)
The Passive
Wishful Thinker
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The Challenger
(Empowering)
The Heavy-Handed
Taskmaster
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The Reformer
(Improving)
The Rigid
Scorekeeper
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Copyright,
2001, The Enneagram Institute
All Rights Reserved
Information about various aspects of the personality types could continue
to be listed in a series of Personality Grids. However, the nine personality
types are not static categories but are related to each other in revealing
ways and can be arranged around a circle. We can also draw lines
between the types to represent the connections between them—and the
Enneagram symbol results.
The Enneagram not only delineates the nine basic
personality types but the internal lines indicate potentials for further
adaptive and defensive behaviors for each type. This dynamic
quality is unique to the Enneagram and makes this system extremely helpful
in interpersonal and business settings. Beyond its usefulness to managers,
the Enneagram brings depth and clarity to executive development, leadership,
team building, customer service and sales—as well as many other areas of
personal and organizational life.
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