How the Enneagram Transforms Leadership and Workplace Culture
Typology
Ian Morgan Cron
4.7 • 3.2K Ratings
🗓️ 12 March 2026
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Most leaders think workplace problems are about strategy, performance, or communication. But what if the real issue is something deeper—something invisible shaping how people interpret everything that happens at work?
In this episode of Typology, Anthony and I explore how the Enneagram reveals the hidden motivations driving behavior inside teams and leadership groups. When people begin to understand why they—and their colleagues—think, react, and communicate the way they do, everything starts to shift.
We talk about what happens when organizations move beyond personality labels and start using the Enneagram as a practical tool for leadership, conflict, and culture.
If you lead people, work on a team, or have ever wondered why certain workplace dynamics keep repeating themselves… this conversation might change the way you see your office forever.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey folks and welcome to Typology, the show on which we explore the mystery of the human personality and the great human adventure all through the lens of the Enneagram. |
| 0:12.9 | My name is Anthony Skinner, your producer and co-host. |
| 0:15.8 | So happy to be with you here today, folks. |
| 0:18.0 | We got a great episode for you. |
| 0:22.8 | Ian and I are going to have a conversation together about what, Ian? Anthony, we're going to talk about the Enneagram in the |
| 0:29.6 | workplace, specifically. Come on. We're going to talk a little bit about my work with companies, |
| 0:35.6 | because, you know, we don't talk about this a lot |
| 0:39.4 | on the show, like at this kind of depth. Right. But now, after all these years, I've worked with so |
| 0:45.3 | many companies and seen the Enneagram produce incredible changes in a fairly short period of time. |
| 0:56.7 | And I just want to share the difference that can make in the workplace for people. |
| 1:03.3 | For sure. |
| 1:04.0 | So go ahead. |
| 1:05.5 | No, I was just going to say because I think it's like one of the most incredible tools for transformation and change. |
| 1:17.0 | On teams, senior leadership teams, you know, I've seen it applied in countless situations, |
| 1:24.2 | and it's never disappointed me or the client. |
| 1:28.4 | Well, you've worked at this intersection of psychology, spirituality, leadership, and the |
| 1:34.6 | Enneagram for years now. And I've gotten to be on this journey with you for 10 plus and it's |
| 1:39.9 | been awesome. And you are in the corporate space. So when leaders first hear the word enneagram, |
| 1:48.8 | I think many of them assume it's either like cycle babble or too woo-woo for the workplace. |
| 1:54.6 | So how do you, when you work in these corporate environments, how do you reframe it for leaders |
| 1:59.8 | who are responsible for |
| 2:01.7 | not just culture, but performance and results? Yeah. Well, listen, here's the deal. Like, |
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