Understanding Your Conflict Style: Enneagram Insights with Dr. James Ginn
Typology
Ian Morgan Cron
4.6 • 3.2K Ratings
🗓️ 5 June 2025
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of the Typology Podcast, we dive deep into the art of conflict resolution with our special guest, James Ginn, author of the new book How to Get Along with Anyone: The Playbook for Predicting and Preventing Conflict at Work and at Home.
Join us as we explore the five distinct conflict styles: Avoiders, Competitors, Collaborators, Accommodators, and Analyzers. James shares insights on how these typologies influence our reactions during conflicts and how understanding them can lead to better relationships both at work and at home.
We discuss:
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The three types of conflict: task, process, and relational.
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How to identify your own conflict style and triggers.
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Practical strategies for navigating conflicts with different personality types.
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The importance of emotional intelligence in resolving disputes.
Whether you're a conflict resolution specialist or someone who simply wants to improve your interpersonal relationships, this episode is packed with valuable insights and actionable advice.
Don't forget to like, subscribe, and hit the notification bell for more episodes on understanding personality types and enhancing your relationships!
Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
00:10 - Meet James Ginn
00:53 - Understanding the Enneagram and conflict styles
02:08 - Identifying your conflict style
02:35 - The three types of conflict
04:20 - Communication preferences in conflict
05:42 - How to approach conflict resolution
10:01 - The role of emotional triggers
11:50 - Tone of communication in conflict
20:22- The importance of assessing conflict situations
30:58 - Final thoughts on conflict resolution and Enneagram types
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, Typology Tribe, we got a big one today. |
| 0:05.0 | We're going to answer a question that everybody has, and that is, how do I get along with anyone? |
| 0:11.0 | And we're talking to the person that, I mean, this is what they do. |
| 0:15.0 | In fact, our guest today, James Ginn has a brand new book, How to Get Along with Anyone, |
| 0:21.1 | the Playbook for Predicting and Preventing Conflict at Work and at Home, |
| 0:24.9 | co-written by John Elliott. |
| 0:26.2 | He is an Enneagram 3 with a two-wing. |
| 0:29.4 | James, welcome to the show. |
| 0:30.7 | And Ian, thank you. |
| 0:31.6 | And Anthony, thank you so much for having me and excited to dive into personalities. |
| 0:35.9 | All right. |
| 0:36.5 | Now, you have a background with the Enneagram. |
| 0:39.1 | It's a system that you have studied somewhat and used in your own work, right? |
| 0:44.1 | Absolutely. I can honestly say that we use that at the forefront of every training we do, |
| 0:49.3 | every leadership assessment with all the organizations that we work with. |
| 0:54.5 | That's amazing. |
| 0:55.6 | So you're a conflict resolution specialist, and you are talking to two fours on the anagram |
| 1:00.4 | who hate conflict. |
| 1:03.2 | And actually, well, let's find out, okay? |
| 1:06.5 | Let's find out. |
| 1:09.2 | So let's figure out, you've got these five categories of people, right? |
| 1:16.0 | You have avoiders, competitors, collaborators, accommodators, analyzers. |
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