Cracking the Code of Your Personality with Enneagram Expert Ali Dunn

Episode 77 of the The Best Guest podcast, hosted by Victoria Bennion, titled "Cracking the Code of Your Personality with Enneagram Expert Ali Dunn" was published on March 28, 2023 and runs 37 minutes.

March 28, 2023 ·37m · The Best Guest

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Episode Description

In episode 77 of the podcast we welcome Enneagram expert Ali Dunn. We talk about:

The nine types of the enneagram
How the enneagram can help you understand yourself and others
Using the enneagram with individuals and teams

About Ali Dunn

Ali Dunn is a San Francisco Bay Area facilitator, speaker, and leadership coach for creative and ambitious professionals and entrepreneurs. Mother of two and former sales executive turned ICF certified coach, Enneagram practitioner, and graduate of the Berkeley Executive Training Institute, Ali’s highest intention is to empower individuals and teams to connect to their why and overcome self-doubt, perfectionism, and burnout by stepping out of their comfort zone and into their power.

Ali works with a range of clients seeking career growth and transitions from tech to higher education, whether they are launching a business or up-leveling their current role. She also works with creatives, from retailers to photographers, helping them align their work and life while they grow a profitable business. In addition to having her own private practice, Ali has also served as a mentor coach for female founders at The Hivery, The Huddle and the non-profit Women for Change.

Key Takeaways

The Enneagram is a personality tool made up of nine different archetypes that help understand people's motivations behind their decision making. Each type is based on a specific motivation, and the Enneagram is a way to understand how people work and how to relate to them based on their motivation.
The Enneagram can provide a greater understanding of the reason why people do certain things, and it is a place for communication and connection.
The Enneagram can bring incredible transformations by providing awareness and insight into an individual's habits, strengths, and blind spots.
The enneagram can be used to unpack team dynamics and identify dominant and missing traits. It can also be used to understand communication and feedback within a team, which is essential for trust and progress.
Ali's advice for someone feeling stuck in their life or business is to know yourself on a deeper level and strip away external expectations and limiting beliefs that may not be true. This can be achieved through self-reflection, spending time alone, and exploring tools like the Enneagram.
Building a relationship with oneself is important for holding onto personal truths and beliefs, especially in the face of opinions and feedback from others. It is also important to be okay with failing and to use failures as opportunities for growth.

Quote

The greater the relationship you can build with yourself, then the easier it is to hold onto your truths and your beliefs and just simply say, thank you, I appreciate this, but I'm gonna try it this way.