Enneagram and Leadership
About the Coaching Cohort
The Enneagram is a personality type system that illustrates the interconnections between nine core archetypes. Each of us comes into life with a personality we use to make our way in the world. Sometimes it works well for us, and at other times we get in our own way. In conversation with the Enneagram, we can celebrate the strengths God has given us, identify our personality challenges, and put deeper self-understanding into action.
The cohort will meet virtually once a month for six sessions. The aim of the cohort will be to identify natural gifts and reflexive tendencies, develop instinctive capacities, identify underused strengths, learn how to approach conflict with awareness, and begin to apply the concepts in participants’ leadership contexts. Participants will receive a workbook to use throughout the cohort.
Every participant will receive 5 individual coaching sessions to further deepen their work. These sessions are scheduled monthly with the coach to further deepen their work.
To get the most from this experience, participants will know their core type/number and have a basic understanding of the Enneagram.
Cohort Details
- Participants will learn alongside a cohort of peers, receive both group and individual coaching from a highly trained and certified coach.
- 90-minute group sessions will include presentations of Enneagram concepts, group coaching, and leadership story sharing.
- Additionally, every participant will receive 5 individual coaching sessions to further deepen their work. These sessions are scheduled monthly with the coach and are completed within 5 months of the cohort start date.
- This cohort will meet on the second Wednesdays of the month from 2:00-3:30pm ET (11:00am-12:30pm PT) on September 11, October 9, November 13, December 11, January 8, February 12.
- Spaces are limited to keep the cohort experience small.
- Cost is $799 per participant.
Moving Towards Impact
NEXT Church values opportunities that lead to impact as a way to interrupt a consumer culture. In a consumer culture, participants sit back and consume what an expert is saying without ownership for learning and growth. But if we want to transform our communities, our churches, and ourselves, we must play an active role to create impact.
NEXT Church also believes the hard work of learning that leads to justice is best done in accountable community. As people of faith, we believe community is essential for faithful discernment, support, and mutual accountability. Cohort participants and leaders are invited to challenge and hold one another accountable.
Because of these values, we partner cohort learning with individual coaching. By registering for a cohort, you accept the invitation into this community as an active learner with a commitment towards actionable next steps.
This cohort is filled and no longer available for registration.
If you would like to be placed on a waitlist or notified when the next cohort opens, let us know.
Time
Wednesdays
2:00-3:30pm ET
(11:00am-12:30pm PT)
Dates
September 11, October 9, November 13, December 11, January 8, February 12
Coaching
Every participant will receive 5 individual coaching sessions – these should be scheduled in between cohort meetings.
Cost
$799 per person
About the Sessions
Enneagram 101
We begin with an overview of the Enneagram, examining the framework of intelligence centers and social styles, then exploring the characteristics and motivations of the 9 core types.
Blind Spots, Triggers, and Defense Mechanisms
Our personality structures grow out of our drive to survive in a world that can feel unsafe. We will consider how to raise awareness of those defense mechanisms, learning how they serve us and when they actually work against us.
Growing Along the Arrow Lines
Each type is connected to two other types, as indicated by the arrow lines on the Enneagram symbol. This session will focus on the capacities and growth paths available to us when we access them consciously.
Adding Wings to our Inner Team
This session will explore how adopting the energy of our neighboring types can open new perspectives in leadership and life. We will identify the inner teammates we need most in our leadership contexts.
Conflict and Communication
In leadership roles, we are called on to communicate with others and navigate conflicts. In this session we will look at conflict styles by type and explore communications best practices with all nine types.
Practices for Self-Development Committing to Future Growth
Putting together what we have learned over the cohort time, we will identify areas for continued growth in our particular contexts and commit to practices for self-development.
Leadership
Martha Spong
Coach
Martha Spong is an ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC), and an iEQ9 Accredited Enneagram Practitioner. She coaches individual clergy and small clergy groups and provides Enneagram training for church and judicatory leaders and staff. An ordained United Church of Christ pastor, Martha has served congregations in Maine and Pennsylvania. She has worked with NEXT Church since 2019, coaching cohorts centered on the Enneagram, Antiracism, and a range of leadership topics. Martha is the co-author of Denial is My Spiritual Practice (and Other Failures of Faith) and editor of The Words of Her Mouth: Psalms for the Struggle. Married to a PCUSA pastor, Kathryn Johnston, she lives in Mechanicsburg, PA. Martha is a baker, a knitter, and a doting Mimi to 3 grandchildren.
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Questions
For questions about the coaching cohort, contact Jen James.
