The Dream Team Academy

A Team Intelligence Program Using the Enneagram

This 9-month, group program is tailored to your team's needs and interests.

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Great work relationships don't happen by accident.

What Type of Change or Challenge Are You Facing?

Merger or Acquisition

Change in Leadership

Remote/Hybrid Team Cohesion

Departmental Silos

Gap in Soft Skills

The Path to Professional Growth & Team Connection

Your team will use what they're learning from the Enneagram to grow into your version of a Dream Team with these four categories of Emotional Intelligence to use in their personal development and in their work relationships with teammates, clients, and other stakeholders.

Self-Awareness:

Study Your Personality, Preferences, & Pet Peeves

Notice Stress & Triggers

Highlight Strengths

Identify Auto-Pilot Actions

Ask for Feedback

Define Growth for You

Consider Your Values & Motives

Self-Management:

Turn Insight into Action

Defuse Triggers

Leverage Strengths

Develop Intentional Habits

Accountability Check-Ins

Pair Growth Plan with IDP

Align Goals with Values

Others-Awareness:

Accept & Appreciate Your Team's Differences

Understand Their Reactions

Recognize Their Strengths

Know Their Communication & Collaborations Preferences

Get Feedback from Others

Identify What Growth Is for Them

Relationship Management:

Understand Your Impact on Others'

Work Together to Navigate Difficult Situations

Find Ways to Use Their Strengths

Adapt to Their Preferences (when possible)

Better Prepare for Meetings and Projects

Open Lines for Feedback

Workplace Pet Peeves and Preferences

The Dream Team Academy™ is a comprehensive group program with a mix of new information and practical exercises for implementing what you're learning.

To get an idea of some of the insights and application opportunities you'll learn about, download your copy of A Manager's Enneagram Field Guide and start practicing today.

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The Academy Overview

There is no one-size-fits-all all team training program, especially when that program is all about identifying and celebrating the unique personalities and perspectives of each member on the team.

That's why with the ideas and recommendations of the Enneagram MBA faculty, you'll co-create a program that matches your goals and unique challenges while also working with your specific team needs.

Getting Started

1 - Identify your program goals and define success with your dedicated Academy guide.

2 - Select your curriculum topics to align with those goals (initial ideas and suggestions are to the right 👉 ).

3 - Decide on your start date & who will participate.

4 - Schedule your Start Strong Summit and The Debrief where the team will reflect on growth while mapping the way forward.

5 - Work with the Enneagram MBA team to schedule future logistics and onboard participating team members.

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Emotional intelligence is correlated with confidence, resilience, perseverance, collaborative leadership, and win-win outcomes.

- University of Southern California, Department of Psychology

What to Expect Inside

9 Month Program

The Dream Team Academy is a nine-month-long professional development experience for teams navigating specific challenges and goals that can't be resolved in a single workshop. At the end of the program, each team member will receive a Certification of Completion.

Individual Attention

The first 4 months will be focused on individual development where each teammate will have opportunities to participate in an Enneagram Know Your Number typing session, a simple 360-Review assessment process, and growth coaching with an Enneagram and Leadership Certified Coach.

Team Connection

The following 5 months are focused on team connection and real-world practice. The team will meet and learn about and from one another throughout the program. Time and time again, students say that sharing with their co-workers is one of their favorite and most memorable parts of their experience. The team will also have the opportunity to invite another department to their

Onsite & Online

Each team in the Academy will come together in an in-person Strong Start Summit to build excitement, foster buy-in, and prepare for the experience and close with a special onsite wrap-up. Additional educational content will be delivered at the convenience of on-demand videos/audio and is designed to be both impactful and sensitive to a full workload.

Application Exercises

This part is important. You already know there is no shortage of information out there about getting along better at work. It's the implementation part that's often missing. You and your team will have regular funwork opportunities to turn the Enneagram insight into useful action.

Why the Enneagram?

The Enneagram (pronounced "ANY-uh-gram") is a model for identifying nine distinct patterns of habitual thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. The points represent a specific personality strategy and the lines represent the interrelationship of those strategies.

More than identifying only strengths or surface-level behaviors, it gives surprisingly accurate and useful insights into the stories we're telling ourselves, the root motives behind behaviors, and charts a specific path for each type for growth and performance improvement..

At Enneagram MBA we use the Awareness to Action methodology. It's a simple but extremely effective model for growth that tailored for the business world.

Companies that have already brought Enneagram MBA to their teams:

"Not finance. Not strategy. Not technology. It is teamwork that remains the ultimate competitive advantage, both because it is so powerful and so rare.”

- Patrick Lencioni, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

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A Chess Approach to Team-Building

In his Harvard Business Review article, "What Great Managers Do," author Marc Buckingham says that average managers play checkers, while great managers play chess.

The difference?

In checkers, all the pieces are the same and move in the same way; they are interchangeable.

Sure, you need to plan and coordinate their movements, but they all move at the same pace, on parallel paths.

In chess, each type of piece moves in a different way, and you can’t play if you don’t know how each piece moves. More important, you won’t win if you don’t think carefully about how you move the pieces.

The intention of Dream Team Academy™ is to use the Enneagram to help you and your team better understand each other and their unique strengths and preferences.

Top Teamwork Challenges

What Employers Are Facing

According to Patrick Lencioni, renowned expert in team-building and leadership and author of “The Five Dysfunctions of a Team" there are core issues that can hold teams back:

Absence of Trust: Without trust, team members may conceal their weaknesses, mistakes, and concerns from each other, hindering collaboration and preventing the team from working effectively.
Fear of Conflict: Conflict is an inevitable part of any team, but healthy conflict that focuses on issues and ideas can lead to better decisions and stronger relationships.
Lack of Commitment: To address this dysfunction, team members need to engage in robust discussions, clarify goals and expectations, and agree on clear action plans.
Avoidance of Accountability: Team members need to be clear about their roles and responsibilities, set clear expectations, and understand the impact of their actions on others, whether intended or not.
Inattention to Results: When individuals prioritize their own interests over the team's results, the team cannot achieve its goals.

Bottom line: Teams that communicate well, collaborate effectively, and share accountability tend to outperform those that don’t. Dysfunctional teams, on the other hand, can lead to poor communication, lack of trust, low engagement, and ultimately, failure.

So, how can the Enneagram help? Keep reading --->

How The Enneagram & EQ Helps

Emotional intelligence is the capacity to recognize and control one's own emotions as well as comprehend the emotions of others.

It's a skill that builds better working relationships, creates value in roles, and gives team members confidence to work with others, resolve issues, pioneer new ideas, and drive them and your organization towards success.

Although, it doesn't come natural (or easy!) for most of us - it's a skill that has to be built and nurtured.

The Enneagram is a tool for helping teams grow in their EQ, allowing them to:

Improve communication skills
Reduce stress
Increase frustration tolerance
React to constructive criticism
Conquer doubts, and insecurities
Navigate social situations smoothly
Create a positive environment
Fosters better leadership
Deal with change and uncertainty
Increase sense of accountability
Recognize the customer’s emotions without taking them personally

Emotional intelligence in the workplace begins from the inside out with each individual. It involves team members recognizing various aspects of their feelings and emotions and taking the time to work on the elements of self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy and social skills. Enneagram MBA's Dream Team Academy™ gives your team the guidance to grow and measure success in these areas.

Partnership Spotlight with DECKED

See the highlights of what one sales team with a new senior manager did together when they partnered with Enneagram MBA. Click here.

Investment:

The Dream Team Academy can be customized to meet the size, budget, and goals of each team so the investment will vary taking into account travel logistics, program materials, and additional needs. Complete the short form below to get started on your customized program plan and quote.