Enneagram Training Course

Lesson 1 • The Nine-Pointed Symbol Explained

Decodes the geometric structure of the Enneagram diagram, including the circle, triangle, and hexad. Builds visual literacy needed to interpret type relationships throughout the course.

Lesson 2 • Core Assumptions and Theoretical Premises

Identifies the philosophical assumptions underlying the Enneagram, including fixity versus growth. Students can articulate what the system claims and does not claim.

Lesson 3 • Comparing the Enneagram to Other Models

Positions the Enneagram alongside other personality frameworks to clarify its unique contribution. Prevents conflation with unrelated models and sharpens conceptual precision.

Lesson 1 • Common Misidentifications and Lookalike Types

Addresses the most frequent type confusions and the distinguishing factors that resolve them. Builds diagnostic accuracy essential for all applied work in later chapters.

Lesson 2 • Types One Through Three: The Doing Centre

Examines the core drives of the Reformer, Helper, and Achiever types within the Body and Heart centres. Establishes the first cluster of types as a foundation for full-model fluency.

Lesson 3 • Types Four Through Six: The Feeling and Thinking Centres

Covers the Individualist, Investigator, and Loyalist types, emphasising emotional and cognitive drivers. Connects these types to their respective intelligence centres for deeper understanding.

Lesson 4 • Core Motivations Versus Surface Behaviours

Distinguishes between observable behaviour and the deeper motivational layer the Enneagram targets. Prevents mistyping by anchoring identification in motivation rather than action.

Lesson 1 • The Head, Heart, and Body Centres

Defines each intelligence centre and its associated emotional theme, dominant strategy, and repressed function. Provides the structural lens used throughout triad and subtype analysis.

Lesson 2 • Hornevian Groups and Social Style

Covers the Hornevian triads—Assertive, Compliant, and Withdrawn—as interpersonal stance patterns. Adds a social dimension to type understanding beyond individual motivation.

Lesson 3 • Object Relations Triads

Examines attachment-based triads rooted in early relational patterns with nurturing figures. Deepens developmental understanding of why each type's strategy formed.

Lesson 1 • Applying Wings and Lines Together

Combines wing and line analysis to produce a nuanced, individualised type profile. Prepares students to build multi-dimensional portraits used in coaching and team work.

Lesson 2 • Understanding Wings and Their Influence

Explains how adjacent types on the circle blend into a core type, creating distinct subtypes. Students identify dominant wing expressions and their practical behavioural effects.

Lesson 3 • Stress and Growth Lines Explained

Maps the directional lines connecting non-adjacent types and their meaning under stress or growth. Provides a dynamic model of personality movement beyond static type description.

Lesson 1 • Countertype Subtypes and Their Confusion

Addresses countertype subtypes that appear to contradict the core type's expected behaviour. Resolves common misidentification errors caused by countertype expression.

Lesson 2 • Subtype Stacking and Dominant Drive

Explains how individuals rank their three instincts into a dominant, secondary, and repressed stack. Shows how stacking order shapes priorities, blind spots, and interpersonal friction.

Lesson 3 • The Three Instinctual Drives

Defines the biological basis of the three instincts and their role in shaping personality expression. Establishes the subtype layer as distinct from but interacting with core type.

Lesson 1 • Verifying and Confirming Your Type

Outlines a structured verification protocol using multiple data points to confirm a working type hypothesis. Prepares students to guide others through the same process in applied settings.

Lesson 2 • Barriers to Accurate Self-Typing

Identifies cognitive and emotional obstacles that distort self-perception during the typing process. Equips students to recognise and work around their own blind spots.

Lesson 3 • Approaches to Self-Discovery

Surveys the main pathways to self-typing: assessments, panels, reading, and guided reflection. Establishes that no single method is sufficient and that triangulation improves accuracy.

Lesson 1 • Type-Specific Growth Practices

Presents targeted practices for each type that address its core fixation and activate its higher virtue. Gives students concrete tools to recommend or use based on type.

Lesson 2 • The Growth Paradigm in the Enneagram

Frames the Enneagram as a map for transformation rather than a fixed label. Establishes the growth orientation that distinguishes developmental use from mere categorisation.

Lesson 3 • Designing a Personal Growth Plan

Guides students through building a structured, type-informed personal development plan with measurable milestones. Integrates all prior chapter content into a practical self-development framework.

Lesson 4 • Working with Fixations and Passions

Examines the nine fixations and nine passions as the cognitive and emotional traps of each type. Teaches recognition and interruption of these patterns as a core growth skill.

Lesson 1 • Conflict Resolution Through Type Awareness

Applies type knowledge to diagnose the motivational roots of interpersonal and team conflict. Gives students a structured approach to de-escalation and resolution by type.

Lesson 2 • Leadership Development by Type

Maps each type's natural leadership strengths and characteristic blind spots in organisational roles. Enables targeted leadership development conversations grounded in type dynamics.

Lesson 3 • Enneagram-Informed Coaching Practice

Integrates Enneagram type knowledge into a structured coaching framework for individual clients. Equips students to use type as a lens for goal-setting, feedback, and accountability.

Lesson 4 • Team Dynamics and Type Diversity

Analyses how type diversity affects team communication, conflict, and collaboration patterns. Provides facilitation tools for building psychologically aware, high-functioning teams.