33: Steph Barron-Hall, on Enneagram in the Workplace and Leaving Well

Stephanie Barron Hall (M.A. Organizational Communication & Leadership) is a speaker, Accredited Enneagram Practitioner, published author, and host of the Enneagram in Real Life Podcast. Stephanie has been facilitating personality-centric team development for years as an outside consultant for organizations ranging from small businesses to Fortune 100 companies. Stephanie's approach to the Enneagram is grounded in communication theory and emphasizes deep personal work through application, curiosity, and self-awareness.

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What do I need from me? What does my family need? What does my future self need? So I think that's leaving well and in whatever scenario, I think that's really important.

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It's like that concept of you build the plane while you're flying it. We love to say that. But you can only do that for so long before you actually have to really legitimize things.

When we have these mass layoffs that we've been seeing, that's really destabilizing. I think that managers forget about that emotional aspect of humans, no matter who you are, it's going to impact you.

When people bring me in, they're ready to talk a little bit, at least about emotions so I'm able to meet people there and to talk about those things. A lot of the time leaders will say, I don't understand why this is happening. Or there's this issue on my team where there's this conflict. They want something tactical but it's an emotional problem.

To purchase the books we discussed:

Necessary Endings, Dr. Henry Cloud: Amazon | Bookshop

Drive, Daniel Pink: Amazon | Bookshop

To learn more about finding your Enneagram type.

To connect with Steph or learn more about her work:

Website | Instagram | Youtube | Podcast

To take the Workplace Transition Archetype Quiz

To learn more about Leaving Well

This podcast is produced by Sarah Hartley