Eneagram Leadership Coaching and Assessment
Strategic Self-Awareness That Improves Performance
Beyond Personality—Strategic Leadership Intelligence
The Enneagram isn't a personality test. It's a framework for understanding the unconscious patterns that drive your decision-making, communication, and response to pressure.
For executives and leaders, this matters because self-awareness isn't self-improvement—it's competitive advantage.
When you understand your default stress responses, blind spots, and leadership tendencies, you can:
Make clearer decisions under pressure
Communicate more effectively across different leadership styles
Build stronger, more aligned teams
Recognize when you're operating from reactivity vs. strategy
Lead with presence instead of performing leadership
The Enneagram reveals the "why" beneath your behavior—so you can lead with intention, not habit.
The Nine Leadership Patterns
The Enneagram maps nine core motivations—each with distinct strengths, stress responses, and communication styles.
Why This Matters for Leaders:
Each type approaches leadership differently:
How you make decisions under pressure
What triggers reactivity or defensiveness
How you communicate (and where miscommunication happens)
What you prioritize (and what you miss)
How you show up when stakes are high
Understanding your type—and your team's types—creates shared language for navigating conflict, building trust, and aligning on strategy. [REFINED]
It's not about labeling. It's about leveraging self-awareness to lead more effectively.
The iEQ9: Clinical-Grade Leadership Assessment
At EnlightUs Coaching, we use the iEQ9 Enneagram assessment—the most research-backed, business-focused Enneagram tool available.
What You'll Learn:
Your Core Motivation & Worldview Understand the unconscious drivers shaping your leadership decisions.
Stress & Security Patterns Recognize how you respond under pressure—and what shifts when stakes are high.
Communication Style See how your communication lands with others (and where friction occurs).
Blind Spots & Development Areas Identify where you're most likely to derail or disengage—and how to address it.
Team Dynamics (Team Report) Understand how your team's types interact, where conflict emerges, and how to leverage differences strategically.
This isn't about self-discovery for its own sake. It's about building the self-awareness required to lead with clarity and sustainable performance.
Why Executives Use the Enneagram
Improve Decision-Making Under Pressure Understand when you're deciding from clarity vs. stress response.
Strengthen Executive Presence Lead from authenticity, not the performance of leadership.
Navigate Conflict More Effectively Recognize patterns in how you (and others) engage with disagreement.
Build High-Performing Teams Use Enneagram insight to align team communication and reduce friction.
Prevent Burnout Identify the patterns driving overwork, perfectionism, or people-pleasing—before they break you.
Develop Strategic Self-Awareness Move from reactive leadership to intentional, values-aligned decision-making.
The Enneagram Leadership Process
Step 1: Complete the iEQ9 Assessment (30 minutes) Take the online assessment at your convenience. Results generate a comprehensive 27+ page leadership report.
Step 2: Professional Debrief Session (90 minutes) We'll review your results in depth, explore patterns in your leadership, and connect insights to real challenges you're navigating.
Step 3: Integration & Application (Ongoing) Apply Enneagram insights to your coaching work, team dynamics, and leadership development—turning self-awareness into strategic action.
Available as:
Stand-alone assessment + debrief ($450)
Integrated into 1:1 coaching (included in executive coaching programs)
Team assessment + workshop (custom pricing for leadership teams)
Enneagram for Leadership Teams
The iEQ9 Team Report maps your team's collective dynamics—revealing:
Communication patterns across different types
Where trust breaks down under pressure
Hidden conflicts driven by differing motivations
Strategic blind spots in decision-making
How to leverage personality differences as strengths
Use cases:
Newly formed leadership teams building cohesion
Executive teams navigating misalignment or conflict
High-growth companies scaling leadership capacity
Teams experiencing communication breakdowns
Team Enneagram Intensive: Half-day or full-day workshop integrating assessment, team mapping, and strategic application.
Investment: Starting at $4,500 (includes assessments for 6-12 participants + facilitated workshop)
What Leaders Say
Integrating the Enneagram into our hiring process has been a game-changer — not just for identifying the right candidates, but for setting them (and our teams) up for success from day one. With Tanya Colucci as our coach and guide, we’ve been able to move beyond personality labels and use the Enneagram as a strategic tool to hire with clarity, empathy, and long-term vision.
What makes Tanya stand out is how she translates each Enneagram type into practical, behavior-based insights that we can use during interviews. We're not just asking, ‘Can they do the job?’ — we’re asking, ‘How will they lead? How will they respond to stress? Can they grow in this role while supporting the team culture we’ve built?’
Especially in roles where relational dynamics are sensitive — like bringing a new leader into a highly experienced, all-female team — the Enneagram gives us a deeper layer of understanding that no résumé or reference ever could. It’s helped us avoid costly mismatches and, more importantly, build teams that trust each other, challenge each other, and stay aligned with our core values.
Tanya’s coaching has made the Enneagram an essential part of how we hire — and how we lead.”
— Maria Walls, Beaufort County Treasurer
Frequently Asked Questions
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The iEQ9 assessment is grounded in 13+ years of research with a 95% accuracy rate. While the Enneagram system itself is a framework (not a clinical diagnostic tool), the iEQ9 integrates neuroscience, emotional intelligence research, and leadership psychology to provide actionable, evidence-based insights.
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MBTI focuses on cognitive preferences. DiSC focuses on behavioral tendencies. The Enneagram reveals core motivations and unconscious patterns—the "why" beneath behavior. It's particularly useful for understanding stress responses, blind spots, and leadership under pressure.
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No. The iEQ9 assessment is included in most coaching programs or available as a stand-alone service. If you already know your type, the iEQ9 provides depth and validation.
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Yes. The iEQ9 Team Report is specifically designed for leadership teams, revealing collective dynamics, communication patterns, and strategic blind spots. We facilitate team workshops that integrate assessment insights with real-time team challenges.
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The iEQ9 takes approximately 30 minutes to complete online. The professional debrief session is 90 minutes, where we explore your results in depth and develop an application plan.
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Yes. The Enneagram assessment and integration are included in all 3-month and 6-month executive coaching programs. It's also available as a stand-alone service.
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The iEQ9 assessment identifies your primary type through research-validated questions about your motivations, fears, and behavioral patterns. Unlike self-typing (which can be inaccurate), the iEQ9 uses 13+ years of research to determine your type with 95% accuracy. The 90-minute debrief session then explores how your type shows up in your leadership.
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Individual iEQ9 assessment with 90-minute professional debrief: $450. Team assessments with workshop facilitation start at $4,500 for 6-12 participants. The Enneagram assessment is also included in all 3-month and 6-month executive coaching programs at no additional cost.
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Yes. The stand-alone option includes the iEQ9 assessment and a 90-minute professional debrief session where we explore your results in depth. Many executives start here before deciding whether to engage in ongoing coaching.
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The iEQ9 has a 95% accuracy rate based on 13+ years of research and validation. Most free online Enneagram tests rely on self-typing and lack scientific validation. The iEQ9 is the only business-grade Enneagram assessment designed specifically for leadership development, with reports covering decision-making, team dynamics, and performance under pressure.
Ready to Build Strategic Self-Awareness?
Individual Assessment + Debrief: $450 Complete the iEQ9 and schedule a 90-minute debrief session to explore your results and develop an integration plan.
Team Assessment + Workshop: Starting at $4,500 Comprehensive team dynamics mapping with facilitated workshop for 6-12 participants.
Integrated with Coaching: Included Enneagram assessment is included in all executive coaching programs (3-month and 6-month engagements).
Marcus Aurelius was right: "Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth."
The Enneagram doesn't give you truth. It gives you perspective—on yourself, your patterns, and the unconscious forces shaping your leadership.
That perspective becomes power when you use it strategically.