82. Building a Healthy Co-Founder Relationship Using the Enneagram feat. Nathan Parcells | Type 4w3

10/13/22 • 52 min

Nathan Parcells is an Executive Coach and owner at Sharpened Coaching, helping co-founders build better partnerships. He's a co-founder himself so in addition to bringing his expertise and training to clients, he's bringing years of real-world experience navigating his own co-founder relationships.
This episode is very practical and very specific as Nathan shares with us three types of co-founder relationships, looking at both the partnership strengths and possible challenges with that pairing. Regardless of your type, the insights he shares will give you some new things to think about when it comes to better understanding yourself and those that you work with.
Co-founder Matchups

Type 3 and Type 8
Type 8 and Type 9
Type 1 and Type 3

In addition to the matchup insights, you'll also hear about:

Nathan's own startup founder journey
his biggest tip for getting the most out of applying it
what he sees as the most helpful aspects of the Enneagram
his experience having a coach and what to look for when hiring one
one thing he's laser focused on getting better at as someone with Type 4 energy
helping co-founders manage burn out and when needed, navigate a successful exit

Connect with Nathan:
Linkedin
Twitter
Website
🤳Are we connected on social media yet? If not, find me below and say hello!

Instagram
Linkedin

Not sure what your Enneagram type is yet, but want to?

🎙️Listen to the episode walking you through how to find your type with 2 questions:
https://www.enneagrammba.com/blog/enneagramtest

💖 Use the power of the Enneagram in your romantic relationship inside The Compatible CoupleTM experience with Coach Natalia
https://www.enneagrammba.com/compatiblecouple
✏️ Get an overview of all nine types inside the Understanding People at Work Cheat Sheet
https://www.enneagrammba.com/cheatsheet

Have a request for a future episode? Drop a text here!

🏆 Begin the process of becoming a Dream Team Certified Workplace: https://www.enneagrammba.com/enneagram-certified-workplace

🗓️ Book an Enneagram Workshop for your team retreat at work:
https://www.enneagrammba.com/enneagram-team-workshops

✏️ Get an overview of all nine types inside the Understanding People at Work Cheat Sheethttps://www.enneagrammba.com/cheatsheet

Type 3 and Type 8
Type 8 and Type 9
Type 1 and Type 3

In addition to the matchup insights, you'll also hear about:

Nathan's own startup founder journey
his biggest tip for getting the most out of applying it
what he sees as the most helpful aspects of the Enneagram
his experience having a coach and what to look for when hiring one
one thing he's laser focused on getting better at as someone with Type 4 energy
helping co-founders manage burn out and when needed, navigate a successful exit

Connect with Nathan:
Linkedin
Twitter
Website
🤳Are we connected on social media yet? If not, find me below and say hello!

Instagram
Linkedin

Not sure what your Enneagram type is yet, but want to?

Have a request for a future episode? Drop a text here!

🏆 Begin the process of becoming a Dream Team Certified Workplace: https://www.enneagrammba.com/enneagram-certified-workplace

🗓️ Book an Enneagram Workshop for your team retreat at work:
https://www.enneagrammba.com/enneagram-team-workshops

✏️ Get an overview of all nine types inside the Understanding People at Work Cheat Sheethttps://www.enneagrammba.com/cheatsheet

Previous Episode

81. Applying Personality Assessments in Real Life with Heidi Dexter | Type 7 [Part 6 in Personality Assessments at Work Series]

When you think of the traits that make up your personality, are you viewing them as all the things that are "wrong with you?"

Often times in my own personal experience and Enneagram teaching experience, the more we learn about ourselves it's the "negative" qualities we tend to focus on first.

Inside this final episode of the Personality Assessments at Work Series, you'll hear from Heidi Dexter, Type 7w8, head of customer experience at Beauty Culture Med Spa, and self-growth student on how she's shifted her thinking over the years from personality deficiencies to her personality strengths - and some things for you to think about to do the same.

Over the last 5 episodes you've heard about different personality assessments to help you better understand yourself, and others, at work:

360 Reviews - ep. 76
The Kolbe - ep. 77
CliftonStrengths - ep. 78
The DiSC - ep. 79
Fascinate - ep. 80

When you listen in to episode 81 you'll hear Heidi sharing how she's applied what she's learned from her personality assessments (some of them being new ones you haven't heard of before!) both at work with her team and clients and in her relationships as a spouse and parent.

You'll also get some additional insight on life as a Type 7 with that 8 wing energy that you can use to narrow down your own Enneagram type or better understand someone in your life with that 7 energy.

Listen in to hear more about Heidi's real life application of personality assessments and how she's using them to grow one bite at a time.
Connect with Heidi on Instagram:

@heidibailey
@beautyculture.medspa
Heidi's podcast and book recommendations:

The Bridge Podcast
10x Talk - The 4 Freedoms episode
The Gap and The Gain book
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Not sure what your Enneagram type is yet, but want to?

Have a request for a future episode? Drop a text here!

🏆 Begin the process of becoming a Dream Team Certified Workplace: https://www.enneagrammba.com/enneagram-certified-workplace

🗓️ Book an Enneagram Workshop for your team retreat at work:
https://www.enneagrammba.com/enneagram-team-workshops

✏️ Get an overview of all nine types inside the Understanding People at Work Cheat Sheethttps://www.enneagrammba.com/cheatsheet

Next Episode

83. 9 Practical Ways Managers and Leaders Can Use the Enneagram | Enneagram in Organizations 2022 Global Survey

Would you be curious to know how other people are using the Enneagram at work? And what benefits they're experiencing from it?
If you're here listening to a show about the Enneagram, I'm going to take a wild guess and assume, yes :)
That's great because in this episode we're using the 2022 Enneagram in Organizations Global Survey to guide this conversation about how managers and leaders can use the Enneagram with their teams.
You'll learn 9 specific ways (you only need to start with one!) that have been inspired by my own experiences, workshop feedback, and learnings from other teachers and mentors, so that you can turn your Enneagram information into a meaningful transformation for your team and organization.

New Hire Onboarding (3 ideas)
Giving more meaningful feedback (and how to deliver it)
In the hiring process
Providing personalized growth paths for each team member
Growing everyone's capacity for empathy and understanding of one another
Understanding your team's sales or customer relations strengths and possible obstacles
Improving customer, client, and vendor relationships
Ethically influencing each member of your when new initiatives are rolled out or company goals are communicated
Noticing the different ways each team member expresses and manages stress to avoid burnout and help them navigate through a stressful work situation

Read the entire survey:
https://www.enneagramsurvey.net/
Sign up for the weekly Understanding People Newsletter and get Issue #014 with an overview of the Global Survey Results:
https://www.enneagrammba.com/blog/2022-Enneagram-in-Organizations-Survey
Not sure what your Enneagram type is yet, but want to?

Have a request for a future episode? Drop a text here!

🏆 Begin the process of becoming a Dream Team Certified Workplace: https://www.enneagrammba.com/enneagram-certified-workplace

🗓️ Book an Enneagram Workshop for your team retreat at work:
https://www.enneagrammba.com/enneagram-team-workshops

✏️ Get an overview of all nine types inside the Understanding People at Work Cheat Sheethttps://www.enneagrammba.com/cheatsheet

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