CNET Coaching & Personal Development Applications Flashcards

In CNET-aligned team coaching, what is the primary value of having team members share their Enneagram types with each other?

Answer: To build empathy and understanding by revealing the different internal experiences and motivations behind team members' behaviors

Sharing types in a team context builds empathy by making visible the different automatic lenses, fears, and motivations that explain behavior that might otherwise seem inexplicable or frustrating.

What caution does CNET teaching offer about using the Enneagram for hiring decisions?

Answer: Using type as a hiring criterion risks discrimination and misuses the Enneagram as a selection rather than development tool

The Enneagram is a self-development tool and using it to screen job candidates violates both the ethical intent of the system and potentially anti-discrimination principles.

A CNET coach is working with a leadership team where two members of the same Enneagram type are in persistent conflict. What is the most Enneagram-informed explanation?

Answer: Same-type individuals often trigger each other's patterns precisely because they see their own less-conscious behaviors mirrored

Same-type conflict often arises because each person's automatic patterns mirror the other's, creating both recognition and reaction — a dynamic the Enneagram can illuminate productively.

What is the role of 'inquiry' as a coaching skill in CNET-aligned practice?

Answer: Asking open, curious questions that invite clients to explore their own experience without leading them toward predetermined conclusions

Inquiry in the Narrative Tradition means using open, non-leading questions that follow the client's own experience, honoring their inner authority and fostering genuine self-discovery.

How should a CNET coach respond when a client uses their Enneagram type as an excuse for problematic behavior?

Answer: Gently challenge the use of type as a fixed identity while affirming type as a starting point for development, not a permanent limitation

When type becomes a fixed excuse rather than a dynamic starting point, coaches can compassionately challenge this identification while affirming the client's capacity for growth.

In CNET coaching, what is the significance of helping a client develop their 'observing self'?

Answer: It builds the internal witness capacity to see one's own type patterns in action without being fully identified with them

The observing self creates a space between stimulus and automatic response, allowing clients to recognize type patterns as they arise rather than being carried away by them.