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BE HONEST IN IDENTIFYING WHAT YOU DON’T LIKE DOING, AND THEN
GIVE YOUR FULL ATTENTION TO THOSE AREAS Write down the
parts of your job that you truly enjoy. Review this list, and think
about how you approach these tasks and how you feel when you
do them. Make a second list of the responsibilities that you find
dull or uninteresting. Review each item, and ask yourself this
question: How can I bring the same enthusiasm, satisfaction,
and overall approach to these tasks that I bring to the activities
I enjoy?

CREATE AND WORK FROM A VISION, MISSION, AND STRATEGY; KEEP
YOUR EYE ON STRATEGIES AND THEIR IMPLEMENTATION Write down
your vision, mission, and strategies. List your goals beneath each
strategy, and place your tactics below each goal. Putting this on
paper will clarify your strategic elements, showing you what might
be missing and needing more thought, and giving you something
to discuss with those you lead. Remember that some people need
explicit direction and oversight.

Enneagram Style Fives

Leadership Paradigm:
Leaders develop effective organizations through
research, deliberation, and planning so that all
systems fit together and people are working on a
common mission.
Because Five leaders have an enormous amount
of intellectual curiosity, they feel stimulated by
knowing the business from both an environmental and an organi-
zational perspective. Not only do they take an interest in analyzing
the latest trends and the needs of customers, but they are store-
houses of information about the organization’s products, technol-
ogy, services, structure, and finances. Five leaders see the entire
business almost as a gigantic puzzle, and they are fascinated by its