What the talk is about
"Who do you think you are?" is the talk we are asked for most often, and the title is meant quite literally. Most of us have a fairly firm idea of who we are. That idea is rarely wrong, but it is almost always incomplete. And the gaps are where the misunderstandings live.
The talk is built on the nine personality types of the Enneagram. Not as boxes to put people in, but as nine different motivations: what drives us, what we would rather avoid, and what we do on autopilot when the pressure rises. Once you can see the motivation behind the behaviour, you stop taking other people's reactions personally.
Expect humour, recognition and a fair amount of laughing at ourselves. Participants do not go home with a type number stamped on their forehead. They go home with a language for differences they can use tomorrow, at the Monday meeting and around the dinner table.
What participants take home
- An understanding of the nine types and the motivation behind their behaviour
- A first guess at their own type, and why it is the motivation, not the behaviour, that decides it
- Insight into what happens to us under pressure, and why we then do the opposite of what we usually do
- A shared language for differences, so you can talk about collaboration without it getting personal
Suits
Kick-offs, staff days, conferences, management teams and networks. The talk works for every group of employees, from the boardroom to the warehouse.
Formats
Choose the format that suits your event. Every topic can be delivered in every format.
| Format | Duration | Typically for | What you get |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keynote | 45 to 60 minutes | Kick-off, conference, staff day | Energy and lightbulb moments for a big room at once |
| Talk with dialogue | 1.5 to 2 hours | Management team, department, network | Room for questions and your own examples |
| Workshop | 3 hours | Team, department, sales or service team | Participants work with their own type and how they work together |
| Half-day session | 3.5 to 4 hours | Team or management team that wants to go deeper | Workshop plus concrete agreements on what you do afterwards |
Price
Does it need adapting to you?
Every talk is built around your own examples. If you are facing a very particular situation, we tailor the content. If you want to keep working on it afterwards, an in-house course is the natural next step.
Frequently asked questions
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Book Who do you think you are?
Tell us about your event, the number of participants and the date, and Balder will come back to you with a proposal.