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Nines want to include all people and points of view and avoid discord. Nines are calming and compromise easily; they see clearly and identify strongly with the needs, enthusiasms and points of view of their fellows, such that others' wants seem like their own desires. Others may see Nines as spacey and neglectful, as pluggers and plodders, as bureaucrats no matter where they are found, and may be put off by Nine's obsessive being of two minds, their tendency to embrace ambiguity and their deliberate pursuit of seeming irrelevancies. At their best, Nines reflect and identify (often with extraordinary resonance) the positions of other persons without their own agenda intruding. They therefore can be excellent counselors, intermediaries, teambuilders and peacemakers. |
Worldview | "Everything will work itself out in the end." |
High Side | empathic, reliable, salt of the earth |
Low Side | apathetic, over-accomodating |
Leadership Style | Collegial and participatory |
Appeal to | Harmony and team values |
Don't Appeal to | competition or deadlines |
Talk | Sagas, epics |
Virtue | Zeal |
Alchemy | Coniunctio: joining people, positions and worlds |
from The 9 Ways of Working (c) Michael J. Goldberg, 1999. All rights reserved.