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                        nine: the mediator                   

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.