Our approach
Development, to us, is a way of working that leads to change you can feel — in behavior, relationships, and performance. We combine psychological depth with a focus on results, ensuring that insight translates into real, everyday impact. On this page, you'll discover how we shape that movement.
From insight to action
Change starts with awareness, but only through practice does it lead to lasting impact. That’s why our approach is built around three logical phases. This ensures that insight translates into behaviour, collaboration and tangible results. Most programmes last between 3 and 9 months, depending on the question and context.
And experience shows: organisations and leaders who truly embrace this work often become long-term clients — sometimes even with their own practitioners trained by us.
Three phases
Change starts with awareness, but only through practice does it lead to lasting impact. That’s why our approach is built around three logical phases. This ensures that insight translates into behaviour, collaboration, and measurable results. Most programmes last between 3 and 9 months, depending on the question and context.1. Insight on individual and team level
Every program begins with an analysis phase.
Each participant completes an EnneaGuide (a personal type assessment and report), followed by an individual conversation in which we reflect on type, behaviour, and team experience. For teams, we also use the EnneaTeam analysis to uncover group dynamics and invisible tensions.
✅ Outcome: a shared understanding of who people are and how they work together.
2. Conversation and movement
In team or leadership sessions, we start the conversation around what previously remained implicit.
We work experientially, in the moment. Our style is lovingly confrontational: gentle in tone, clear in direction. We bring language and insight that shift reactions, improve collaboration, and deepen mutual understanding.
✅ Outcome: breakthroughs in communication, trust, and role clarity.
3. Translation into new behaviour
In the third phase, we support the integration of new behaviour.
Through coaching, training or follow-up sessions, new awareness is embedded into daily practice. We use transformation layers as a development framework — making it visible whether the change is happening on the level of behaviour, belief, or identity.
✅ Outcome: sustainable development, visible in both behaviour and performance.
What we do
Our programs typically combine several key elements:
- EnneaGuide: An in-depth personal report based on the Enneagram
- Strategic Sessions: Clarifying where you want to go — and what’s holding you back
- Coaching & Training: Individual guidance focused on personal transformation and insights into yourself and others
- Workshops: For teams and organizations
- EnneaTeam: Team reports that make group dynamics visible and discussable
- Custom Programs: Year-long leadership journeys tailored to your context
We work both in-person and online — but always with people who are willing to take an honest look at themselves.
What it brings
After working with Nine Wisdoms, people often say:
- “I understand myself better — and that changes how I respond.”
- “As a team, we now have a shared language to talk about what really matters.”
- “There’s more calm — and with that, more space.”
- “We work together with greater trust — and it shows in our results.”
Because ultimately, that’s what we care about:
People who dare to live and lead above the line.
Who choose from wisdom — and build something greater than themselves.
Why Nine Wisdoms stands out
Depth that resonates. Results that last.
Real development begins when you understand why people do what they do — and how to create lasting movement from that insight.
That’s why we work with the Enneagram: the only model of human behavior that combines deep psychological insight with practical development steps — used by organizations around the world.
What Sets Us Apart:
We bring the Enneagram into the boardroom.
We’re the leading organization applying the Enneagram in a way that connects both the hard and soft sides of business.
Strategic decisions, change, business models, and influence gain a stronger foundation when aligned with our personality structures.
Our reports are one of a kind.
Our EnneaGuide reports are the only business-oriented Enneagram-based profiles available.
They don’t just show who someone is — they reveal how that person can grow within an organization, using a development path that is psychologically sound, multi-layered, and directly applicable.
We build on science — and contribute to it.
We draw on respected research, including Jim Collins' Good to Great, Gallup’s Strengthsfinder, McKinsey’s Beyond Performance, and Fred Kiel’s Return on Character.
And we actively contribute to new research — including Koen Hulsbosch’s Nyenrode study on leadership and organizational success.
We make development visible.
With the Transformation Layers framework, we offer precise insight into where someone stands in their growth — and what the next step is toward natural leadership.
We work with people who want to make a difference.
Our clients are executives, leaders, board members, managers, and professionals who take themselves seriously — and who want to grow not just in performance, but in awareness, vision, and impact.
Our approach is both human and professional.
Everything we create — from reports to trainings to full programs — is rooted in scientific evidence and years of experience.
We aim to touch and build. Because growth should be felt — and it should last.
Our history in working with leaders and organizations
Even before founding Nine Wisdoms, our founders gained extensive experience in leadership development, team coaching, and organizational transformation. They worked with a diverse range of organizations — both in the Netherlands and internationally — including:
General
Priva · Heijmans · Alliander · Nuon · Pon's Automobielhandel · Van Wijnen · Strukton · Louwman & Parqui · Ridder Drive Systems · Horticoop · Fudura
IT, Banking & Insurance
KPN · ING · Rabobank · AON · QNH · Heineken Pensioenfonds · Van Staalduinen Automatisering · Magion · Eshgro · Procurios
Care, Government & Corporations
Gemeente Rotterdam · Rijkswaterstaat · Zuwe Hofpoort Ziekenhuis · Gemeente Ridderkerk · Gemeente Ermelo · Gemeente Harderwijk · Gemeente Skarstelan · Woonzorgcentra Haaglanden · ASVZ · Het Grootslag · Time Out Huis
SME
VB+ Vastgoedmanagement · Treur Kaas · Sutter Kars Notarissen · Lens · OMT Solutions · Bouwbedrijf Kooi · Onderweegs de Groot · Melspring Companies