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Shock Point : The Enneagram in Burnout and Stress - Chad Prevost

Shock Point

The Enneagram in Burnout and Stress

By: Chad Prevost

Paperback | 1 January 2023

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Burnout isn't a vibe; it's a system failure-of bodies, teams, and the stories we tell ourselves at work. Shock Point shows leaders, coaches, and HR the missing lever: how different Enneagram types and subtypes break down under pressure-and how they reliably recover.

Dr. Chad Prevost translates the best of popular psychology into a fast, practical field guide for modern organizations. You'll recognize real stress patterns (not pop-type clich©s), learn targeted interventions for every type, and build a culture that prevents burnout instead of reacting to it.

This is not another "self-care" pep talk or a personality party trick. It's a playbook for sustainable performance-clear language, concrete practices, and team-facing tools you can use Monday morning. If you advise people, manage people, or are people, this book will help you do the work without losing yourself in it.

Most burnout advice treats symptoms. Shock Point goes upstream, mapping how each Enneagram type and subtype reacts under acute stress, adapts under chronic stress, and returns to effectiveness with specific, type-matched practices. You'll move past generic "stress management" and into precision coaching that actually changes behavior at work.

Inside, you'll learn how to:

  • Spot stress signatures by type/subtype-before performance drops or conflict spikes.
  • Apply targeted reset protocols (micro-practices, boundaries, and scripts) that fit each type's motivation.
  • Use the Enneagram as a business tool-for 1:1s, feedback, role design, and team norms.
  • Turn "above/below the line" moments into teachable moments without shaming or sugar-coating.
  • Build a shared language for resilience that scales from individual contributors to executive teams.
  • Prevent rebound burnout after high-stakes pushes and organizational change.

What sets Shock Point apart is its sober blend of evidence, lived experience, and team-ready application: clear explanations of burnout vs. stress, the convergence of modern stress research with Enneagram praxis, and practical moves leaders can deploy immediately. It reframes the Enneagram from personality trivia into an operating system for human performance-useful in coaching, mentoring, HR, and day-to-day management.

For: Executives and founders ⢠HR and People Ops ⢠Business coaches and mentors ⢠Consultants and facilitators ⢠Managers who want results without wreckage.

Industry Reviews

"...precisely what we need in these times. It's more than a helpful understanding of the enneagram as a map to better understanding ourselves-and our relationships. It's a blueprint for how we might rise above the distress of our times. It's essential reading for recovering our hearts, our minds, our souls."

Jerry Colonna, author of Reboot: Leadership and the Art of Growing Up

"Chad's new book weaves a mosaic taken from Enneagram theory and practice that is grounded in the work of profound thinkers such as George Gurdjieff, Oscar Ichazo, Claudio Naranjo and Gregory Bateson. He navigates Centers of Intelligence, subtypes, and psychological and spiritual Enneagram work in a comprehensive, complex, yet easy to understand, way that illuminates the paradoxes each type faces in their journey of growth."

Ginger Lapid-Bogda, PhD, author of Bringing Out the Best in Yourself at Work, The Art of Typing, and Transform Your Team with the Enneagram

"...helps us to pinpoint what we can control in a world of uncertainties for a higher-performing experience of life."

Jennifer Moss, author of The Burnout Epidemic and Unlocking Happiness at Work

"...extremely well-written...provides a 'way out' from burnout by guiding each type through practices that decrease stress and ultimately processing the burnout to move you closer to the essence of your type."

Sharon K. Ball, LPC-MHSP, co-author of Reclaiming YOU: Using the Enneagram to Move from Trauma to Resilience

"If you've found yourself in burnout yet again, sensing that there must be a better way, this book is for you."

Stephanie Barron Hall, author of The Enneagram in Love

"...intertwines the nuances of subtypes which will be a gift for all readers...helps to bridge the gap from stress to growth with practical wisdom." 

Milton Stewart, Enneagram coach, facilitator and podcaster of Do It For The Gram: An Enneagram Podcast

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