Susan DrummCEO Advisor & Executive Coach | Leadership Change Agent

When Your Greatest Strength Becomes Your Trap #shorts

5 Oct 2026 · 1 min

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In this YouTube short, Susan Drumm warns that a leadership strength you take pride in can become a liability when over‑applied. She illustrates the point with two common styles: the decisive, super‑driven leader who can end up plowing over people, and the helpful, supportive leader who may say “yes” to everything and become overwhelmed. Drumm then introduces the Enneagram – especially the Enneagram Applied program – as a mirror that helps leaders spot when their strengths are turning into traps, urging viewers to reflect on a strength they might be overusing right now.

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You know that leadership strength you're super proud of? Well, too much of a good thing becomes a liability. And I see this all the time. For instance, the super driven and decisive leader. Well, too much of that and it becomes plowing over people when things get intense. Or how about the helpful, supportive leader? Well, too much of a good thing and they can't say no and they get overwhelmed. Our greatest strengths, when we lean on them too hard, can actually turn into traps. And tools like the Enneagram help you catch it before it spirals. It's like holding up a mirror to your habits under stress, but you have to fully understand it through programs like Enneagram Applied. So consider what's one strength you might be overdoing right now.