E3 at work with an E5 manager - advice needed
Hello all you fives, I need some advice!
I’m asking on behalf of an enneagram 3, who’s at work with an enneagram 5 boss (disclaimer that they may be mistyped, but their dynamic definitely reads as both avg levels of 3+5, so I wanted to see if we could get some more specific advice using the enneagram angle).
E3 was given a 60 day trial period as a supervisor by her E5 boss. E3 felt that she had very little time to “prove herself”, as previous trial periods were given by E5 to other employees that were up to 6 months long.
Basically, their relationship has skewed more negative as this trial period has progressed. Looking at this through the enneagram angle, it seems like E3 moved too fast for E5’s comfort in an attempt to prove herself.
E3 has moved with urgency, and delivered specific, measurable (positive) outcomes within a short time in an effort to prove that she’s the best fit for the role. However, she feels as though E5 is increasingly resistant to the changes she’s trying to make, avoidant of having any one-on-one meetings, and it also seems as though he’s becoming rather frustrated with E3. E5 is definitely a victim of analysis paralysis, and I’m sure it seems to him that E3 has charged full steam ahead half-cocked, and therefore can’t be trusted with the role (though whether or not that’s actually true depends on who you ask).
There’s a few more weeks left in this trial period, and I’m wondering if there’s any way that E3 can turn this around. She can’t undo the fact that she made a lot of changes in a short time which appears to have alienated him, but is there a way that she can talk to E5 or do something to repair, recover, and increase the chances that she receives the full-time supervisor role?
Any advice would be appreciated!!