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The FIVE LENS Enneagram

Built For – Embedding Culture, Coaching & Team Effectiveness.

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What is the FIVE LENS Enneagram?

The Five Lens Enneagram is a psychometric framework for use by coaches and HR, L&D, and OD Professionals. Our framework is more than a personality assessment – it’s designed to spark genuine transformation. Integrating behavioural insights across five dimensions, it offers unparalleled depth and practicality.

Move beyond simplistic personality labels to uncover what truly drives behaviour, improve emotional resilience, and guide meaningful change for individuals.

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The FIVE LENS Team Framework

Teams are at the heart of organisational success, yet many teams face challenges around trust, communication, and collaboration.

The Five Lens Team Framework addresses these challenges with structured, practical interventions based on proven behavioural insights. From team discovery workshops to real-time skills development in feedback, conflict resolution, resilience, and collaboration – Five Lens helps teams achieve lasting alignment and high performance.

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The FIVE LENS Approach to Embedding Organisational Culture

Most culture programmes fail because they focus on slogans, not behaviour. Our proven approach helps executive teams build trust, master conflict, and embed values through daily practices. Starting with leadership, culture cascades naturally through the organisation — driving measurable behaviour change, stronger teams, and lasting results.

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Built on Decades of Trusted Expertise

  • Decades of experience in industrial psychology, psychometric assessment design, and behavioural science are integrated into our programmes.

  • More than 25 years of applied Enneagram insights - the core model underpinning every feedback report and intervention.

  • Our Practitioner Certification is accredited by the International Coach Federation (ICF), and participants receive a certificate confirming Continuing Coach Education hours upon completion.

Who is This For?

Executive & Life Coaches

Equip yourself with powerful tools that attract clients, deliver deeper insights, and grow your coaching practice.

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HR, L&D, and OD Professionals​

Gain powerful, scalable tools to build organisational capability, align culture, and optomise team effectiveness.

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About Us

At Five Lens People Development, we believe in expanding what’s possible—for individuals, teams, and organisations. Since our start in 2010, our mission has been clear: to help people understand themselves more deeply, lead more effectively, and collaborate meaningfully.

Founded by South Africa’s leading Enneagram expert, Colin Adam, and executive coach and facilitator, Hymie Gordon, Five Lens has evolved traditional Enneagram concepts into a multidimensional, scientifically grounded model.

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What Our Clients Say About Us

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    Dr Dumi Magadlela PhD Global Executive Coach, President's Award, Leadership & Team Executive Coach, Author

    The Five Lens Practitioner Level Certification Course takes you deep into the practical ways of understanding yourself and how you show up to the world, and by extension, the world. The course throws up mirrors all around you to see yourself in how you show up in your world. This is one course that I want to bring into my whole organisation.

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    James Hotaling, MSL Global Executive Coach, Thinkers450 Top 10 Thought Leader, Top Global Gated Mentor in Leadership in 2023, Board Member

    The entire process is world-class. The certification, the product, the support, the community is unmatched. As a globally focused executive coach and leadership instructor, the Five Lens Platform is perfect for all scenarios.

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    Grant Driver Global Executive Coach, C-Suite Coach (MBA, Boards Most Influential Leadership Lecturer), Organisational Behaviour Thought Leader

    The 5 Lens is an outstanding coaching tool. I thoroughly enjoyed the course and highly rate
    Colin as a facilitator and mentor. The team including Jennifer and Hymie is extremely helpful and professional. My clients love the 5 Lens and have become 'addicts' of the enneagram. Thank you for a valuable addition to my coaching practice.

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    Florence Musengi (MBA) CPRP Strategic Communications, Executive Coaching, Change Management, Chartered PR

    Holistic development with Five Lens helps my Coachees across the globe to activate beyond their capacity and abilities. The Five Lens helps individuals to unlock their potentials, remove personal blockers (blind spots) and help them realise holistic growth today, it's all about effectiveness and being a leader of influence not power.

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