Fascinating Type Confusions | Counterphobic Six and Type Seven
Much has been written and continues to be written about typing and enneatype confusions. One theme, and an important one, is to not confuse behavior with motivation, because several Enneagram styles do the same thing but they do so for
Perception and Enneagram Styles
We perceive thousands of images and stimuli daily, but how reliable are our perceptions? Deeply personal and subjective, our perceptions create their own reality. We awaken to responsibility for our perceptions when we choose to be present. Only then are
Thanksgiving
This week is the US Thanksgiving holiday (Thursday to be exact), so this blog is dedicated to the people for whom I want to give big thanks to this holiday season and how their enneatypes contribute to my appreciation of
US Presidential Elections from an Enneagram Perspective
As some of you know, I have a keen interest in politics, something instilled at an early age by my family. Growing up, our garage was the local polling venue, and I stayed up late into the night observing the
The Uber Polarity | A Guest Blog by Tom Hattersley
We know that we all experience psychologically created polarities. As a Type Six, I experience Duty/Deviance, Type Ones are famous for Right/Wrong, Type Threes Success/Failure, and so forth. It seems, though, that we don’t always experience them so neatly labeled
Worry and Enneagram Styles
Worry is a pervasive undercurrent that limits us when habitual and on automatic. We become diminished in our ability to be fully present. Our focus of attention is split, and worry, ironically, dulls our awareness to real danger. This is
Salesforce.com | How to Use the Enneagram in Hiring Without Using a Candidate’s Enneatype
I am always the first and the last Enneagram teacher and business consultant to be adamant about not using the Enneagram as the way (or one of the ways) to hire candidates for jobs. The reason – as Catherine Bell
Why We Should Not Use the Enneagram in Recruitment | A Guest Blog by Catherine Bell
Would you use the Enneagram to recruit a senior leader, a key contributor, or really, anyone in your organization? According to the Academy of Management Journal, the variability in profit margin in a company is 44% attributable to the quality
The Importance of Self-Experience | Poorly Modulated Polarities Part 3 | A Guest Blog by Tom Hattersley
In a recent blog about the psychologically generated polarities we experience, I equivocated over whether to assist my Type Two wife in finding words to help her modulate the polarities she experiences. So, what do The Glenn Miller Band, Elvis