I recently received a postcard from two very dear women from Korea who were in England for Claudio’s program on the 27 Enneagram subtypes. They are a mother-daughter pair (a Seven and Three respectively) who are on their joint and
Enneagram Styles and Perspective
Gayle Hardie, a Senior EIBN member from Australia, has written this compelling monthly Insight on Perspective. If we imagine a room with glass walls and we are standing on the outside of one of them looking in, what do we
Type and Culture: What Enneagram Type is South Africa?
During my nearly 3 weeks in South Africa, immersed with people there who know the Enneagram, I asked multiple people and groups, “What Enneagram type is South Africa?” In response, I received a consistent and universal answer: “I don’t know.”
Enneagram Theory: Three Things I Wonder About Subtypes
Although I have become immersed in learning, knowing, and using the 27 Enneagram subtypes in my work and writing, there are more and more intriguing questions emerging for which I don’t have answers. Here they are, plus some musings about
Enneagram Theory: Fixations (Habits of Mind) – Vengeance
This 9th blog in the series Enneagram the Fixations (Habits of Mind) focuses on Vengeance, the fixation normally associated with Enneagram style Eight. In Eights (really in all of us), Vengeance refers to the mental process of rebalancing wrongs through
Enneagram Styles and Enthusiasm
Gayle Hardie has written a provocative insight this month, which you can read at the start of this blog. I’ve written that the “don’ts” are how we respond to the things outside of ourselves; the “dos” are what we have
Benchmark Report: The Enneagram in Business Comes of Age
In July 2001, a 9-person team of Enneagram in Business Network (EIBN) members published a Benchmark to find the answers to these questions: What success have organizations experienced using the Enneagram in their companies; how did they achieve this; and
Enneagram Theory: Fixations (Habits of Mind) – Planning
This 8th blog in the series Enneagram the Fixations (Habits of Mind) focuses on Planning, the fixation normally associated with Enneagram style Seven. In Sevens, Planning refers to the mental process by which the mind goes into “hyper-gear,“ moving in
State of the Enneagram (as I see it)
In the last few months, my sense of the state of the Enneagram has never been better, so here are some of the reasons for my increasingly optimistic view: The Global Enneagram Spread is Huge The Enneagram seems to be
Enneagram Styles and Motivation
Gayle Hardie, Senior Member of the Enneagram in Business Network, shares an important insight about motivation, as she clearly differentiates between intrinsic (internal) and extrinsic (external) motivation. “You are the only one who can motivate yourself. You can be inspired