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Maybe you’re wondering why I would include leadership in this trio of controversial uses of the Enneagram. Isn’t leadership a staple among the common uses of the system in organizations? Yes it is, but not so long ago (even in

In this second blog, the controversial use of the Enneagram in organizations – that is, hiring – is covered. It is anther example of the importance of how something is used, not whether or not it is used. Hiring Why

There are three main areas that deserve discussion when considering the Enneagram’s use in organizations: sales, hiring, and even leadership. What I am going to suggest is that all of these application areas raise serious ethical questions that should be

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

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

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

Context During the past year, I’ve been working with the Global Health Fellows Program (GHFP) in D.C. to help staff from USAID, the Centers for Disease Control, the US State Dept and the Dept of Defense figure out how to

  This blog was written at the request of Josefina Escobar Bascur from Chile for use on a website called Work and Women. The site is for women who are entering the workforce, and Josefina requested my thoughts regarding how