Did Marcus Buckingham Write an Enneagram Book? A Review of “StandOut”
It’s possible that Marcus Buckingham is not a household word in your household. For starters, let me reintroduce you to him: Marcus Buckingham Invents...
Editorial 182
After two months in a perfectly nice place on the edge of a little lake, in the Himalayan foothills with weather only matched by...
Applications Business/Workplace Leadership and Management Personal Growth/Self-Development Understanding the Enneagram
A Commentary on “Going for the Gold—Alchemy in Coaching”
I read with interest Mary Bast’s article, “Going for the Gold—Alchemy in Coaching” in last month’s EM, both because of its theory and thoughtful...
On Being A Four
Upon discovering I was a Four, I knew I was in trouble. Sure, I could relate to some of the descriptions (“intense, individualistic, emotionally...
Eight Possible Meanings of “Positive”
For several years, I have been a proponent of the “positive enneagram” approach; I even called my first book The Positive Enneagram. People often...
Movie Roundup: Fours and Sixes
This article is an excerpt from the third edition of my Enneagram Movie and Video Guide. The 3.0 version is an ebook available August...
Best Practices – Enneagram in Business
Although thousands of organizations worldwide use the Enneagram in a variety of business applications, 72 companies have been using the Enneagram intensively to dramatically...
Jacob Boehme & the Four Temperaments
I was intrigued by Paya Naderi’s theory of Enneatemps, which harmonized the ancient four-temperament theory and the Enneagram of personality types (EM, April...