Bringing Out the Best in Yourself at Work: How to Use the Enneagram System for Success

Bringing Out the Best in Yourself at Work: How to Use the Enneagram System for Success

Ginger Lapid-Bogda

Language: English

Pages: 288

ISBN: 0071439609

Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub


A proven system for improving your own work and for working better in a team

Used by such organizations as the Walt Disney Company, Silicon Graphics, the Federal Reserve Bank, and the CIA, the Enneagram is a proven psychological system based on nine number types that helps people achieve self-awareness and develop strategic approaches to interpersonal interactions. In Bringing Out the Best in Yourself at Work, Enneagram teacher and business consultant Ginger Lapid-Bodga shows professionals how to apply this popular tool to their work as a way to improve their productivity and help them build positive relationships among coworkers. This practical guide explains how to use the Enneagram to:

  • Communicate more effectively
  • Provide constructive feedback
  • Prevent and resolve conflict
  • Bring out their strongest leadership skills
  • Discover methods for professional development
  • Work better in teams

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Interconnections under stress. Ones move to Four under stress, which often occurs when their sense of responsibility becomes a burden or they are deeply disappointed. At these times, Ones can get depressed for long periods of time. Fours under stress move to Two, most typically when they are feeling isolated or rejected. Fours in stressful situations may begin to give to others excessively but fail to take care of themselves. Fours under stress may also lose sight of who they are and, like Twos,.

Ginger Lapid-Bogda. Click here for terms of use. xii Foreword interesting plans. Nines may find themselves suddenly waking up to discover their attention has wandered off, and so on for all nine profiles. All of this is encouraging, because you can recognize your two selves: the self that acts on automatic, and a secondary aspect of yourself that can watch the mechanics of your own mind. In our time, there is practically no education for the observing self, yet you will be using witnessing.

Giving Feedback A Two talking to Oliver about his client relationships would not likely come across as too critical, but rather too positive. Twos, unless they feel unappreciated or called upon to protect someone else, are more likely to not want to hurt the feedback recipient’s feelings. In this situation, Twos might do one of three things: 1. Sugarcoat the negative feedback, making it sound less important than it is: The clients said this, but they really aren’t very upset about it. 2. Explain.

Rather than switch them to someone else. I know that everyone is overloaded because we have many more clients than we expected, and I know you are especially busy! I was not there, so I do not have firsthand information, which makes for an awkward situation. What do you think about this so far? [Listen] Preferred Behavior Use positive reinforcement • Give the person his or her choice of options I’m sure you have some constructive ideas about how to handle this. What are you thinking? [Listen].

Enneagram style may be in the Body Center, also called the Gut Center or Instinctual Center—styles One, Eight, and Nine. Anger lies in the emotional substructure of these three styles. Medium intensity checks in the Mad category combined with a range of Sad marks may indicate that you are a One. The One’s anger, while deep, often manifests as frequent irritations followed by flares of resentment. Tending toward self-criticism, Ones can also become discouraged and depressed, hence their.

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