Business Week article about the Enneagram Schedule an introductory session by sending e-mail to Wendy discover how this ancient tool can benefit your personal and professional life. You may soon. This system of personality analysis, once faddish pop psychology, is becoming a pesonnel tool for Corporate America. The enneagram system, whose orgins are obscure, types people into nine personality groups, using a written test.
Every type has pluses and minues.
A One, or perfectionist, is conscintious but can't handle criticism. An Eight, the Asserter, is energetic - plus abrasive. Knowning your own and others' numbers is supposed to make both bosses and underlings cooeprate better. Says Dominick robertson, who had 20 people from the HP division he heads take the course, it's better to talk about your type than about aspects of your personality that irriate me. It is not intended as diagnosis or recommendation for treatment of disease.