Nine Points Jan-Mar 2011

IEA Nine Points Magazine - Jan-Mar, 2011
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Editorial Dear Conor John,
President's Address
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We are pleased to present the January‐March, 2011 issue of the Nine
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Editorial
Welcome to the spring edition of Nine Points. As I sit here in England
overlooking the Lancashire hills I can just about make out some daffodils; it
has been a hard winter here and spring has felt a long time coming. This time
of year always feels like the real beginning to the year to me, and it is in that
frame of mind that I approach this exciting new task.

My name is Peter McNab, I am a Self‐Preservation Three, and I have the
privilege and honour to be the new editor of Nine Points. It has been quite
daunting launching this latest edition from scratch but I have been
overwhelmed by the support and generosity of the people I have approached for contributions;
many thanks to all of them.

Vision
From my vantage point high up in the hills and a long way from anyone else who has even
heard of the Enneagram, I have been thinking a lot about how I'd like to see Nine Points
develop. It seems to me that although we are a community, we are a community that is
scattered across the globe, and for that reason I see Nine Points as one of our main vehicles for
keeping in touch with one another, learning from one another, helping one another. There is a
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lot of diversity within our community, which I always see as a great strength, by the way, but
there is even more that connects us. I'd like Nine Point s to help with all of these.

Of course, the other way in which we maintain our community is through the Conference. Last
month we held our Board Meeting at the hotel in Fort Lauderdale where the conference will be
held in July. It was wonderful to be in the warmth of Florida overlooking the Atlantic from the
opposite side and I can't wait to be there again in July. The conference organisers have really
pulled the stops out and there is a fantastic line‐up of presenters this year, the best of the
established teachers and a whole host of people making their debuts. I think it promises to be a
wonderful event so I'd suggest that you book your flights soon.

I've got lots of ideas abut how we can go forward but I also genuinely hope and pray that you
will also contribute to this dialogue: what do you want to contribute to the community? What
would you like to gain from the community?

Here are some of my ideas:

Themed Issues
As we are incredibly busy, I'd like to give people a lot more notice about the sorts of
contributions that we shall be asking for and I thought that Themed Issues might help with that
and also focus our minds on how we are using the Enneagram. Some of the themes I'd like to
suggest are The Enneagram and:
v Spirituality
v Organisations
v Coaching
v Levels of Development
v Families & Children
v Careers
v Innovation & Creativity
v Learning, Teaching & Training
v Health
v Sub‐Types

The next themed issue, which I am hoping to
bring out in June 2011, will be The Enneagram &
Spirituality. The issue following that one will be The Enneagram & Organisations. I'll let you
know about future themes in the next edition but would love to hear your suggestions.

Global Perspectives on Type
As a British Self‐Pres Three, it has often struck me that there are some very
specific cultural differences with the Enneagram, the main one for me is that
American Enneagram teachers and colleagues think that I have mistyped myself
because I am very different from American Threes. This was something that I
talked about a lot with European Threes at the Enneagram Conference in Denmark last year. It
seems to be a common theme and so I'd love to hear from anyone from around the globe on
their own experiences of Type within their own cultures.

This does also help Mario and I in developing the first IEA publication, Views on Type. We are
editing a book containing only the views of the types themselves and are still looking for more
contributions.

Sharing Exercises
As a trainer I am always creating and developing exercises around Type and would be happy to
share some of the more successful ones that I have used and was wondering if others would
like to contribute to this. In the spirit of sharing, I'll be including an exercise that I call The
Stones Exercise in the issue on The Enneagram & Organisations, that helps to get corporate
types into their emotions and sharing in the shortest amount of time that I know.

The Media
The Enneagram is being mentioned increasingly in the media but I often miss it. I thought it
would be really useful to all of us if we could share anything that we notice and I can spread this
to the membership. I find it a really good convincer for people; if it's in the news it must be
good. The reference to Eye Movement Patterns in the Hollywood movie, The Negotiator, helps
me to overcome obstacles when teaching NLP.

Movie & TV Reviews
References to movies and TV always bring workshops alive and I'd like to
invite you to share your favourite characters and why you think they might
be a certain Type.

What would you like to see in Nine Points?
Please get in touch and let's get the dialogue going.
ninepoints@internationalenneagram.org
President's Address
The five inches of snow I returned to in Philadelphia did not diminish the
warm feelings with which I left the IEA Colombia conference in Cali last
weekend. More than 200 people gathered to hear speakers from seven
countries give talks on their use of the Enneagram, and the enthusiasm of
the audience attending Colombia's first international event was both
infectious and inspiring.

In addition to Colombia, I've had the great pleasure since June to attend
Enneagram conferences in Spain, Denmark, and the 2010 International
Conference in San Francisco. The conferences represent what I love best
about the International Enneagram Association: People from across the globe coming together
in a strong sense of community to learn from each other and share their experiences with and
knowledge of the Enneagram. The conferences have allowed me to meet interesting and
accomplished people that I would have never met otherwise; through our shared experience in
the IEA I'm now fortunate enough to consider many of them to be my friends. <<read more>>
IEA News
In this issue there is a report of the incredibly successful Enneagram conference in Colombia
(including some great photos) and news of the upcoming World Enneagram Day.
Colombian Conference
IEA China Conference
World Enneagram Day
IEA Conference 2011
Translations at the Conference
For the first time ever, we shall be offering simultaneous translation in to Spanish at several of
our sessions this year. We'll have more details about this in the next issue.

Introducing
As someone who presents fairly regularly at conferences, I know that one of the biggest fears is
that no one will turn up to your session, particularly if you are presenting for the first time and
no one knows who you are. As ever, our presenters will be travelling from across the globe to
be with us and at their own expense, and I'd like to thank them in advance for making the 2011
IEA Conference such a great success. I thought I'd also help them out by inviting them to
introduce themselves to us. What has fascinated me has been the ways in which they have
responded to the invitation and how, not just the content, but also the style in which they have
chosen to introduce themselves, or not, reflects Type. I have found this really useful in deciding
which presentations I will be going to:
Arthur Kranz
Catalina Rico
Dixie Land Holton & Martha Land Young
Jaime Larraine
Jeff Lyons
Joan Mitchell
Luis Miguel Valderrama Ochoa
Patt Lind‐Kyle
Renee Rosario & Leslie Hershberger
Ruth Shell
Susan Olesek
Zitta de Fries
If anyone else would like the opportunity to introduce themselves to the membership and
ensure that the most appropriate people attend their sessions, please get your copy to me by
the end of June 2011.
Articles
We have two very different articles for you in this issue and, as you would expect, they offer us
very different aspects of the Enneagram and should stimulate lots of discussion. If you would
like to respond, you can, of course, write directly to the author, or start a dialogue on these
pages.
Tom Stewart & Gary Houchens share with us their study using the Enneagram in a
Employing the Enneagram in a school district. <<click here for article>>

Jerry Wagner contributes an article on narcissism concentrating predominantly on Threes
and Sevens (although why we Threes should have to share an article on narcissism is
beyond me!). <<click here for article>>
Response to Open Letter
In the latest edition of Enneagram Monthly, our President, Mario Sikora responded to an open
letter to our organisation by setting out his ideas for the future and how the current Board is
working towards achieving these aims. I thought that the membership would like to read this
letter and the editor of Enneagram Monthly kindly gave his permission for us to reproduce it. If
you have any comments or feedback please send to me at ninepoints@internationalenneagram.org .

Response to Open Letter

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Thanks to these conferences, the IEA is well on its way to

becoming what it has envisioned itself to be since its inception: a
global learning community of people working to increase their
understanding of themselves and their compassion toward others.
The conferences are not the sole focus of the IEA, of course.
Earlier this month the IEA board of directors held its semi-annual Conference Recordings
meeting in Ft Lauderdale (site of the 2011 International Conference)
to plan our initiatives for the year. At a high-level, the board is
focused on three major areas:
· Supporting a global Enneagram learning community;
· Providing effective governance practices for the 19
(and growing) country affiliates; and
· Promoting awareness of the Enneagram.
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Specific initiatives include upgrading the website and “Nine Points

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Magazine,” producing the 2011 “Enneagram Journal,” establishing a
publishing imprint, forming a research task group to aggregate
studies of the system, and improving the accreditation program.
The IEA board of directors comprises the following members: Maria

Jose Munita (vice-president, Chile), CJ Fitzsimons (secretary,
Germany), Gail Barber (treasurer, USA), Isabel Salama (Spain),
Lynda Roberts (USA), Deni Tato (USA), Susanne Povelsen
(Denmark), and Peter McNab (UK); Sandy Hatmaker, the IEA’s
administrator, continues to provide invaluable service to the
organization. While the board is a hard-working and enthusiastic BUY NOW!
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research on the Enneagram or know of someone who is. Our goal
is to bring people together and capitalize on mutual efforts as much
as possible.
It’s an honor to serve as the president of the IEA board, and I’m
tremendously excited to be working with the board and the
membership at large to move us closer to the IEA’s vision of a We don't see things as
world where the Enneagram is widely understood and they are. We see them as
constructively used. I welcome your feedback or questions we are. - Anais Nin
regarding the organization and its activities and encourage you to
contact me directly at the email address or phone number listed
below.
And I look forward to seeing you in Ft. Lauderdale this summer.
Mario Sikora
President, IEA Board of Directors
Mario.sikora@internationalenneagram.org
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Las cinco pulgadas de nieve que me encontré en Filadelfia a mi

regreso, no enfriaron los cálidos sentimientos con los que salí del
Congreso de la IEA Colombia en Cali el pasado fin de semana.
Más de 200 personas se reunieron para escuchar a ponentes de
siete países que dieron conferencias sobre su utilización del
Eneagrama, y el entusiasmo de la audiencia que asistió a este
primer evento internacional en Colombia fue a la vez contagioso e
inspirador.
Además de Colombia, he tenido, desde Junio, el gran placer de

asistir a congresos de Eneagrama en España, Dinamarca y al
Congreso Internacional de 2010 en San Francisco. Los congresos
representan lo que más me gusta de la International Enneagram
Association: Gente de todo el mundo reuniéndose con un fuerte
sentido de comunidad, para aprender unos de otros y compartir
sus experiencias con y su conocimiento del Eneagrama. Los
congresos me han permitido encontrarme con gente interesante y
realizada que no hubiese conocido de otra forma; mediante nuestra

experiencia compartida en la IEA soy ahora muy afortunado al
considerar que muchos de ellos son mis amigos.
Gracias a estos congresos, la IEA está bien encaminada para

llegar a ser lo que ha aspirado ser desde su concepción, una
comunidad global de aprendizaje con gente que trabaja para
aumentar su comprensión de sí mismos y su compasión hacia los
demás.
Por supuesto que los congresos no son el único foco de la IEA.

Previamente este mes, la Junta directiva de la IEA celebró su
reunión semestral en Fort Lauderdale (sede del Congreso
Internacional 2011) para planificar nuestras iniciativas para este
año. En un primer nivel, la Junta se centra en tres áreas
principales:
Soportar una comunidad global de aprendizaje del

Eneagrama
Proporcionar prácticas de gobierno efectivas para las
19 (y aumentando) afiliadas nacionales; y
Promocionar el conocimiento del Eneagrama
Otras iniciativas específicas incluyen la actualización de la página

web y el “Nine Points Magazine”, la elaboración del “Enneagram
Journal” de 2011, el establecimiento de un sello editorial, la
creación de un grupo de trabajo de investigación para compilar
estudios del sistema, y la mejora del programa de acreditación.
La Junta directiva de la IEA está compuesta por los siguientes

miembros: María José Munita (Vicepresidenta, Chile), CJ
Fitzsimons (Secretario, Alemania), Gail Barber (Tesorera, USA),
Isabel Salama (España), Lynda Roberts (USA), Deni Tato (USA),
Susanne Povelsen (Dinamarca), y Peter Mc Nab (Reino Unido);
Sandy Hatmaker, administradora de la IEA, continua prestando
inestimables servicios a la organización. Aun cuando la Junta es un
grupo entusiasta y con gran capacidad de trabajo, no podemos
alcanzar los objetivos de la organización sin el apoyo y el saber de
la comunidad. Esto es especialmente cierto en el área de
investigación, así que rogamos que nos contacten todos aquellos
que estén realizando trabajos de investigación sobre el Eneagrama
o conozcan alguien que los está haciendo. Nuestro objetivo es
juntar a la gente y capitalizar los esfuerzos mutuos en la mayor
medida posible.
Es un honor servir como Presidente de la Junta directiva de la IEA,

y estoy tremendamente entusiasmado por trabajar conjuntamente
con la Junta y el resto de los asociados en su totalidad, para
aproximarnos a la visión de la IEA de un mundo donde el
Eneagrama sea ampliamente comprendido y constructivamente
utilizado. Agradezco vuestro feedback o vuestras preguntas con
respecto a la organización y sus actividades y os animo a contactar
directamente conmigo en la dirección de email o en el número de
teléfono que se incluye al pie.
Y espero veros en FT. Lauderdale este verano.
Mario Sikora
Presidente de la Junta directiva de la IEA
Mario.sikora@internationalenneagram.org
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authors and modern scholars in Leadership, Management,
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with important recent development, we designed an opportunity to
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Click the image to... group of fourteen scholars and promoters of this tool in Colombia,
Argentina, Venezuela, Spain and the United States gathered
advertisement between February 18-20 in Cali, Colombia in order to share
applications for this model of personal and organizational
development.
Likewise, having a diagnosis of such precision, it was important to

discuss models of development to undertake the path of change
and personal transformation for transcending the limitations of our
personality styles. Our central slogan was: "Self awareness
accelerates our growth in all aspects and optimizes our ability to
lead" and we presented several perspectives to widely reveal what
this means.
The Congress program included eleven tracks on proven practices

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and successful applications on Personal Development, Psychology,
Education, Organizational Development, Executive Coaching,
Performance Indicators, Animal Assisted Therapy, Interpersonal
Relations and the Arts, among others. The Congress also included
a panel on Business where 8 experts were interviewed and
illustrated their experiences with applications of the Enneagram in
business. We also launched of the book "The Code of Forms:
Theory of the Origin of Form and of the Various Bodies of Power."
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businessmen, "Leadership
Beliefs", which was led by
James Colmenares, General
Manager of Sucromiles SA.,
held on Thursday, February 3
from 6:30 to 8:00 pm in the
Executive Club,, with over 100
attendees. The other activity
was the chat show "Rules of
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Enneagram of Personality. This activity was led by Ms. Maria
Mercedes Duque and panelists Yvonne Betenyane, Juan Manuel
Sierra and Nicolas Uribe; it took place on Saturday February 12
between 9:00 am and 1:00 pm in the Executive Club, with over 50
attendees.
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other being ever created
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The Congress was attended by more than 200 people, including

speakers, panelists, exhibitors, participants and special guests. The
program was very varied and enlightening and we produced videos
and documents which are available to interested parties (Spanish
only).
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AHSER BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Cali , February 25th, 2011
FURTHER INFORMATION
María Elisa Salazar e-mail: yastafara@gmail.com

Yvonne Betenyane C. e-mail yvonbona@yahoo.com
Oscar Ayala A. e-mail oayala@rocketmail.com
Asociación Humanista para el Ser - AHSER:

Carrera 3-A Oeste · 9-198 Ap. 502-G Cali, Colombia
Web page http://groups.google.com/group/AHSER1 e-mail

ahser2007@hotmail.com
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CONGRESO INTERNACIONAL DE AUTO
CONOCIMIENTO, DESARROLLO HUMANO Y LIDERAZGO
Asociación Humanista para el Ser Integral - AHSER y
la Asociación Internacional del Eneagrama - IEA
Cali, Colombia - Febrero 18-20 de 2011
Existe amplio consenso entre múltiples autores y expertos

modernos en Liderazgo, Gerencia, Desarrollo Organizacional y
Crecimiento Personal acerca de la importancia preponderante de
las técnicas de Auto Conocimiento (Self-Awareness) en el
desarrollo humano. Siendo el Eneagrama de la Personalidad uno
de los modelos de Auto Conocimiento más integrales y de mayor
desarrollo reciente, tuvimos una gran oportunidad para conocer
directamente novedosas y útiles perspectivas y aplicaciones de
este modelo. Un grupo de catorce estudiosos y difusores de esta
herramienta en Colombia, Argentina, Venezuela, España y los
Estados Unidos se dieron cita entre el 18 y el 20 de Febrero en
Cali para presentar las aplicaciones de este revolucionario modelo
de desarrollo personal y organizacional. A su vez, con un
diagnóstico de tan alta precisión, se cuenta también con modelos
de desarrollo para emprender la ruta de cambio y transformación
personal que permita trascender efectivamente las limitaciones
impuestas por nuestros estilos de personalidad. Nuestro lema
central fue: “conocernos mejor acelera nuestro crecimiento en todos
los aspectos y optimiza nuestras capacidades de liderar” y quisimos
presentar perspectivas suficientemente reveladoras acerca de lo
que eso significa.
El programa del Congreso incluyó once temas sobre aplicaciones

prácticas comprobadas y exitosas en Desarrollo Personal,
Psicología, Educación, Desarrollo Organizacional, Coaching para
Ejecutivos, Indicadores de Gestión, Terapia asistida con Animales,
Relaciones Interpersonales y las Artes, entre otras. Igualmente
incluyó un panel de negocios donde se entrevistaron 8 expertos
quienes ilustraron aplicaciones y experiencias del Eneagrama en
los negocios. También se efectuó el lanzamiento del libro "El
Código de las Formas: teoría del origen de la forma y de los
diversos cuerpos de Energía".
El evento incluyó dos actividades previas de divulgación: una, la

conferencia para gerentes y hombres de negocios “Liderazgo de
las Creencias” que estuvo a cargo de Jaime Colmenares, gerente
general de Sucromiles SA., que se realizó el jueves 3 de Febrero
entre las 6:30 y las 8:00 pm en el Club de Ejecutivos y que contó
con la presencia de más de 100 asistentes. La otra actividad fue el
conversatorio “Bases del Modelo del Eneagrama de la
Personalidad”, dirigido a los participantes del Congreso no
familiarizados con el Eneagrama de la Personalidad. Esta actividad
estuvo a cargo de la Sra. Maria Mercedes Duque y los panelistas
Yvonne Betenyane, Juan Manuel Sierra y Nicolás Uribe; se realizó
el sábado 12 de Febrero entre las 9:00 am y la 1:00 pm en el Club
de Ejecutivos, con más de 50 asistentes.
El Congreso contó con la asistencia de más de 200 personas entre

conferencistas, panelistas, expositores, participantes e invitados
especiales. El programa fue muy variado e ilustrativo y se cuenta
con videos y resúmenes de ponencias que estarán a disposición de
los interesados.
CONSEJO DE DIRECCION AHSER

Cali, Febrero 25 de 2011
INFORMES
María Elisa Salazar e-mail: yastafara@gmail.com

Yvonne Betenyane C. e-mail yvonbona@yahoo.com
Oscar Ayala A. e-mail oayala@rocketmail.com
Asociación Humanista para el Ser - AHSER:
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that are different from your own style. This second stage of the
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Yes, there is Much, Much More. We knew not all that entailed, but
we knew we were ready to commit our very lives for the unfolding.
By another unbelievable experience, the Enneagram was literally
placed into our hands. It was a gift from the universe, a compass, a
GPS, to guide us along the way. Enriched by trainings and
certification with Don Riso and Russ Hudson, we began to awaken
to our own wisdom and compassion. (You Already Had It!) We
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unique selves and their own ways. (Share It)
We made inroads into public education with the insights from Janet
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to the divine spark within each person. Enriched by trainings with
Ginger Lapid-Bogda, Martha used the Enneagram in business to
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Last year, I began leading seminars on Bullying to teachers for the
school district through Professional Learning, raising their
awareness levels to the whole scope of bullying! (Not the accepted
sending the perpetuators to the principal’s office to be suspended,
which meant sending them back into the very environment that
created the unhealthy behavior.) The framework of my teaching
was the same; understanding why we act and re-act the way we
do. Always first, using the Enneagram to understand themselves
and their role in perpetuating bullying, and then, giving them tools to
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interdependent relationships? Yes, just as Martha and I when we
were little girls, countries, governments, dictatorships have
developed offensive and defensive emotional armor creating unique
or distorted perspectives or takes on what is happening all around Many people are afraid to
them. forgive because they feel
they must remember the
In our workshop, Bullying: a Global Epidemic, we will share with wrong or they will not
you tools that will bring into sharp focus the realization that Macro- learn from it. The
Bullying is just a variation of Micro Bullying, whether it be in the opposite is true. Through
homes, schools, businesses, religions, nations or the global forgiveness, the wrong is
community. released from its
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energy; how each gets his/her energy and uses that energy within from it. Through the
different levels of health, catalyzed by the Stress Factor, creating power and intelligence of
the resulting patterns of behavior. The internet has opened the the heart, the release of
world, shedding light on areas that have only known darkness and forgiveness brings
blind obedience, giving rise to a global voice, inviting all to grow into expanded intelligence to
a heightened awareness that there’s more, Much, Much More. work with the situation
more effectively. - David
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want to share it with my colleagues.
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find the right, true, and natural structure of any story?
Traditionally, writers and storytellers familiar with the Enneagram

approached these problems with the only tools they knew:
Enneagram typing and breaking down characters within stories by
core styles, wings, subtypes, etc. This is not new news; enneagram
practitioners who are also writers and/or storytellers have been
using the Enneagram to develop characters for novels, plays, and
screenplays for many years. While these old approaches may have
helped develop multi-dimensional characters, they were never
meant to solve the problems associated with developing a story
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detailed characters is not the same as developing the full structure
of a story from inciting incident through final climax. The reality is
that traditional Enneagram approaches cannot stand alone in
solving the big problems faced by all storytellers. They must be
part of a bigger methodology, one that leverages the power of the
Enneagram as well as the power of story structure.
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mere typing, beyond dismembering characters to identify styles,

wings, and subtypes the Enneagram-Story Bridge™ solves the
essential problem of how to get from premise-idea to fully formed
story. Because, this is the central problem: how does a storyteller
cross that gap between idea to reach the final story? Typing won’t
get you there; nor will character breakdowns, spreadsheets, or
sketches. The storyteller needs a bridge, something that connects
the implicit ideas present in any new story idea to the explicit
components every story possesses that gives it form, function, and
final dramatic expression (i.e., story structure).
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lip service to the idea that a good story begins with character; it
shows you why this is true and then how to use that idea to execute
a solid and entertaining story.
In the workshop I will present at the 2011 IEA conference in Fort It is the greatest mistake
Lauderdale, Florida, I will expand on all these concepts and to think that man is
introduce the nuts and bolts of the Enneagram-Story Bridge™ always one and the same.
methodology. This is a chance to take your writing and storytelling A man is never the same
for long. He is continually
to a new level, beyond simplistic typing and beyond Enneagram
changing. He seldom
story dissections, this can be the next step in transforming your
remains the same even for
creative process and mastering the art of storytelling.
half an hour. - G. I.
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producer, and freelance story-development consultant. He is
founder of Storygeeks.com, a professional services company
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screenwriters, production companies, literary agencies, and
publishing companies. Mr. Lyons has been studying and teaching
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behavior and motivation with little real agreement among the
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As a gestalt therapist I first encountered the Enneagram nearly forty

years ago in a course given by a friend at the Gestalt Institute of
Toronto and I instantly fell in love. My lifelong insatiable curiosity
about the human mind and behavior was the incentive that made
me want to learn all I could about this marvelous new tool that so
neatly categorized human motivational thought and behavior. The
concept of addictive ways of being, ways of seeing things from a
limited and predictive position, fit in very well with my work as a
therapist, making it easier and quicker to begin work with clients.
However it was the spiritual aspect of the Enneagram as a
universal symbol that has kept me enthralled over the years
wanting to put everything new I learned into a context that would fit
within the Enneagram symbol. Reading Ken Wilber’s Spectrum of
Consciousness back in the eighties was another pivotal moment in
my spiritual awakening especially as I discovered that the Spectrum
fit around the Enneagram with amazing meaning. It also occurred
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grace’ or the loss of connection with our original nature, which is
our soul nature.
Later, in reading the following quote from Kabir Helminski’s book

Living Presence, ‘The qualities latent within our own Essence are
Divine Attributes. It is because the Divine Compassion exists to
reveal itself to us that there exists the possibility of knowing the
Infinite by knowing ourselves and of knowing the particular Divine
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place where we must start, but it is only the beginning of the journey
to enlightenment. The word personality comes from the root persona,
which means guise, façade, front, and so we must go beyond the
façade to discover our true nature and purpose, our Essence.
Since personality is where we reside and what we know, it was Knowing others is wisdom
necessary to work backward from personality types to discover the knowing yourself is
corresponding Divine Attributes. enlightenment. - Lao-tzu
In this IEA conference seminar ‘Divine Aspects of Consciousness’, I will

introduce the nine aspects, (which I call the essential elements of
consciousness emanating from Divine Love), they being, Luminosity,
Compassion, Integrity, Creative Life Force, Discernment, Truth, Joy, Will
and Serenity. And while like personality we encompass aspects of all
types, you will discover the Divine Aspect you are meant most to
embody. You may be surprised!
For those of you who do not know me, I partnered with others in
developing the 1999 IEA conference in Toronto and was president of
Enneagram North, an Ontario chapter of IEA for five years.
Along with my Gestalt therapy practice, I have developed and led

numerous seminars, workshops and retreats built around the
Enneagram, the spectrum of consciousness and evolution, spiritual
precepts from various traditions and meditation over forty years of
helping individuals to come to ‘know thyself’ at the deepest levels of
understanding. I am currently working on a book entitled The Essential
Elements of Consciousness.
I look forward to seeing you in Florida in July.
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All the information and experience received during my personal life,

added to over 15 years working in the Human Resources field and
five years teaching at universities and advising organizations in
leadership and management issues, paved the way for the
conference I'll be attending in July. My intent is to show how the
human being walks through life, making clear that we all have
values to share but there are certain things that hold us back from
sharing those values and we need to identify them if we want
success in our personal life. !! When we are kids we received
information from adults that reaches our subconscious and stay
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basic fears of the human being, normally expressed in traumas
related to adult life. If we don’t discover them and work towards
their elimination, they will remain with us our whole lives, showing
up at the wrong times, sabotaging our happiness.
When we are growing up we learn how to think, feel and behave in

a determined way, thanks to our beliefs and personality. Normally
we can spot these differences among the people that surround us.
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This is the place where the Enneagram becomes a very powerful

tool of self-knowledge, giving us the starting point for a life full of
wisdom and satisfaction.
Based on our Enneatype we can easily relate to specific fears and

traumas, and which principles of wisdom we can use to make that
leap into a life of prosperity.
We can also find a relationship between the Enneatypes, three

basic motivations tools (Achievement, Power and Affiliation), and
the seven principles of Love Leadership.
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informs related meditation techniques that directly access the
brain’s neural wiring—wiring that determines your interactions,
decisions, reactions, and behaviors. In the workshop you will
experience these brain wave shifts and a chance to rewire your
brain.
Patt will introduce you to an array of mind management tools (as

well as the science behind them)—tools that can dramatically
sharpen your creativity, make clearer quality decisions and enable
you to open consciously to the “Watcher” within.
Patt Lind-Kyle is an author, therapist, trainer, speaker, and
consultant. She is a former college professor, the founder of a
learning company, and the cofounder of Lind & Kyle Consultants,
where she applies neuro-monitoring tools for stress management,
health, decision making and peak performance with executives as
well as using the tools of the Enneagram types and the 9 Domains.
She has done the Riso/Hudson Enneagram training as will as the 9
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All around our world, and often in our personal
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this fire burning in our hearts, inviting, and
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forms. It is from this burning, that Leslie and
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As friends and colleagues, we share a
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to transmit this passion. “The Evolutionary Enneagram: A Dynamic
Dance of Relationship” will be fueled by our immersion in
Evolutionary Spirituality and the Enneagram. It will be also
grounded in Integral Theory, the Science of the Heart, and the Law
of Three, which posits three creative forces in evolution: affirming,
denying and reconciling forces. A new way of seeing must engage
this dynamic trinity.
Yet, this is easier said than done. In our work with our students
and clients, we help loosen their tenacious attachment to their type
bound story and consciously identify the affirming and denying
forces working in their lives. In other words, what do they welcome
and what do they resist? Once they recognize these forces, they
begin to sense how resistance is housed in their bodies. We then
facilitate practices which help them relax into Presence and allow
the third force, the reconciling force, to birth a new way of seeing.
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in the evolution of consciousness. A conscious person is a midwife
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more accepted and widely practiced. The
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My interest and training in mindfulness based psychotherapies was

further inspired by studying the Enneagram. I have always believed
that growth occurs when we put theory into practice. Knowing the
core motivation of type is crucial to personal growth. Having a
regular mechanism for tracking the personality is where the
Enneagram theory becomes dynamic in creating change.
My contribution to the Enneagram field is to encourage people to

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Transformation”. Mindfulness and the Enneagram intersect in this
collection of 9 guided meditations, designed to cultivate awareness
and release the habitual patterns associated with each type.
Please join me at the IEA conference this summer to explore how

you can start or enhance your practice of mindfulness. There will be
two opportunities to work together. On Saturday start your day with
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And on Sunday join me for a two hour session titled, “Developing
Your Mindfulness Practice”. This workshop will be primarily
experiencial, involving several mindfulness practices and an
opportunity to discuss your experience. We will explore the paths of
growth or release for each type and how the habits of your type
impact your development of a daily practice. If you have been
wanting to develop a regular meditation practice, this workshop will
be inspiring and provide you with the tools to get started. If you
already have a practice this will be an opportunity to share your
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and David Daniels. Instinctively, I felt that I
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cultivating over ten years of Enneagram
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facilitation just barely under my belt, one in
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yet up to the task. So, right on the heels of my exuberant
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being “good enough”, quite forgetting the classes I’d just taught,
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grapple with the underlying false, but core belief of my own type,
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suffer our own thoughts.
With my eager anticipation neck in neck with an escalating anxiety,

I quickly enlisted some support. I will never forget David Daniels’
tickled reaction to the daunting prospect I had ahead of me. “Don’t
teach any differently than you taught in the church!” he wisely
instructed. He then introduced me to Diane Pendola. I connected
immediately with the magnanimous heart of this wise and seasoned
Eight, who has been involved with prison work for the last fifteen
years. Inspired by Diane’s work, I felt my own green, but idealistic
craving to make a social contribution and found my ground by
standing on her stable shoulders. Diane, in turn, introduced me to Conference Recordings
the writing of Ken Hartman, a man who has changed my impression
of the incarcerated forever. Sentenced to life without the possibility
of parole, Ken is currently serving thirty one years of his prison term
in Lancaster, California.
To assuage the naiveté I felt in my preparation to encounter

hardened criminals, I began listening to a recording of Ken reading
the first chapter of his memoir, Mother California. His unflinching
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account of the atrocities that happen inside a maximum-security

prison filled in the white space of my imagination. The remarkable
state of his own brokenness and destructive way he has lived much
of his life overflowed on the pages I read, shallowed my breathing
and left me riveted. I was dealt the biggest blow, however, by the
details of Ken’s own powerful, human transformation which even I,
the eternal idealist, could not see coming. I consumed his book and
penned this author a letter sharing how his “story of redemption
behind bars” moved me like nothing I’ve read before or since. Thus
began my unlikely friendship with a man who murdered a stranger
in a park with his bare hands at about the same time that I was
entering the first grade. BUY NOW!
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neurotic spin that would later prove my own best teaching material,
I cyclically recalled and forgot the ample preparation I’d had from
the master teachers in my training. When I imagined the group of
men whom I wanted so much to relate to, I found myself deeply
enmeshed in my type One narrative. I automatically projected my
own fear of being too white, too female, too educated and too
privileged onto the men inside. Little did I know that these If you accustom yourself
strangers, who intimidated every habitual thought and feeling inside to do well the task of the
of me, would prove to be an utterly remarkable, unforgettable group present moment, you will
of men, who have in no way been willing to corroborate my story. learn to do everything
well. You are here, now.
Sacrifice everything else.
It’s been fifteen months since my introduction to this little “haven”
All your presence, all your
outside of Houston, where I have been invited to return many times.
thoughts, all your
I remain a student of the system, and find it remarkable that the associations must relate
way out of the confining prison of my own making is continually to the matter on which
found within the safety of the prison walls in which I teach the you are working. - G. I
Enneagram. As I put one foot in front of the other, I feel for my own Gurdjieff
path of deep and unexpectedly transformative teaching, repeatedly
experiencing the healing nature of the human spirit and, ultimately,
the divine that has been holding it all along.
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energy of the character is integrated in them – they will
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I became a professional dancer. At the same time I began to teach
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danced professionally for 10 years – because I liked to be on the
other side of the stage, as the choreographer, more than being on
stage every evening.
I love to move, play, dance and act in the rehearsal room. It gives
you a space to see yourself more clearly. In this room it is okay -
not to understand “things” right away – your frustrations, anger or
misunderstandings about yourself or others are okay to express -
it is okay to ask hard questions – all this - without being judged.
And the more you are willing to explore about the character - tells
us that you are willing to learn from it and learn more about yourself
and the characters. Conference Recordings
It is a safe environment to explore thoughts, feelings and body

sensations – without consequences. And even though you will
leave the room with strong feelings – you know that tomorrow you
have a chance again to explore more and maybe understand more
– cope with more – “with a little help from your friends.”
The work we do in the theatre gives you a deeper understanding of
us as human beings – in a safe environment and without being
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in and dwell on it.
I would like to create the same safe environment in the workshop –

so we can learn, explore and experience more about ourselves.
And remember – you can always go back to your old self when you
leave the rehearsal room or the workshop.
When I work with performers and creative teams - The Enneagram

and the wisdom in it, gives me the energy to move, communicate,
give support and create exiting performances for our audience. It
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Christensen and THINK ABOUT IT, and in USA with Russ Hudson,
Don Riso, Andrea Isaacs, and Ginger Lapid-Bogda and all my
Enneagram friends from all over the world.
Many years ago Flemming invited me to join him in teaching a

workshop, “Find all the types in you”, and how the types are
expressing themselves through the body. There is only one success
- to be able to spend your
“How am I going to do that?” I thought (I had not yet met Andrea :- life in your own way. -
)). “The only way I know how - I will ask a lot of questions and Christopher Morley
observe people - just like when I prepare for creating a play, a
show or a musical”. But I did not have a manuscript – so I had to
make my own.
I interviewed all the types, and many different people with the same
type :-), about how the theory expresses itself through them. I
asked them to describe situations in real life; how the reactions, or
actions, look like, feel like, and what they are thinking, what words
are they using, what kind of props do they use, etc.
The questions I asked are what an actor would have to ask the
creative team, before they start rehearsing a character - to become
the character.
I also asked how they moved their body in the situations, how they
used the room, how they sat down, where in the room they liked to
be, how their body acts or reacts when they are around other
people, friends, colleagues, husband/wife, children and what tempo
they have in different situations.
My manuscript became the Enneagram, the knowledge of the

types, together with all the answers and my own observations.
As an actor you can work from the inside out – or from the outside
in.
In the workshop “The Enneagram – LIVE!” I chose to work from the

outside and in.
I set up different real life situations that the type sometimes finds
herself/himself in - it could be a situation where you are alone or
with one or more people - then I direct and choreograph you to
move in the "correct" way with the "right" intention. I give you direct
feedback and correct your body language and keep you in our
knowledge of the type. I give you things to think about and I give
you the words the type would have inside of them, and you say the
same words to yourself. All that put together will give the same
energy in you, as it would in the type we are looking into.
But it will only happen if you give yourself a chance to let go of any
judgment toward the character/the type and yourself and stay in the
situation with empathy and curiosity - only then you will get a strong
sense of the type.
You will also experience how the talent is "working" in your own
life. Are you using this talent or is it often shut down in you or do
you suppress it or do you not listen to it, is it something you hate in
you or do you judge yourself when you have this energy, these
thoughts or feelings or … ?
Our body is lot like an old record where the pickup is stock in the
same vein, now you can stop yourself and remove the pickup and
you can move in another way, and get a new perspective.
I love to dance - and we will dance - to get in touch with the inner
body and we will put feelings and images into the movement and
maybe some thinking and vision into it or not.
In the workshop in Fort Lauderdale – we will have time to

investigate 2 or 3 types together.
And after that I hope we will meet again in another “rehearsal room”
and explore more about life.
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Leadership change efforts rarely result in meaningful, lasting
change unless approached carefully and after much reflection and
Resources consideration of implications for all stakeholders. Change efforts in
public school districts are particularly challenging. Professional
Find a Professional development companies regularly present school and district
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cliché, “Work smarter, not harder.” Sales representatives tell
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initiative, or the software, or the patented structure that will make
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result in easier and happier lives for administrators in the process.
Therefore, it was with hopeful trepidation that in Spring 2008 the
authors proposed a way of doing our work and a way of being that
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was truly innovative, and important, and would, with an appropriate
level of authentic participation among participants, revolutionize the
way members of our Kentucky public school district’s leadership
teams communicated and interacted with each other.
We became school district administrators at the same time; Gary

having been promoted from a school principal position in the same
district, and Tom coming from a role with the Kentucky State
Department of Education. There were elements of our new jobs in
which we reveled; however, there were also those that repelled us
both in different ways. Gary would balk at the polychronic nature
of some colleagues’ views of time; Tom would internally (and
occasionally externally) retreat after lengthy meetings filled with Conference Recordings
what he viewed as inauthentic interactions. With each other,
communication was transparent. It seemed that upon meeting we
knew how to bolster and motivate each other, but we also quickly
reached a point where honesty was valued over any well-
intentioned, but ultimately false or shallow, praise for a “job well
done.” Any workplace would surely benefit from the kind of
synergistic communication and teamwork that resulted from our
partnership. But we recognized that asking our colleagues to
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become friends, as we had done, was not only unrealistic, but also
inappropriate.
While considering all of this, Gary recalled a “personality-typing”

tool that he and his wife had used during marriage preparation
sessions. We delved into the model in the hopes that it would
illuminate our behaviors and reactions to workplace situations, and
also ways toward better versions of ourselves. Reminding Gary of
his “One-ness,” and assisting Tom with understanding personality
traits common to the Four that he soon understood he was, the
Enneagram did both.
At the same time, Tom was seeking a resource for one of his BUY NOW!
doctoral studies courses – a leadership book on which he could
present and report to his cohort colleagues. “Pop leadership”
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books abounded, but Tom’s interest in the Enneagram was taking
precedence and informing the rest of his work, his doctoral studies
being no exception. Ginger Lapid-Bogda’s Bringing out the Best in
Yourself at Work became Tom’s book of choice for his doctoral
work that semester, and it soon became just the impetus we
needed for what would become a major district leadership initiative.
What makes you happy or
What follows is our plan for introducing the Enneagram into a public unhappy is not the world
school system, including lessons learned and recommendations for around you and the
next steps. Our district was small and comparatively rural – people around you, but
something to consider when translating our plan to larger, more the thinking in your head.
urban systems. However, we feel the goals are universal to any - Anthony de Mello
public school district – or even organization – and that this
communication and training model can be differentiated to meet
varying needs.
Proposal and Goals
As with any initiative, we began with a proposal to our

superintendent. We wanted to demonstrate how engaging in an
Enneagram study would result in our articulated ultimate goal:
higher-performing leadership teams. In our school district, the
word “teams” held contextual meanings depending upon members
of the gathered group. One team was comprised of members of
central office administrators. Other teams included school-level
administrators (e.g., principal, assistant principal, curriculum
specialists). Still another team was the synthesis of the two
aforementioned teams into one, and it was this latter team on which
we focused initial efforts.
The main problem with communication within and among the team
members was that it was predominantly one-sided.
Communicators knew how to speak, but the listening component
necessary to make communication authentically whole was
oftentimes missing or lacking. A speaker formulating his or her
next words masqueraded as listening. Additionally, this one-sided
communication was planned, inflexible, and too often manipulative.
In the spirit of the honest communication we wanted to foster, we
articulated this to our superintendent. He agreed to allow an
introductory session during our summer leadership retreat.
Procedure
Initially, Gary and Tom purchased Riso-Hudson Enneagram Type

Indicator (RHETI) licenses from the Enneagram Institute for all of
the leadership team retreat participants. Each participant took the
assessment before the retreat began and sent their results to Gary
and Tom. At the same time, we purchased copies of Lapid-
Bogda’s book for each team member with which we would utilize a
book study approach. We wanted to have an initial idea of the
range of personality types represented before beginning simply for
planning purposes and for the time allotted. This approach had
obvious aforementioned advantages, but one disadvantage for
which we had not planned was the apparent mistyping and
resulting over-identification with type of one our team members. In
our more recent work with small groups we have allowed
participants time to reflect on each type and then pair that reflection
with Lapid-Bogda’s Enneagram Typing Cards followed by a
supplementary administration of the RHETI. The results have
appeared more conclusive. See Table 1 for a representation of
initially-identified types.
Table 1
# of Team
Enneagram
Members Position(s) Represented
Type
Represented
District administrator,
school administrator,
1 Three school curriculum
specialist
School curriculum
2 One
specialist
3 Four
school administrator
4 One District administrator
5 One School administrator
6 Two
School administrator
School curriculum
7 One
specialist
8 Three
9 Two
We then immersed participants in a one-and-a-half-day Enneagram
study during which they learned the very basic history of the model,
its immergence as a personality-typing model and the key points of
each type, drawing heavily on The Wisdom of the Enneagram, by
Riso and Hudson. Utilizing characteristics of highly-effective
professional development for adult learners, we allowed for a
combination of direct instruction, individual reflection, small group,
and whole group learning.
Once participants had a general knowledge of the whole model,

and a working knowledge of their individual types, we led them
through the “How Each Type Communicates” chapter in Lapid-
Bogda’s book. We watched in delighted awe as work-like partners
(officemates, or principals and curriculum specialists) shared
powerful, honest dialogue and revelations with one another. Of
course, as with any group learning, some participants fully engaged
in the work, while others complied at a surface level. All team
members participated during this and subsequent follow-up
session, although some would truly use the knowledge gained to
inform their work throughout the school year, during which we
followed up in monthly leadership team meetings with either another
chapter study from Lapid-Bogda’s work or with tools that we
developed ourselves. Throughout that school year we also typed
guidance counselors and classroom teachers to aid them in
informing elements of their work, and the next school year Tom
introduced Enneagram studies to students in two high school
classes of Advance Placement Psychology.
Reflection on Results and Next Steps
While we have since left our positions with this school district we
both continue working with the Enneagram, separately in our new
duties and collaboratively for conference presentations and in
private consulting. We both contend, too, that this is the most
important work in which we have ever engaged for at least two
reasons. First, because it changed the way people saw each
other, and mostly for the better. We tempered our communication
and interactions with each other with the knowledge of both who we
were and who we were striving to be. And second, because it
changed how we saw ourselves and made many of us individually
strive for healthy growth and development in an office culture
where such had never before existed. One school curriculum
specialist articulated it as follows to Tom on his last day in this
school district: “That (Enneagram study) didn’t just change how I
worked, it changed my life.”
May the authentic engagement in Enneagram study continue to

transform us in our schools, in our offices, in our homes … in our
lives.
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There is some debate about which Enneagram styles display
Resources narcissistic tendencies. Some put Sevens in the narcissistic
category; some put Threes in that basket; some say any
Find a Professional Enneagram type can manifest narcissistic leanings. I propose to
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the origins or etiology of narcissism, quoting some theories about
Members Only which Enneagram styles might express narcissistic tendencies, and
in conclusion drawing some inconclusions.
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Echo, loved him deeply and one day approached him and was
rudely rejected. In her sham and grief, she perished, fading away,
leaving behind only her responsive voice. The Gods, in deciding to
grant the nymphs’ wish for revenge, contrived that Narcissus would
also experience the feelings of an unreciprocated love. One day,
looking into a clear mountain pool, Narcissus espied his own image
and immediately fell in love, thinking that he was looking at a
beautiful water spirit. Unable to tear himself away from this mirror
image, and unable to evoke a response from the reflection, which
disappeared every time he attempted to embrace it, he gradually
pined away and died. (1986)
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The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders,

Fourth Edition, Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR) (2000) gives the
following diagnostic criteria for Narcissistic Personality Disorder:
A pervasive pattern of grandiosity (in fantasy or behavior), need for

admiration, and lack of empathy, beginning by early adulthood and
present in a variety of contexts, as indicated by five (or more) of the
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1. Has a grandiose sense of self-importance (e.g.,
exaggerates achievements and talents, expects to be
recognized as superior without commensurate
achievements)
2. Is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power,
brilliance, beauty, or ideal love
3. Believes that he or she is “special” and unique and can
only be understood by, or should associate with, other
special or high-status people (or institutions)
4. Requires excessive admiration
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7. Lacks empathy: is unwilling to recognize or identify with
the feelings and needs of others
8. Is often envious of others or believes that others are
envious of him or her
9. Shows arrogant, haughty behaviors or attitudes.
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What Are Some Theories of Narcissism? ourselves otherwise, we
harden. - Goethe
Healthy narcissism is the ability to love yourself and to regard
yourself positively. It is critical for the development of self-esteem.
Narcissistic manifestations are displayed in varied ways across the
life cycle and across cultures and need to be evaluated in context
before being deemed pathological. For example, we might be
properly delighted when a three-year old spontaneously stands
before a group and begins to sing and dance. On the other hand
a thirty-year old performing at every opportunity to get attention and
admiration might be considered a bit exhibitionistic and grandiose.
Individuals with excessive narcissism have difficulty maintaining

a realistic concept of their own self-worth. On the one hand they
have an inflated and grandiose sense of self-importance. On the
other hand, they may experience a profound sense of
worthlessness and propensity toward shame. Their grandiose
fantasies of magnificent achievements and their posture of
superiority over and contempt for others are compensatory
defenses to cover their feelings of unlovableness and vulnerability.
People struggling with narcissistic issues have an excessive

need to attain outside support for their self-esteem. Other people
function to inflate and shore up the narcissist’s esteem. This
inability to provide an inner support leads to a self-centeredness
and arrogance that obscures a subjective experience of emptiness,
inferiority, and shame. The experience of shame is different from
that of guilt, which reflects the belief that one has committed a
wrongdoing. Shame is the experience of being exposed as not
good enough or weak or small. With guilt the inner voice is within
the self (the superego); with shame, the audience is outside the
self. You are losing to the competition and everyone can see it.
Narcissistic individuals have relationships with others that are

often superficial and shallow, lack emotional depth, and are not
mutual. They may have little capacity for empathy, can be
insensitive to others’ needs, and are exploitative in their behavior.
Remorse and gratitude are frequently absent from their response
repertoire. They may seek out associations with individuals whom
they perceive as perfect, basking in the glory of their intelligence,
success, or fame. This is what Heinz Kohut meant by “idealizing”
the other in relationships. Or they may search for admirers who
can gratify their need for affirmation. Kohut described this as
seeking “mirroring.” Relationships become organized around the
person’s needs for attention, with little acknowledgment that others
may have needs and interests markedly different from their own.
Psychodynamically oriented theorists have offered their opinions

about the etiology of narcissism. Freud, whose drive model has us
pushed from within by sexual and aggressive impulses, attributed
narcissistic problems to a withdrawal of libido from the outer world
into the ego. The individual retreats from attachments to others to
a state of self-absorption. This may be caused by trauma or by
frustrations in relationships with others. He thought an infant
normally evolves from a stage of autoeroticism or self-love to a love
for others.
Heinz Kohut, whose interpersonal model has us influenced by

our caretakers, thought about pathology in terms of environmental
deficits, provisions that were lacking as we were growing up. If our
early relationships didn’t provide us with adequate mirroring or
someone to look up to or someone to feel similar to, then we lack
the validation, admiration, and modeling necessary for the
development of healthy self-esteem. We then become vulnerable
to feelings of worthlessness and inadequacy and turn to others for
affirmation. When we receive adequate mirroring, idealizing, and
twinning, then the natural grandiose omnipotence of the two-year
old eventually gets toned down to the healthy self-respect and self-
efficacy of the twenty-year old.
Which Enneagram Styles Are Narcissistic?
Relying on Theodore Millon’s description of the narcissistic

personality, Claudio Naranjo (1994) refers to Enneastyle Seven as
the narcissist.
According to Millon (1981), narcissism conveys a calm and self-

assured quality in social behavior. The narcissist’s seemingly
untroubled and self-satisfied air is viewed by some as a sign of
confident equanimity. For others these behaviors reflect immodesty,
presumptuousness, pretentiousness, and a haughty, snobbish,
cocksure, and arrogant way of relating to people.
Narcissists are cognitively expansive and place few limits on

either their fantasies or rationalizations. Their imagination is left to
run free of the constraints of reality or the views of others. Or as a
Seven recently said: “I’ve never felt constrained by logic.”
Narcissists experience a pervasive sense of well being in their
everyday life, of buoyancy of mood and an optimism of outlook.
Their affect, though based often on their semi-grandiose distortion
of reality, is generally relaxed if not cheerful and carefree. Should
the balloon burst, however, there is a rapid turn to either an edgy
irritability and annoyance with others (a trip over to the downside of

the One Enneastyle) or to repeated bouts of dejection that are
characterized by feeling humiliated and empty (a visit to the
downside of the Five Enneastyle.)
Many of these characterizations of narcissism fit the Seven

Style.
Naranjo also attributes some narcissistic tendencies to

Enneastyle Three which he labels the “Marketing Personality,” using
the typology of Erich Fromm. In his presentation of the Three,
Naranjo quotes Karen Horney’s description of the narcissist:
“I take (narcissism) here in its original descriptive sense of being

in love with one’s idealized image. More precisely the person is
his idealized self and seems to adore it. This basic attitude gives
him the buoyancy or the resiliency entirely lacking in other groups.
It gives him a seeming abundance of self-confidence….He has no
(conscious) doubt; he is the anointed, the man of destiny, the
prophet, the great giver, the benefactor of mankind. All of this
contains a grain of truth. He often is gifted beyond average, with
early and easily-won distinctions, and sometimes was the favored
and admired child. This unquestioned belief in his greatness and
uniqueness is the key to understanding him. His buoyancy and
perennial youthfulness stem from this source. So does his often-
fascinating charm. Yet clearly, his gifts notwithstanding, he stands
on precarious ground. He may speak incessantly of his exploits or
of his wonderful qualities and needs endless confirmation of his
estimate of himself in the form of admiration and devotion. His
feeling of mastery lies in his conviction that there is nothing he
cannot do and no one he cannot win.” (1991)
These descriptions certainly resonate with some characteristics

of the Three.
What Are Some Conclusions?
So which Enneagram style is the narcissist? The Seven? The

Three? Both? Neither? Or can any Enneagram style be
narcissistic? I think it depends on whether you consider narcissism
from a developmental perspective or from a characterological
perspective. Although, this is probably a false dichotomy since
character and development interact.
If you think of narcissism as developing around ages 3-4 in the

late rapprochement-early object constancy stage (using Margaret
Mahler’s object-relations timeline) or even earlier as Kohut
suggests, then narcissism is a defensive life-style that might be
deployed by any Enneagram style since we all had those same
needs in our early years and anyone’s development may have been
arrested at that time. So Sevens and Threes wouldn’t have any
exclusive claims on this disorder. They just might manifest it in
their characteristic ways.
If you think of narcissism as a characterological issue, then

certain genetic or temperamental dispositions might have lead to a
narcissistic solution (7,3) to one’s developmental vicissitudes as
opposed to a schizoid solution (5) or an aggressive solution (8) or a
depressive solution (4), or a paranoid solution (6), or a histrionic
solution (2) or a dependent solution (9) or an obsessive-compulsive
solution (1). All of these solutions are found in the DSM-IV-TR’s
section on Axis II Personality Disorders.

Object-relations theorists would remind us that these disorders likely
originate during particular periods of our developmental journey.
I think there are enough varying theories about the etiology and
portrayal of narcissism that you could probably argue for any
position you’d like. The Enneagram theory developed without the
assistance of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual and the DSM
didn’t know about the Enneagram types when it was formulated.
So any compatibilities and overlap between the two systems may
lie as much in the mind of the correlator as in the individuals being
diagnosed.
My slightly skeptical stance also suspects that any research

would only confirm the paradigm of the researcher. Any measures
of narcissism would be based on the test constructor’s theory of
narcissism just as Enneagram assessments are based on the
premises of Enneagram inventory constructors. So given the
somewhat subjective status of our knowledge of narcissism and the
Enneagram, I would be cautious and humble about declaring who’s
a narcissist and who isn’t. My own narcissism inclines me to
believe, of course, that this conclusion is the correct one.
References
American Psychiatric Association (2000). Diagnostic and Statistical

Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision.
Washington, D.C.: American Psychiatric Press.
Cooper, A.M. (1986). Narcissism. In Essential Papers on

Narcissism, ed. A.P. Morrison, p. 112. New York: New York
University Press.
Horney, Karen (1991). Neurosis and Human Growth. New York:

W.W. Norton & Co.
Millon, Theodore (1981). Disorders of Personality: DSM-III Axis II.

New York: John Wiley & Sons.
Naranjo, Claudio (1994). Character and Neurosis. Nevada City,

CA: Gateways/IDHHB.
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Magazine,” producing the 2011 “Enneagram Journal,” establishing a
publishing imprint, and improving the accreditation program.
As I’ve talked to members and affiliate heads around the world over
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more than any other: “research.” The IEA does not have the
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distance yet from having the capacity to form an International
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a step in that direction.
The members of the IEA board of directors are all volunteers who
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community closer to the IEA’s stated vision: a world where the
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what Carl did by letting us know their hopes, dreams, and concerns
for the organization. We also appreciate your continued support and
participation as we move steadily toward the world described in the
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