9 Ways of Working

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Books on the Enneagram

The 9 Ways of Working

How to Use the Enneagram to Discover Your Natural Strengths and Work More Effectively

by Michael J. Goldberg

FOR AN INSIGHTFUL LOOK AT HOW YOU - AND THOSE AROUND YOU - WORK AND RELATE

Introduction to the nine basic approaches to work and life, as described by the enneagram - the classic and now popular system of nine personality types.

Since its introduction to the United States in the early 1970s, the enneagram has become widely talked about and utilized, especially among people who work closely with other people, including leaders in business, therapists, educators, and many others. The enneagram has been featured in Newsweek, Esquire, Working Woman, and many other publications, and it is taught at the Stanford Business School.

The 9 Ways of Working is packed with insightful anecdotes and true stories from author Michael Goldberg's experience as a human relations consultant to such organizations as Motorola and the Central Intelligence Agency, as a teacher at graduate schools of management and law, and as a trial attorney. Goldberg uses the nine types to help leaders and teams understand and solve problems, especially people problems. Goldberg's many illuminating examples and stories touch on such well-known people as Hillary Rodham Clinton and Rudy Giuliani-both Perfectionists who want to teach you the right way to do it, and Al Gore and Bill Gates-both Sages who know that knowledge is power.

Goldberg also draws on contemporary events, books, movies, and TV shows to make the types relevant, compelling, and easy to recognize. According to Goldberg, each of the enneagram's nine styles has its own way of leading, deciding, and working with others. The 9 Ways of Working lets readers look up their own type and predict the kinds of problems they're likely to have with another style. Readers will learn to work from their strengths and finesse their weaknesses, and will find the types of the important people in their life and advice on seeing them the way they see themselves. They can then understand and respond to their deepest-and often unspoken-concerns and interests.

"The most effective people in business," says Goldberg, "whether they are in major corporations or small not-for-profits, know that success depends on people working creatively with each other. The enneagram reveals each person's perspective on a problem, so that people can work from their own best strengths and work around the difficulties of others. It's terrific for building teams because everyone can contribute consciously from their own point of view."

The Canadian Manager journal calls The 9 Ways of Working "a dictionary of the people with whom you work. Keep it right on your desk!" For everyone interested in knowing themselves and their co-workers better, and working more effectively, The 9 Ways of Working is an essential guide.

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ISBN 1-56924-688-2 / $13.95 U.S. / Can. $21.50
351 pages, Publication date: June 1, 1999