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The Enneagram in Business website with learning portal and international consultants.

International Enneagram Association

Eclectic Energies – easy online test.

Two Articles by Ruthie Landis

Community Service and the Enneagram by Ruthie Landis:
Reconnecting with the Woman Behind the Mother: A Journey Back to Self

Not long after the recent U.S. presidential election, Michelle Obama sent a mass e-mail inviting people to contribute to their communities. Because I collaborate with a friend — a social worker by profession — to develop innovative workshops that integrate the Enneagram with creativity, nature, the body and other self-awareness approaches, we decided to brainstorm how we could be of service and what population might best utilize what we had to offer. Ultimately, we decided to focus on mothers and caregivers, offering support to those who spend their lives supporting others. We now call the series “Reconnecting with the Woman Behind the Mother: A Journey Back to Self.” ©

For a year we offered free, two-hour workshops, every month at the public library, and the programs were attended by women who would not normally spend money on themselves for personal growth. We explored topics they may have previously avoided – for example, loneliness, self-worth, and re-learning what it means to receive. The demographic for these programs span multiple age groups and roles and includes young or pregnant mothers; empty nesters; grandmothers and women in their seventies; and nurses or women who have no families but who function as caregivers.

Most of the women who attended have never heard of the Enneagram, and we began by teaching them about the three Centers of Intelligence, a concept few of them have ever considered. For example, during one of our workshops which focused on self-worth, we introduced the Enneagram styles Two, Three, and Four, and their underlying feeling of unworthiness. At each session we would first work with the mind through questionnaires and group processing, the body, with body awareness techniques, and the heart with a variety of innovative exercises, so there is a balance in the learning and a holistic integration. In upcoming workshops, we will explore anger and assertiveness, while introducing Enneagram Styles Eight, Nine, and One, and Confidence and Courage, introducing Styles Five, Six, and Seven.

We linked the Enneagram to a specific monthly theme or topic rather than focusing initially on Enneagram typing. This has aroused their curiosity about the Enneagram and increased their desire to learn more. Attendance has been remarkable – both in numbers of participants and enthusiasm — and word about the program is spreading rapidly, creating an interest in personal development that comes from tasting something new, fun, and applicable in their daily lives.

We spent as much time preparing for these pro bono offerings as we have for our paid seminars and workshops. We have found that we have a freedom in our design process because we don’t feel compelled to please an individual client or give them their money’s worth. Consequently, the designs have been inspired and magical and have offered us, as facilitators, more gifts than we could ever have imagined. Each month we delve more into our own personal work as we teach what we need to learn.

The Enneagram as a Powerful Tool in the Field of Education by Ruthie Landis

The sooner a person is introduced to the powerful tool of the Enneagram, the better. We test kids for IQ and for academic benchmarks, but how are we developing their character and emotional intelligence (EQ)? The fact that the Enneagram has endless applications and can inform almost any topic (sports, the arts, learning styles, teaching styles, communication, conflict resolution, to name a few) makes it a rich and flexible resource to use in schools. And kids really seem to “get it”.

The Enneagram is beginning to be used in some primary and middle schools:

Ginny Cusack is using the Enneagram in teacher training, parent education, and middle-school classes at the Princeton Montessori School.

In Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts, Amy Zoll has brought Enneagram work to Vineyard Montessori School. Encouraging children to understand what moves them as individuals is fundamental to the Montessori educational process.

At Ashland High School, in Oregon, there is a health-related course using the Enneagram.

At the university level, the Enneagram appears in various departments:

Business

At Southern Oregon University, Jennifer Joss Bradley teaches a course in the Masters in Management curriculum called “Developing Emotional Intelligence and the Enneagram.”

MBS students at USC and UCLA study the Enneagram in leadership.

Sonoma State University’s Master’s program in OD uses the Enneagram.

St. John Fisher College in Rochester, NY and Stanford University, in Palo Alto, CA also offer courses in Enneagram and Leadership.

Theology or Pastoral Studies

At Loyola University in Chicago, Jerome Wagner, Ph.D. teaches a course in theories of Learning, including Learning and Teaching Styles. He introduces the 3 centers of intelligence as a way of educating the whole person. He also offers an Enneagram Certification Program

Claremont School of Theology, Claremont, CA, Iona College in New Rochelle, NY, and Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio offer Enneagram courses in Spirituality.

Medicine

Georgetown University offers an elective course in the School of Medicine, a general introduction to the Enneagram elements.

UCLA Medical Center uses the Enneagram in their Spiritual Care Department for personal and professional development.

Psychology

Antioch University, Los Angeles, CA and John F. Kennedy University, Pleasant Hill, CA are using the Enneagram in Clinical Psychology.

Education

St. Mary’s College of California, Oakland, CA describes their Enneagram course as an approach to meeting the needs of a diverse student population, enhancing instructional effectiveness and exploring teaching and learning styles.

Acting and the Arts

I have taught Master classes using the Enneagram in acting, playwriting, character development, facilitation skills and public speaking at the University level and professional training schools in Chicago.

This brief summary shows some of the ways the field of education is utilizing the myriad gifts that the Enneagram offers. If we can introduce reasons behind our thinking, feeling, and acting at an early age, we can only imagine how our world can become a more informed, inclusive and compassionate place.