Re: Leadership & Personalit LO1887

Jim Michmerhuizen (jamzen@world.std.com)
Thu, 29 Jun 1995 22:10:12 +0059 (EDT)

Replying to LO1711 --

> Regarding LO1666 and its mention of the Myers-Briggs as a tool.

Has anybody heard about, or done anything with, Enneagram ideas? My wife
brought a book home from the library once, and then a week later the same
book showed up at a consulting firm I was working with. I read a bunch of
books, and then stopped. There was a lot to like: a) it's free (in most
presentations) of occult or mystical stuff; b) it doesn't have too many
categories; c) it doesn't try to explain anything -- just classify.

There are times when you need to get acquainted with somebody faster than
you can converse. A little set of personality questions is a reasonable
shortcut, I guess, as long as your situation doesn't demand infallibility.

And did I read somewhere that Myers-Briggs was in some way historically
related to the Enneagram ideas?

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