The ENNEAGRAM (nine points) is a personality system that presents a useful template or map for understanding ourselves, the important people in our life, and the groups we work with. It describes nine ways of processing and responding to the world– a full spectrum of personality styles. We view the world through lenses which either bring great clarity or various degrees of distortion to our vision. The Enneagram enables us to look at our lenses instead of just looking through them.
- The Enneagram works like a psychological/spiritual lens check.
- It sorts out the encouraging and discouraging voices in our head.
- It helps us grasp our inner motivations and drives.
There are several ways you can learn more about this fascinating system and how it applies to you. For example, you can:
- look over the articles on this site;
- read my Enneagram Spectrum of Personality Styles and Nine Lenses on the World books;
- take my 200 item statistically validated Wagner Enneagram Personality Style Scales at www.wepss.com or sample the introductory version below;
- attend my Enneagram Training and Certification Program to use the Enneagram in your own practice;
- go to the Advanced Enneagram Training and other workshops I offer.
The Enneagram is one of the most useful tools for understanding personality styles at work, in relationships, and for self-awareness. The WEPSS is a standardized, reliable, and valid Enneagram inventory, the only one published by a major psychological test company and reviewed in Buros‘s Mental Measurements Yearbook, a respected authority in the testing field. It has been verified with over 170,000 users.
The WEPSS measures the resourceful and less-resourceful characteristics of each of the nine Enneagram styles. 97% of those who take the WEPSS identify with one of their top 3 scores. With a new feature, you can click on links in your 19-page test report to view your 2nd and 3rd highest score as your favored style, giving you a totally different profile so you can determine which one fits you best. Included is an extended section explaining how to interpret your WEPSS scores.
The WEPSS can be purchased for single use ($15) and in multiple copies (10% discount for 25 copies or more) by individuals, consultants, and workshop presenters. Results and interpretation are immediately accessible online. The assessment is currently available in English, Spanish, German, and Danish. www.wepss.com
Nine Lenses on the World
by Jerome Wagner, Ph.D.
We typically view the world through lenses but usually don’t examine the lenses themselves. From time to time we need to check our glasses to see if they are filtering the world cleanly or are distorting our vision. Nine Lenses on the World: the Enneagram Perspective provides a lens check to discover whether we are viewing the world accurately as it is or altered, like our world view believes it should be. Buy on Amazon
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Enneagram Spectrum of Personality Styles 25th Anniversary Edition
by Jerome Wagner, Ph.D.
Intended for a general audience, this thorough yet brief guide through the Enneagram system provides a clear common sense outline of each of the nine styles. The positive resourceful characteristics and ideals of each style are contrasted with their less-resourceful, exaggerated, and distorted expressions. For example, the Good Person’s passion for excellence can become a maladaptive pursuit of perfectionism. The 30 reflection questions at the beginning help readers personalize and recognize their Enneagram style. This anniversary edition includes a new extended introduction and an Appendix describing the three subtype variations of each Enneagram style. Buy on Amazon
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Enneagram Styles: Resilience, Eustress, and Distress
by Jerome Wagner, Ph.D.
The right amount of stress, excitement, and arousal (eustress) leads to optimal functioning. Too much or too little energy (distress) leads to sub-optimal functioning. Eustress gets us up for the game; distress takes us out of the game. What gets each Enneagram Type motivated, functioning optimally, and what is their natural resilience?
Enneagram Styles and 3 Approaches to Change —Behavioral, Cognitive & Psychodynamic
by Jerome Wagner, Ph.D.
Watch Jerry’s Keynote Address at the International Enneagram Conference, Cape Town, 2019.This presentation is just like being there, with added slides throughout the presentation. Enjoy!
Listen to Jerry Wagner’s Interview on Enneagram Mapmakers
Christopher Heuertz of the Center for Action and Contemplation interviews Jerry Wagner in the podcast series entitled Enneagram Mapmakers. These Enneagram Mapmakers include Helen Palmer, Ginger Lapid-Bogda, Sandra Maitri, Marion Gilbert, and Richard Rohr
“Jerry’s wisdom reminds us that we typically view the world through lenses but usually don’t examine the lenses themselves. He’s candid and vulnerable, while provocative in untangling some of the Enneagram’s convoluted theories.” — Christopher Heurtz, Center for Action and Contemplation
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