Happy New Year! This month, we feature the Enneagram as an assessment that coaches use to understand their clients better and to help their clients understand themselves. This is the fourth in the Insights series on assessments. For an index of assessments already reviewed and a list of assessments yet to be described, see the end of this article.
Assessment: The Enneagram
Description: The Enneagram divides people into personality types that are numbered 1 to 9 and are characterized with different labels by different authors. One author gives the following descriptors to the numbers: 1-Perfectionist, 2-Giver, 3-Performer, 4-Romantic, 5-Observer, 6-Trooper, 7-Epicure, 8-Boss, 9-Mediator. The use of numbers to describe each personality type emphasizes that each type is a combination of factors and no one word can capture the full flavor of each of the nine types. Enneagram theories give guidance on how each type can move toward greater integration or disintegrate under stress.
The Enneagram is ancient system carried on through a Sufi oral tradition for many centuries. It was originally conceived as a spiritual path to wholeness. Brought to the West in the 20th century, it has become a widely studied personality typing system. It is a complex system that is difficult to learn and utilize in a short course.
Certification: Not required, but training is available from the following:
Cost of Training/Certification:
- Bringing Out the Best in Yourself at Work Train-the-Trainer program: Contact Ginger Lapid Bogda, Ph.D., for rates
- The Enneagram Institute offers a three-part training program in the Enneagram. Each part is a 6-day residential training that includes room and board for $1,895 (with $100 off for early registration). In addition, certification through the Enneagram Institute requires one additional residential workshop that costs $475. Trainings occur in various locations in the United States and the United Kingdom, and more occasionally in Europe and Asia.
- Unlocking Potential: Contact Ken Sergi for rates
Cost of Instrument:
On-line assessments:
- The Riso-Hudson Enneagram Type Indicator Sampler is free. The RHETI Sampler is a 36-question, forced-choice questionnaire based on the full, longer Riso-Hudson Enneagram Type Indicator. The RHETI Sampler takes about 10 minutes to complete, The Free RHETI Sampler.
- Riso-Hudson Enneagram Type Indicator (RHETI) - For an in-depth profile of one’s personality type, as well as the other eight types operating as psychological "functions" in one’s personality, take the full-length RHETI, Riso-Hudson Enneagram Type Indicator (RHETI). This independently validated, full test (version 2.5) consists of 144 pairs of forced-choice statements and takes about 40 minutes. It costs $10, with discounts for multiple us
Paper assessments:
- Wagner Enneagram Personality Style Scales (WEPSS) from Western Psychological Services, Los Angeles, CA, www.wpspublish.com. A kit including 25 AutoScore Forms, 100 Glossary Sheets, a Manual, and 100 Brief Guides to WEPSS Results costs $154.00. Packages of 25 replacement AutoScore Answer Forms cost $54.50, pads of 100 Glossary Sheets cost $21.50, and pads of Brief Guides to WEPSS Results cost $21.50.
- The RHETI Sampler in hardcopy is available as a download. This downloadable version of the RHETI Sampler makes it possible to make unlimited copies for a one-time download fee of $25, RHETI Sampler Downloads.
Assessments Previously Reviewed in Insights:
October 2007: Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
November 2007: DiSC
December 2007: Keirsey Temperament Sorter-II
Assessments to Be Reviewed in Future Issues:
Birkman Method, Personal Style Indicator, Peoplemap, Real Colors, MAPP, OSI Polaris 360, Cerny Smith Adjustment Index, and Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument.
 Glenn Stevenson. Ph.D., is a life coach and career transition coach who specializes in self-confidence, relationships coaching, and helping people find the work that they love. He specializes in people’s sense of self and their finding satisfaction in who they are and what they do. He may be contacted at glenn@myselfsense.com, 714-468-9963, www.myselfsense.com.
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