What Type of Leader Are You? Using the Enneagram System to Identify and Grow Your Leadership Strengths and Achieve Maximum Success [Paperback]

Ginger Lapid-Bogda (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 23, 2007

Every leader has a number!

Millions of people around the world use the nine-point Enneagram system to analyze their personality strengths. Now for the first time, renowned Enneagram expert Ginger Lapid-Bogda shows how to use this personality typing system to reach your full potential as a leader and to pinpoint your core leadership style.

“A unique combination of business savvy, organization development, and in-depth self-development perspectives.”-Colleen Gentry, senior vice president for Executive Development, Wachovia Corporation

“Chock-full of excellent suggestions and astute examples that . . . provide readers with a multitude of teachable moments.”-Beverly Kaye, Ph.D., founder/CEO of Career Systems International and coauthor of Love 'Em or Lose 'Em: Getting Good People to Stay

“Dr. Lapid-Bogda adroitly describes how different types of people fulfill the core competencies of leadership in their own ways.”-Helen Palmer, author of The Enneagram and The Enneagram in Love and Work

“We recommend this book for anyone in leadership wishing to use the superbly insightful tool of the Enneagram to access their innate gifts, identify their biases, and become truly great leaders.”-Don Richard Riso and Russ Hudson, The Enneagram Institute, authors of Personality Types and The Wisdom of the Enneagram

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About the Author

Ginger Lapid-Bogda, Ph.D. is the head of Bogda & Associates, an international Enneagram consulting firm, and is past president of the International Enneagram Association.

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (April 23, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071477195
• ISBN-13: 978-0071477192
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #155,824 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Ginger Lapid-Bogda, Ph.D., has over 35 years of experience working with Fortune 500 companies and nonprofits and is a global leader in the field of using the Enneagram in organizations. She has written three highly-respected Enneagram-business books that have been translated into more than ten languages; provides Enneagram training for thousands of professionals around the world; offers state-of-the-art Enneagram-business training materials in multiple languages; has certified more than 500 trainers and consultants worldwide in train-the-trainer programs based on her books "Bringing Out the Best in Yourself at Work" and "What Type of Leader Are You?"; and offers coaching certification programs based on her newest book, "Bringing Out the Best in Everyone You Coach." If you are especially interested in self-development, "The Enneagram Development Guide" offers 50+ development activities for each Enneagram type, organized by type and specific development areas.

She is an award-winning speaker and author, and her website, TheEnneagramInBusiness.com, provides comprehensive Enneagram-business information, a store to purchase interactive training tools, as well as an e-learning portal, the Enneagram Learning Portal. For insight and humor, you will enjoy Ginger's blog, Blog.TheEnneagramInBusiness.com.

If you have an iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch, you'll want to download Ginger's new Enneagram iPhone App, "Know Your Type." for only $2.99. This interactive, accurate, and enjoyable App allows you to type yourself and then learn about how to reduce stress, prevent conflict, interact with individuals of the different types, engage in self-development, learn more theory, and test your knowledge in real-world situations. EnneagramApp.com

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic book!, October 31, 2007

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Martin Snapp "professional writer" (Berkeley, CA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: What Type of Leader Are You? Using the Enneagram System to Identify and Grow Your Leadership Strengths and Achieve Maximum Success (Paperback)

This is even better than her first book, "Bringing Out The Best In Yourself At Work." I never thought something like the Enneagram could be relevant to an ordinary person like me, but Lapid-Bogda has given me really valuable insights into myself and the people around me. As with her last book, I recommend reading it twice: once to find out about yourself, and another time to scope out the people you work/live/play with. Highest possible recommendation!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Required Reading!, September 30, 2008

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Ruth K. Landis "facilitator" (chicago) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: What Type of Leader Are You? Using the Enneagram System to Identify and Grow Your Leadership Strengths and Achieve Maximum Success (Paperback)

This book is a required reading for all my coaching clients. It is clear, accessible, and provides tools for immediate application in personal life and career. Lapid-Bogda goes beyond a typing system, and provides a map for self development and self mastery. Her section on writing e-mails is fantastic and provides amazing insight on how to bring awareness into everyday communication. My clients are blown away by how easy it is to implement her strategies. I was very impressed by her section on optimal decision making. This is a must read for anyone who wants to explore the enneagram and its usefulness in the work setting.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Something new for the leaders of the 21st century !, September 30, 2008

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Claudine Prune (Paris, France) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: What Type of Leader Are You? Using the Enneagram System to Identify and Grow Your Leadership Strengths and Achieve Maximum Success (Paperback)

As a consultant I am thrilled by the content of this book. It has been so useful to me and my clients that I have decided to translate it into French.
Not only the leadership competencies are explained in detail, but all leaders get clues to improve their specific talents and extend their abilities in many ways.
A life changing experience !