Type Descriptions

This page lists posts that describe all nine types.
For posts describing a specific type, click one of the nine links below.

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Ginger Lapid-Bogda 'The Enneagram in Business'

Video clip where Ginger Lapid-Bogda describes the nine types.
The Embodied Enneagram

Some brief descriptions of the somatic patterns of the nine types by Peter O'Hanrahan
Descriptions of the Nine Enneagram Personality Types

Brief descriptions of each type at the International Enneagram Association website.
Enneagram Sub-Types - An Introduction by Peter O’Hanrahan
The Enneagram's Nine Personality Styles

The nine Enneagram personality types as described at The Changeworks website (Tom Condon).
Enneagram Types at Enneagram Explorations
Body Awareness Practice for the Nine Personality Types

An article by Peter O'Hanrahan.
Moving on the Lines

How each type moves to other points through wings and inner lines.
Practical Applications of the Enneagram

Summary descriptions of each Enneagram type in business, relationship, parenting, country culture, and personal growth as interpreted by the Enneagram Institute.
Enneagram Speaking Styles: Get Your Message Across

A blog post by Lynette Sheppard.

And now, of course this is another thing I didn't count on, that now as the governor of the state of California, I am selling California worldwide. You see that? Selling.

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

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What Enneagram Type was Martin Luther King?

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Prominent leader in the African-American civil rights movement

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