Bringing Out the Best in Yourself at Work:
How to Use the Enneagram System for Success

Book Endorsements

I am deeply honored to have received book endorsements from leaders in both the Enneagram community and the field of organization development.

- Ginger Lapid-Bogda, Ph.D.

Enneagram Teachers

Claudio Naranjo, M.D.
Enneagram pioneer and author of Character and Neurosis: An Integrative View

This is the first Enneagram book that I have endorsed. The Enneagram typology is a powerful tool for self-understanding, which is, in turn, the gist of emotional healing and a major factor in personal evolution. And here is a good book undertaking to bring the Enneagram to the business world at a time when it has become apparent that the business world controls the world and that our fate depends on the psycho-spiritual condition of those in it.

Don Riso and Russ Hudson
Founders of THE ENNEAGRAM INSTITUTE and authors of the bestselling The Wisdom of the Enneagram and Personality Types

This solid, well-written book will be of interest to those new to the Enneagram and to people who already know the system and are looking for ways to apply it in the business world. The author gives clear, sensible information about how each type thinks and behaves — as well as its assets and short-comings — in the most practical business situations — from communicating, giving feedback, and dealing with conflict, to teambuilding and leadership. Avoiding business jargon, it succeeds in being fresh and graceful, and from an author who clearly cares about how to help people become their best in a world that is too often impersonal and dehumanizing.

David N. Daniels, M.D.
Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford Medical School and author of the bestselling book, The Essential Enneagram

This well written, practical, and clear book moves the Enneagram teachings significantly forward into the world of business applications. Dr. Lapid-Bogda provides both rich examples and meaningful insights in bringing the Enneagram into any organization. She masterfully interweaves her vast experience in organizational problem solving, executive coaching, leadership development, effective communications, and conflict management with her deep knowledge and respect for the Enneagram system. Bringing Out the Best in Yourself at Work reflects Ginger's dedication, warmth, and powerful mind. This is a vital read for anyone interfacing the Enneagram with organizations.

Kathy Hurley and Theodorre Donson
Co-authors of the bestselling What's My Type? and creators of The Enneagram of Transformation® Certification and Training Program

We are impressed! Entertaining, knowledgeable, readable, and insightful, Bringing Out the Best in Yourself at Work is replete with stories, examples and applications of how the nine Enneagram types operate in the workplace. Ginger Lapid-Bogda has observed carefully how people of each type think, feel and behave, and she encourages her readers similarly to observe themselves for self-improvement. Her style is fresh, light and bright.

Thomas Condon
Enneagram teacher and author of The Enneagram Movie & Video Guide

A winner! This book is both a solid accessible introduction to the Enneagram and a fine overview of the system's applications at work. It is useful at every turn, offering many practical suggestions to successfully enhance communication and resolve conflicts. Full of real-world examples, Bringing Out the Best in Yourself at Work also offers detailed advice on how to apply the Enneagram to team building and effective leadership. Use it to change old patterns and succeed at new challenges.

Jerome P. Wagner, Ph.D.
Internationally known Enneagram teacher and author of The Enneagram Spectrum of Personality Styles

I've known Ginger as a lively savvy presenter; now I know her as a clear persuasive writer. She's done a fine job of taking critical consulting areas such as communicating effectively, managing conflict, creating high-performance teams, developing leadership, etc. and running them through the filter of the nine Enneagram personality styles, showing how these general concepts appear at work in nine different epiphanies. Her book will make an oft-consulted, very useful contribution to both the business and Enneagram communities.

Michael J. Goldberg, J.D.
Organizational consultant and author of The 9 Ways of Working

A fine book about bringing the Enneagram to business, filled with many useful, real world examples. Anyone who works with people should read this book!

Organization Development Consultants

W. Warner Burke, Ph.D.
Edward Lee Thorndike Professor of Psychology & Education, Teacher's College, Columbia University, First Executive Director of the Organization Development Network, and author of Organization Change: Theory and Practice

There is growing evidence that people who are above average regarding self- awareness are likely to be high performers, particularly with respect to leadership and management. The Enneagram is a sound, tried and true technique for enhancing one's self-awareness. This book is very user friendly in this regard because Ginger Lapid-Bogda's explanation and interpretation of the Enneagram way of learning more about one's self is unsurpassed. I enthusiastically recommend taking the trip with her.

Beverly Kaye, Ph.D.
Founder/CEO of Career Systems International and co-author of the internationally best-selling Love 'Em or Lose 'Em: Getting Good People to Stay

Thank you, Ginger. You've given us a way to unravel one of life's biggest mysteries — how to communicate clearly with the important people in our lives. You took a complex system and made it accessible and useful to your readers. This is a superb practical tool for all professionals who are determined to improve their working relationships with customers, clients, bosses, co-workers or direct reports. Her explanation of the Enneagram makes it exceedingly accessible to the lay-person, and the exercises in the book give her readers a chance for actual skill practice! A must have for your 'go-to' bookshelf.

Saul Eisen, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology, Founder, Graduate Program in Organization Development, Sonoma State University

In this remarkable book, Ginger Lapid-Bogda clearly communicates the essence of the Enneagram, and its practical applications for effective leadership in organizations. As a colleague in a range of projects with her, I have long admired her competence and grace as a teacher, trainer, and consultant. I'm delighted to see this material become widely available for people who seek a deeper understanding of the dynamics of interpersonal and team behavior. They will find that, and more — a transformative perspective for their own development as leaders, professionals, and persons. The illustrative stories, short activities, and crisp, accessible explanations make this a resource book readers will return to again and again — and recommend to their friends!