2008 Schedule of Programs:
Hong Kong, China - June 11-15 (in English and Cantonese)
For more information and to register, contact Gloria Hung.
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Brazil - June 21-26 (in Portuguese)
For more information and to register, contact Uranio Paes.

Atlanta, Georgia - August 4-9
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Enneagram In Business Train-the-Trainer Program
Based on Bringing Out the Best in Yourself At Work (McGraw-Hill, 2004)

6 Days with Ginger Lapid-Bogda, Ph.D.

An unparalleled approach to developing the highest capability
in leaders and employees across the globe

The Enneagram, an ancient and profound psychological system, is very powerful and easy to use in a variety of business applications – for example, enhancing your communication style, giving effective feedback, responding to conflict constructively, creating high performing teams, developing leadership excellence, and coaching for the highest level of personal excellence.

Executive coaches use the Enneagram as an invaluable aid in helping their clients. Training and development, organization development, and human resource professionals utilize the Enneagram to help develop leadership capability and employee responsibility within their organizations.

The Enneagram derives its name from the Greek words ennea (“nine”) and gram (“something written or drawn”) and refers to the nine points, or numbers, on the Enneagram symbol. This unique system offers profound insights into the different ways in which people think, feel, and behave, since the nine different Enneagram styles represent distinct worldviews, with related patterns of thinking, feeling, and taking action. Even more important, each Enneagram style is connected to a precise, high-impact development path.

Because the Enneagram describes people of every culture accurately, it offers organizations the opportunity to create a global cadre of highly skilled leaders and employees who share a common frame of reference and a commitment to their own self-development and professional excellence.

In this highly interactive and experiential program, coaches, consultants, trainers, and human resource professionals will learn about the Enneagram system and how to help their clients accurately identify their Enneagram styles.  From this foundation, participants will learn the following applications of Enneagram in organization settings:

•    Communication
•    Giving Feedback
•    Managing Conflict
•    Creating High Performing Teams
•    Leveraging Leadership Excellence
•    Coaching
•    Personal and Professional Transformation

When you complete this certifications program, you will be able to answer YES to the following questions:

• Can you communicate so that others truly understand what you intend to say? Can you objectively hear what others say to you? Can you teach others to do the same?


• Can you give constructive feedback to the people in such a way that they do not feel defensive and that you actually help them to improve their performance?


• Can you help people manage conflict at work, including taking responsibility for their contribution to a situation, de-escalating a conflict when it occurs, and approaching others in a respectful and productive way?


• Can you develop high performing teams using a perspective and methods that enable each team member to enhance his or her behavior and to dramatically impact the performance of the entire team?


• Can you help leaders accurately asses their strengths and weaknesses, and then learn how to how to capitalize on their leadership strengths and work on their development areas?


• Do you know how to be an exemplary coach?


• Do you have a repertoire of individually customized developmental activities, that are both practical and powerful, to help people know themselves better, accept themselves more fully, and work more effectively with others?

Program participants learn core training tips and build a foundation in organizational consulting. Participants also receive a comprehensive Trainers Guide containing 39 activities to use with clients that includes exercises, tools, case studies, and a CD with original graphics and participant handouts."

Past Participant Quotes:

"It was a wonderful and highly valuable experience, which I am sure will make me a much better leader, consultant and OD practitioner. The materials, coverage, design, activities and sharing sessions and facilitation were all done supremely well."

"I can't begin to tell you how valuable the workshop was for me personally and professionally. I'm still sorting through all the factors that left me exhausted and full of applications."

"Let me say that it was a great workshop—the content and process were superb. It was so rich that I am sure that I will end up re-reading all the material and my notes to deepen and broaden the learning."

"Just a quick note to thank you again and tell you what a great experience participating in your workshop was for me. I also wanted you to know that I've never, in my entire life, experienced the 8 energy. I am rather introverted (although I am a happy 9) and had no idea I could muster the energy to embody an 8 this way!!! This is all your fault, Ginger, you have created a monster!!!! (just kidding)"

"I want to tell you again how amazing the training was. When people at work have asked me about it, what I say is ‘it was the best training of any kind that I have been to."

"I have bought copies [of your book] for my pastors to whom I introduced the Enneagram. They are loving it and using it in their pastoral work. Next -- I want to introduce it to a government agency in Oct at a workshop I'm doing on leading change. My plan is to have them read the book as part of their pre-work."

"I got another request for a proposal last night that I cranked out this morning. The binder full of material was most helpful. I also used the training design material since that’s new to me."

"I just wanted you to know what an outstanding job I thought you did! I can hardly process all of it because your training is soooo much more than a ‘Train the Trainer’ workshop. I just needed to let you know that I would have not missed it for anything!"

One
"Far exceeded my expectations in every way. Am clear about what to do next and what to explore."

Two
"It was great! Intense and fun. I especially enjoyed being with and learning from the other people. I have much greater confidence in my knowledge and skills. The Training Guide is amazing."

Three
"I learned so much more than I expected – training, self-work, corporate work and OD. I could go on for hours about how much I learned. It was so much deeper than I anticipated."

Four
"The many complex ideas were chunked down to a level of simplicity that they all seem doable. I gained a precious and new belief that I have something to offer organizations. This was really an advanced degree in five days. The materials are sensational."

Five
"Excellent tools/protocols for explaining the rich potential of the Enneagram system and very good insight into organization development and training."

Six
"This was an incredible training experience that has given me the confidence and motivation to carry out the mission of bringing the Enneagram to business. I was so impressed with the group and how each person contributed to group development. Some of the lessons were difficult like the team formation exercise, and I definitely had my share of inner work. That's what it's all about."

Seven
"Far exceeded my expectations; I can begin using what I have learned immediately. I gained much more insight into myself as well as tools to make a difference in the world."

Eight
"It was fantastic and far exceeded any expectations I had. There were so many practical applications, A great format that can readily be used in the corporate setting."

Nine
"I now have great confidence in bringing the Enneagram into the business world. I thought I would simply learn a tool but I have received a gift. I have never left a program so content."

Ginger Lapid-Bogda, Ph.D., is an organization development consultant with more than 30 years of consulting experience. Dr. Lapid-Bogda has worked with companies such as Apple Computer, Kaiser-Permanente, Whirlpool, Genentech, The Clorox Company, Hewlett Packard, TRW, Sun Microsystems, and Time Warner, as well as service organizations, nonprofits, and law firms. She is the past president of the International Enneagram Association (IEA) and a member of the Organization Development Network (ODN) and National Training Labs (NTL).

Through her consulting firm, Bogda & Associates (Santa Monica, California), Dr. Lapid-Bogda provides organization development (OD) consulting, executive coaching, and training services that integrate the Enneagram with the theory and practice of OD. In addition, she offers training materials, leadership and team assessments, and Train-the-Trainers programs based on the concepts of Bringing Out the Best in Yourself at Work: How to Use the Enneagram System for Success (McGraw-Hill 2004), which has been translated into six languages.

Dr. Lapid-Bogda teaches at colleges and universities, and her writing has appeared in numerous publications. She has been the recipient of speaking awards from the American Management Association and of writing awards from the National Business Employment Weekly.

She is also the author of What Type of Leader Are You? Using the Enneagram System to Identify and Grow Your Leadership Strengths and Achieve Maximum Success (McGraw-Hill 2007). In addition, Dr. Lapid-Bogda has two new publications: Illuminating Team Dynamics: Insights from the Enneagram System of Personality (NTL Institute, 2006) and the recent article Developing Communities of Leaders Through the Enneagram (OD Practitioner, Fall 2006, Volume 38, #4), soon to be published in Spanish as a book chapter in Cultures of Participation at Work in Cuba and the U.S. through the Christopher Reynolds Foundation.