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

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Finally...
The most practical enneagram book out there for business applications
Betsy Siwula Brandt, Breakthrough Consulting, Santa Fe, NM
A Life Changing Book
Personality Traits in the Business Environment

Bringing Out the Best in Yourself at Work : How to Use the Enneagram System for Success
Ginger Lapid-Bogda
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill
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ASIN: 0071439609

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A proven system for improving your own work and for working better in a team

Used by such organizations as the Walt Disney Company, Silicon Graphics, the Federal Reserve Bank, and the CIA, the Enneagram is a proven psychological system based on nine number types that helps people achieve self-awareness and develop strategic approaches to interpersonal interactions. In Bringing Out the Best in Yourself at Work, Enneagram teacher and business consultant Ginger Lapid-Bodga shows professionals how to apply this popular tool to their work as a way to improve their productivity and help them build positive relationships among coworkers. This practical guide explains how to use the Enneagram to:

Communicate more effectively
Provide constructive feedback
Prevent and resolve conflict
Bring out their strongest leadership skills
Discover methods for professional development
Work better in teams

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Finally..........2006-08-26

The genuine nugget in this book is its use of the Enneagram to move forward the original Center for Creative Leaderhip research about what derails successful professionals. Lapid-Bogna's gift is to communicate the most profound and deeply thoughtful insights with deceptively casual language. I agree it needs to be read twice: Once to understand the techniques it describes, and a second time to appreciate how she builds on her hard-earned understanding of what works and doesn't work in OD and career development. Then, consider reading it a third time to appreciate the Enneagram for the doors it opens to truly deep personal growth. Not just another book written as a practice-building marketing piece for the author. It contains enough material for at least two books.

The most practical enneagram book out there for business applications.......2005-10-03

I love this book. I am an executive coach and I find this very useful for helping my Enneagram-aware clients apply the model directly and quickly to work situations -- to help debug relationships, communications, conflilct, etc.

I especially like Lapid-Bogda's distinctions and examples around "Pinch" and "Crunch" for each of the types.

I don't know of any other books except Michael Goldberg's "The Nine Ways of Working" that fill this business-application niche quite so well.

Highly recommended for those who need a practical, hands-on way of using the Ennegram in day to day work interactions.

Betsy Siwula Brandt, Breakthrough Consulting, Santa Fe, NM .......2005-09-03

Finally a groundbreaking book on the 9 ways of working that can be handed to your HR director! Enneagram Personality System books started being published in the 1980's; not until now has there been one that systematically applies this system to organizations. As an organization development consultant, I have always found the enneagram to be essential to my executive coaching and development. Now, in a practical and most excellent way, Lapid-Bogda applies the system to all key areas of organization life-- including employee feedback, conflict in teams, leadership and team development, etc. You can take the applications and use them immediately on the change initiatives you already have underway in your orgaization-- such as your 360 degree feedback sessions.

Not only does Lapid-Bogda make it easy for you to apply this system, but once familiar with her book and work, the reader can order tailor made tools that go with each organization topic that will further assist your ease of application.

If you are "stuck" in your own personal career development or trying to lead others in theirs-- and looking for a breakthrough-- then buy this book!

A Life Changing Book.......2005-08-20

This book has helped me in ways that I never imagined. The information in this book has been extremely useful in my quest to better understand myself and others. "Bringing Out the Best in Yourself at Work" is very much a must read for anyone interested in improving their relationships at work and in life in general.

Personality Traits in the Business Environment.......2004-09-01

This is a book on using the Enneagram system specifically oriented to todays business environment. The Enneagram is not unlike other personality oriented systems. First an individual is asked to examine nine different personality types and to identify himself with one. Then the Enneagram, a diagram of the interaction of the various types can be used to predict behavior.

The book, however, reverses the normal trend in personality testing books where the book is organized around the personality type. Instead the book describes several common business situations and then describes how the various personality types react to the situation.

101 Best Resumes: Endorsed by the Professional Association of Resume Writers

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Very Creative Options and Street Smart Tips

101 Best Resumes: Endorsed by the Professional Association of Resume Writers
Jay A. Block , and Michael Betrus
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ASIN: 0070328935

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Top resume writers share their secrets to help you land the job you want! Members of the Professional Association of Resume Writers have pooled their expertise to create 101 of the very best resumes available anywhere. Find out how you can create cover letters and resumes that get jobs, target your resume for specific positions, use different formats to get noticed, and much more. Throughout the book are more than 175 street-smart tips on everything from interviewing, to salary negotiating, networking, and working with executive recruiters. Get the best of the best resumes to help you compete in today's tough job market.

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Good Value.......2002-07-17

I found the book to be very helpful. It had some useful tips and sample resumes and cover letters. One of the best books of its type I've ever seen

Boring and a waste of time!.......2000-04-25

I bought this book based on all of the favorable review's and was greatly disappointed. As a recent college graduate in the humanities, I found it to be a big waste of time and money! If you are not interested in finding a job, buy this book!

Good Pick.......1999-12-28

My wife got me this book for Christmas through Amazon.com to follow up with my New Year's resolution to look for new opportunities in healthcare. This book is pretty good - it has a lot of varying kinds of resumes and good tips for overall job search, interviewing, and networking.

Good Pick.......1999-12-28

Very Creative Options and Street Smart Tips.......1999-12-05

My husband bought me this book as I am considering changing jobs. I found the variety of this book to exceed that of similar ones, and the 5 or 6 sections in the back on street smart tips was terrific for interviewing, negotiating, uncovering hidden opportunities. This was a great value. Wish it was on disk....

100 Best Non-Profits to Work For (100 Best Nonprofits to Work for)

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some attractive options for your career search
Hooray for nonprofits!

100 Best Non-Profits to Work For (100 Best Nonprofits to Work for)
Hamilton & Taggert
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ASIN: 0764560964

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Great organizations that reward you well for doing good!If you want a meaningful, socially responsible job -- but you also want good pay and career prospects -- where do you look? This one-of-a-kind new guide has 100 great answers! It offers profiles of the todays best paying, most secure, and most gratifying nonprofit organizations to work for. Public television stations, state-of-the-art wildlife parks, environmental groups -- these and scores of other organizations are described in detail. For everyone who wants to trade the corporate rat-race for the chance to do some real good in the world, this book shows the way! Features include:- Nonprofits rated by stability, career prospects, pay and benefits, and work environment- Inside facts on the pros and cons of working for each organization- How to find those all-important entry-level jobsLeslie Hamilton and Robert Tragert are Boston-based writers and reasearchers.

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some attractive options for your career search.......2001-10-17

Beginning with a definition of a nonprofit organization (it lies between government and business, it's typically about social change or improvement, it may be controversial, and it provides a service), this book ranks organizations which employ over 100 people, have an annual budget of over $1 million, has been in business at least three years, and whose culture is somehow linked to its mission.

From Amnesty to Cousteau, from the Nature Conservancy to Zoo Atlanta, here is a brief description of well-known or lesser-known organizations. You'll have a point of contact, a statement of philosophy, and some assistance in identifying your dream organizations. There are also some tips on job-hunting in the nonprofit world. It's fascinating reading!

Hooray for nonprofits!.......2000-07-07

Hamilton and Tragert give a decent survey of nonprofit organizations, rating their top 100. I was dissappointed that they included more corporate non-profits, like the NRA, and not very many localized charities, even if they're budgets are small. Also, the "potent quote" listed at the end of each entry is usually just a quote pulled from the organization's website, which shows lazy research, and can often lack potency

The Best Advice Ever for Becomming a Success At Work

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The Best Advice Ever for Becomming a Success At Work
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Imagine the stimulating conversation at a business lunch with Bill Gates, Henry Ford, Martha Stewart, and Abraham Maslow. That's very close to what readers will find in The Best Advice Ever For Becoming A Success At Work. The third volume in the Best Advice Ever series, this book captures business gems on topics such as leadership, establishing priorities, managing time, and taking breaks to increase productivity. In all, readers receive a stimulating historical and topical overview of some of the best thinking, practices, and coming trends in business. Insight in easily digestible servings.

Organized to Be Your Best! Simplify and Improve How You Work

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Organized to be the Best-No office should be without it

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Very useful.......2004-05-30

I highly recommend this book. If you have had a reputation for being disorganized in the past, by following the instructions here you can really clean up your act. This book includes chapters on how to arrange tickler systems, how to keep your hard drive orderly and high-functioning, and hundreds of tips on how to trim minutes off tasks. The arrangement of the book is effective and clear, and the presentation of concepts is well-written too. This book isn't just for office managers--as a professional I find it extremely useful.

As practical and applicable as it is "reader friendly".......2001-02-09

Now in an updated and expanded fourth edition, Susan Silver's Organized To Be Your Best!: Simplify And Improve How You Work continues to be an indispensable instruction manual enabling the reader to control multiple, ever-changing projects and priorities, intense workloads and information overload. Readers will learn to manage email, voice, fax, and other instant communications, devise a time and information management system tailored to their needs, work more effectively with others, master a messy desk and "piles of files", maximize the work space (including alternative, virtual, and home offices), and get the most from the computer and the Internet. Very highly recommended, Organized To Be Your Best! is as practical and applicable as it is "reader friendly" and workplace productivity improving.

Contains all the tips for organizing your life at work.......2001-02-03

Wow! Dubbed "The Bible of Organization" by the media, the latest edition (4th, to be exact) is not a disappointment. The author (Susan Silver) has included all the tips you need for organizing your life at work, from time management to streamlining your workspace and all the points in between.

Whether you are looking for tips on managing projects or trying to create an organized workspace, Organized To Be Your Best! is the one guide you need for balancing it all.

Organized to be the Best-No office should be without it.......2000-12-07

I have had this book for years and have used it in many work/office situations. It has served me well as a reference book whenever I have had a need to keep myself and my work organized. It's also great to read through the entire book to get practical tips and information. Most of the ideas presented are very simple but it's those simple ideas which can make your life easier and save you loads of time and stress. I have found this book to be well worth the money spent and I believe that you will agree. If you want to be more organized in your work and your life - this book will help you achieve that goal!

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How to Get the Best Graduate Job: Insider Strategies for Success In The Graduate Job Market
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How to Get the Best Graduate Job: Insider Strategies for Success In The Graduate Job Market
David Williams , Phil Brown , and Anthony Hesketh
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Over the last three years, two leading political economists went behind the scenes of the graduate jobs market. The first independent observers ever to be allowed into assessment centers, they sat in on final interviews, observed psychometric tests being given, and watched decisions on candidates being made.

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