Out of the Box: Coaching with the Enneagram

Out of the Box Coaching and
Breakthroughs with the Enneagram, Mary R. Bast, Ph.D.

Out of the Box:
Coaching with the Enneagram
by Mary Bast and Clarence Thomson

Graphics Katja Amyx
Cover artwork Lawrie Dignan

When we “break out of the box,” we see something in a radically new light. We’ve all experienced these turning points. We know change is possible. But breaking free of life-long patterns can be difficult. Even when we want to change, sometimes we're stuck and don't know how to get unstuck.

Whether you're a professional coach, manager, parent, teacher, counselor, or friend to whom people come for advice, Out of the Box: Coaching with the Enneagram is for you. The Enneagram is a brilliant diagnostic tool to help identify nine different ways of viewing the world. You'll see the gifts people of each worldview bring to work and personal relationships. You'll also see the flip side -- nine different inner mindsets that can keep people in a box. When you know the Enneagram, you know the one underlying master dynamic pattern that created the box, and where to apply leverage for change.

The authors' lively prose is vivid and illuminating. The examples are real and their suggestions are practical. They explore and demonstrate interventions that achieve transforming results. After reading this book, you'll be able to coach people to break out of their boxes. Don't be surprised if you find yourself changing, too! Click here for free preview. (Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view the preview and e-book, both in pdf format. A free copy of Adobe Reader can be downloaded here - and note their first link is for Windows XP in English; if you have a different operating system/language, follow their second link.)

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Mary Bast has a Ph.D. in social psychology and has been a corporate and personal coach for more than 25 years. Author of a social research textbook, she’s published articles on coaching, leadership effectiveness, communication, personal development, and poetry as a catalyst for change.

Clarence Thomson was a successful entrepreneur for 20 years and has been a counselor and coach for more than 15. The editor of the Electric Enneagram, he's written many articles, four books, and teaches the Enneagram nationally. He's also a professional storyteller.

If you're interested in the Enneagram and coaching, only one book is essential and this is it.
Bast and Thomson are highly experienced coaches and Enneagram teachers
whose insightful, practical approach is grounded in respect, wisdom, humor, and heart.
--Michael J. Goldberg, author, The 9 Ways of Working

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