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26 What Type of Leader Are You?

tion, and someone lying. Nines tend to avoid direct anger and con-
flict, preferring a feeling of rapport and comfort with others. Their
anger, which is so deeply buried that it has been called the “anger
that went to sleep,” surfaces when they feel either ignored or
forced to do something, in which case their anger may turn into
passive-aggressive behavior. Ones’ anger is often manifested as fre-
quent irritations followed by flares of resentment. Ones also tend
toward self-criticism, which is anger turned inward. Enneagram
Style Nine is the core style of the three Body Center styles, with
Styles Eight and One being variations of Enneagram Style Nine.

Which center of intelligence and which style within it most
describes you? As mentioned earlier, there are four Enneagram
styles—in addition to your core style—that can influence your per-
sonality. Your wings are the styles (numbers) on either side of your
core style, and your stress and security points are the numbers or
styles that have lines with arrows pointing either away from or
toward your core style. A wing number and/or a stress or security
point number may have been among the top four styles you listed.
The information about wings and stress and security points that
follows may further illuminate your core style and clarify the
dynamics of the Enneagram system.

Enneagram Style Wings
As noted earlier, wings are the Enneagram styles on each side of
your actual Enneagram style.
These are secondary styles of FIGURE 1.5 Enneagram Style Wings
your core personality style,
which means that you may also
display some of the characteris-
tics of these Enneagram styles.
Wings do not fundamentally
change your Enneagram style;
they merely add additional
qualities to your core personal-