Brief introduction to Enneagram Instinctual Subtypes.
A to Z of Instinctual Subtypes (Lists the Enneagram type and subtype, along with the A to Z name I've given each one.
The picture at left gives a traditional view of the enneagram styles. If you were to apply them to a business model, with each one contributing their style's particular strengths and skills, the diagram might look like this:
For a brief look at each style as filtered through the lens of Instinctual preoccupations, check out my A to Z posts:
Ambassador: Style 2, Social Subtype
Benefactor, Community or One Happy Family: Style 9, Social Subtype
Collector: Style 9, Self-Preservation Subtype
Crusader: Style 1, Social Subtype
Drama Queen: Style 4, Intimate Subtype
Espionage, or Secret Agent: Style 5, Intimate Subtype
Forges New Trails, or Trailblazer: Style 1, Self-Preservation Subtype
Guardian, Social: Corresponds to Style 6, Social Subtype
Home (or Castle) Defender: Style 5, Self-Preservation Subtype
Individualist, Creative: Style 4, Self-Preservation Subtype
Joins (Seeks to Merge): Style 9, Intimate Subtype
King in his Realm: Style 8, Social Subtype
Lecturer (aka Professor): Style 5, Social Subtype
Movie Star: Style 3, Intimate Subtype
Nurturer: Style 2, Self-Preservation Subtype
Observer (or Critical Commentator): Style 4, Social Subtype
Politician: Style 3, Social Subtype
Queen (of Seduction): Style 2, Intimate Subtype
Responsibility (or Duty): Style 6, Self-Preservation Subtype
Survivalist: Style 8, Self-Preservation Subtype
Salesman: Style 7, Intimate Subtype
Takes Charge (like a Dictator): Style 8, Intimate Subtype
Utopian Visionary: Style 7, Social Subtype
Vivant, bon: Style 7, Self-Preservation Subtype
Warrior (Strength or Beauty): Style 6, Intimate Subtype (Counterphobic Six)
X .... for Xenophile, not an enneagram style or subtype ... I hope you're Xenophilic, rather than Xenophobic!
Yes (man or woman): Style 3, Self-Preservation Subtype
Zealot: Style 1, Intimate Subtype
