Core Qualities: A Gateway To Human Resources

by Daniel Ofman

The unique core quadrant methodology illustrated in this guide presents a framework for improving any manager's workplace performance. The core quadrant system is built on the principles of the enneagram and further refines the core qualities that define the enneagram's nine personality types. By recognizing qualities such as determination, precision, flexibility, orderliness, and empathy in oneself and one's employees, managers can create environments that allow individuals to flourish within organizations. This system provides managers with insight into the motivations of their employees and is particularly valuable in dealing with difficult or incompatible personality types.

Genres: Psychology

183 pages, Hardcover

Published September 1, 2004

Reviews

[Murray · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ofman has provided something entirely original in his work on Core Qualities. He suggests that each of us has a few (two or three) absolutely fundamental qualities that are active always in our lives. He shows how we can find what these are likely to be (he even has produced a set of word cards to help in this - but that is a separate purchase). When you think you are close to finding the right word for one of your qualities, he shows how this generates pitfalls (our blind spots and excesses) challenges (what we find difficult to bring into our lives to achieve balance) and allergies. This latter discovery is really powerful because it reveals why our core quality almost ensures we will find some other people's pitfalls almost viscerally difficult.
For those interested in self-development or working in teaching, coaching, therapy or allied fields, Ofman has some refreshingly original ideas.