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[Article] Football, seen through an untrained eye

I have never been interested in Football. In the first 50 years of my life I watched – maybe -three or four games with my Dad – one of them...

[Video] Reframing

Reframing is a word that gets used in lots of different circumstances. In the NLP sense, what reframing is all about is creating a different perception of a situation, or...

[Article] Try to see it my way

Try to see it my way

“Try to see it my way”:  a line from an old Beatles song.  I’m not keen on the use of ‘try’ but I like the sentiment.  In a world where...

Latest publication…

Maria Musgrove Wethey and Dianne Lowther wrote this one for Bridal Buyer magazine: https://edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/html5/reader/production/default.aspx?pubname=&edid=b9aed526-80b2-4e24-8116-93a31bdb454f&pnum=76

What has NLP ever done for me?

Since I’ve been promoting the NLP Practitioner training, I’ve been talking about NLP a lot more to clients and friends. One friend asked me, ‘So what has NLP done for...

Why is okay to use the LAB Profile in recruitment when it’s definitely not okay to use MBTI?

Many years ago when I did the training to become a licensed user of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) it was impressed on me that the instrument is not to...

Men, women and leadership success

In the 1950’s in the UK when my parents married, for a while they both worked for the same company – ICI.  My Mum had left school with the equivalent...

Stress and Sensory Preferences

Stress and Sensory Preferences

Stress is a highly personal thing. The situation that has your heart racing and your mind in overwhelm doesn’t produce the same effect on everyone. Other people’s stresses and difficulties...

What are you voting for?

What are you voting for?

Voting in a General Election is, for many of us, a highly significant event. It’s an opportunity to influence the way our country is governed and it’s an expression of...

Finding the Complex Equivalences

A few months ago I had lunch with a group of senior HR professionals and we discussed the idea of Talent Management.  One of the most striking insights to emerge...

…And Relax

And Relax

At this time of year there is usually a lot of focus on activity.  Whether it’s a New Year’s Resolution to exercise, a challenging goal to create something new, a...

Stop the world – I want to get off!

Stop the World

Have you ever found yourself so overwhelmed with the amount of ‘stuff’ you have to do, that you wish you could just press ‘pause’ for a while and escape your...