What is the relationship between NLP and Coaching? They’re definitely quite different from each other. And an NLP Practitioner is not necessarily a good coach. Neither does a good coach have to know NLP. But the combination of a good coach who also knows NLP can be very powerful...
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[Video] Why we love the LAB Profile
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]I've been using the LAB Profile now for about 10 years. Or to give it its full title, the Language and Behaviour Profile. The more I use it, the more applications I find for it. People sometimes say to me: "What's so special about that? We've got so many profiling tools. Why is the LAB Profile any different? Why is it any better?" Watch the video to hear my answer... [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]...and if you'd like to find out more about the LAB Profile click here [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
[Article] Breaking the Mould
“How you do anything is how you do everything” – a popular point of view in the personal development arena over the past few years. It can be a useful...
[Video] Limiting Beliefs
Sometimes we have ideas and beliefs stuck in our mind that hold us back from doing things we’d like to in our lives. These sorts of beliefs come in all...
[Article] Motivation re-visited
Every business leader wants their people to be motivated. Preferably to do what the leader wants them to do! There have been a lot of wise words written – and backed up by research – about what motivates people. In NLP we’re also interested in how people are motivated. That is, we look at the thought processes that create motivation. You may be familiar with the idea of Towards and Away From motivation...
[Video] Teamwork
What do we mean by ‘working as a team’? If you were to ask everybody in your team, you’d get a slightly different answer because everybody has their own view...
[Article] What Makes a Great Question?
Part of the art of being a great listener is also being able to ask great questions. After all, it’s easier to listen attentively if the speaker is telling you what you want to know! I could put questions in 3 categories: the information question, the opinion question and the coaching question...
[Video] Should you say what you really think?
A lot of people are very keen on the notion of authentic leadership, and so if you’re going to be authentic, surely that means you should say what you think…...
[Video] The Power of Opposites
Sometimes when you’re faced with situations where there’s something that feels uncomfortable or that’s going against the grain, it’s worth stopping and thinking about what you can learn from it....
[Video] Walking the Talk, Building a Website
When it came to re-designing our Brilliant Minds website, I could have done what I’d done in the past. This time, I decided to take a different approach…
[Article] Body language is important, isn’t it?
If you’ve done any training in communications, public speaking or presentations there’s a good chance that body language has been part of the programme. For many years, like hundreds, if not thousands, of other trainers I’ve dutifully passed on the wisdom that our communication has three components – words, tone of voice and body language...
[Video] Managing Interruptions
“Have you got a minute?” “Could you just…” “Would you mind if…” How do you deal with it when somebody interrupts you in the middle of doing something else? It’s...
