My role as a trainer and a coach often brings me into contact with people who have a strong urge and need to be “in control”. For many this doesn’t...
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[Video] The map is not the territory
Every now and again it's a good idea to go back to basics. So today I'm going to revisit one of the central principles of NLP. The map is not...
Can you trust your intuition?
Recently I was driving through unfamiliar territory in Coventry – no I hadn’t been sent there by my family, just visiting a client! I had taken a wrong turn and...
[Video] The Decision Destroyer
I'm going to do an experiment today and I'd be really grateful if you'd participate in it and give me some feedback…
[Video] What’s your strategy?
In the NLP sense, a strategy is a sequence of thoughts that consistently delivers the same result. We have strategies for everything that we do. There isn't any time that you're...
False Economy
In the past few weeks I’ve had several conversations with Senior Managers and Directors in different businesses, grumbling about the cuts to their companies’ travel budgets. It’s no secret that...
[Video] Do emotions have a place in business?
A lot of people say that emotions have no place in business. And yet if you talk to the leaders of most companies, they will say…
Going forward to basics
When a client approached me to ask if I would deliver basic training in Effective Meetings and Time Management my initial reaction was very much: "I don't do that sort...
Not working!
Recently I’ve had a spate of things going wrong in my home and office. First the oven started making an unusual noise, then the shower developed a leak. The aircon in my...
[Video] Conference Calls
Do you spend any significant amount of time in audio conferences? They're a favoured method of communication these days but most people I know actually dislike doing an audio conference....
Are you there?
There is a technical question I’m often asked about NLP: ‘What is the difference between associated and dissociated?’ Watching the Men’s Wimbledon Final on Sunday, I saw the perfect demonstration of...
[Video] Secondary Gain
Have you got a goal that you've been talking about, thinking about, wondering about for quite some time, or do you know somebody that has? If there's something that draws you...
