Developing Models of Coaching October 26th 2023 Coaching In this article, we will explore two models, the Coaching Arena and the PROMPT model. Do we need more coaching models? Only you can decide... Continue reading...
Models of Leadership: Leading Performance Part 1 January 26th 2023 Business In a previous article1, I introduced the 3E Model of Leadership, in the context of working through volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity (VUCA). In this... Continue reading...
Crisis Leadership January 28th 2021 Modelling Projects Crisis Leadership: Modelling Leaders Through Times of VUCA (Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity). During ‘unprecedented’ times, the world can seem more volatile... Continue reading...
Bereavement January 28th 2020 Business Having grown up in an elderly folks’ home, I have a nostalgic affinity for the care industry and for well-run residential/nursing homes. In the last... Continue reading...
Distortions in Thinking 5 Meta Model December 28th 2015 NLP In a second article inspired by The Structure of Magic I, (*1) I am curious as to how the meta-model questions affect us psychologically. Where... Continue reading...
Distortions in Thinking 4 Meta Model October 28th 2015 NLP In the first few pages of The Structure of Magic I, Richard Bandler and John Grinder (*1) give an example of a man who was... Continue reading...
Distortions in Thinking 3 August 28th 2015 NLP After the success of the Viking Mars missions in the mid-1970s, new and advancing t e c h n o l o g i e... Continue reading...
Distortions 2 June 28th 2015 NLP Towards the end of the nineteenth century, the bumblebee was introduced into New Zealand from the United Kingdom. The purpose was to help pollinate red... Continue reading...
Joe Cheal April 28th 2015 Author Interview I love writing! It brings out my alter ego! Extrovert presenter by day and introvert writer by night! Aside from NLP training, I have been in the corporate... Continue reading...
Dog Phone Ringing April 28th 2015 NLP As the telephone engineer examined the socket, the little old lady said, ‘My dog’s amazing! He barks every time the phone is about to ring.... Continue reading...
Internal Dialogue 9 February 28th 2015 NLP Whilst I write of many things psychological, my main career experience has been working with people in organisations. I have worked with thousands of people... Continue reading...
Managing Internal Dialogue 8 December 28th 2014 NLP Whilst we like to appear consistent and whole, perhaps we are simply a collection of parts. Personally, I find this idea very freeing as it... Continue reading...
Managing Internal Dialogue 7 October 28th 2014 NLP Whilst human beings may be complex creatures, sometimes it is useful to have simple models for explaining what makes us tick. These simple models are... Continue reading...
Managing Internal Dialogue 6 August 28th 2014 NLP Perhaps the most primitive of our ‘meta-programs’ is the fundamental ‘motivation strategy’ of away and towards. Indeed, if you chunk further and further upwards in... Continue reading...
Internal Dialogue June 28th 2014 NLP You are about to do something you have never done before, for example, present to the board, do a bungee jump or cook an unfamiliar... Continue reading...
Internal Dialogue 5 April 28th 2014 NLP There is a presupposition in NLP, borrowed from Alfred Korzybski: (*2) ‘The map is not the territory’. Language works at the level of the map,... Continue reading...
Managing Internal Dialogue 3 February 28th 2014 NLP Typically, in NLP we focus on the process of how rather than the content of what. However, when it comes to internal dialogue, might there... Continue reading...
Internal Dialogue 2 December 28th 2013 NLP In the previous article we began to explore our ‘internal dialogue’ through a model called the ‘Zero Point’ (i.e. being in the here and now).... Continue reading...
Managin internal dialogue 1 October 28th 2013 NLP There comes a moment when we ‘stop the world’ and access the extraordinary... powerful resources...amazing creativity...peak performance. Here we find our ‘Zero Point’, the place... Continue reading...
Impact of Language August 28th 2013 NLP In this series of articles we have explored how language has a direct impact on the brain of the listener. Hence, it behoves us to... Continue reading...
Impact of Language 4 June 28th 2013 NLP Let us not begin with a negation… let’s begin with a non-negation. Think of a ‘giraffe’. Notice if your giraffe is a photo, a video,... Continue reading...
Impact of Language 3 April 28th 2013 NLP To take Mark Twain’s quotation in a more specific direction: if you always say what you always said, you’ll always get what you always got.... Continue reading...
Imact of Language part 2 February 28th 2013 NLP As a child, I remember hearing about people who were ‘under pressure’ which caused them to be ‘under the weather’. Then they were ‘under the... Continue reading...
The Impacr of Language 1 December 28th 2012 NLP When I was at school, English grammar was a rather dry topic, taught theoretically and without much relevance to my life at that time. Now,... Continue reading...
The Infinity Point September 28th 2012 NLP The concept of infinity is a fun thing to play with. It soon begins to baffle the mind with its unlimited, unrelenting hugeness! Consider this...... Continue reading...
Creating the relationship you deserve June 28th 2012 Relationships Obviously, it helps if you can find someone to fall in love with who also falls in love with you. However, for those who are... Continue reading...
The Interdependent Relationship December 28th 2011 Relationships According to Robert Dilts in his recent book NLP II: The Next Generation, NLP is primarily based on the presupposition that ‘the map is not... Continue reading...
Complimentary Relationships September 28th 2011 Relationships When two people start a relationship, each brings their own unique personality (sense of identity, beliefs, values, expectations, strengths and ‘development areas’). The question then... Continue reading...
Reviving Relationships June 28th 2011 Relationships As we fall in love, we usually give it everything to impress our new mate. We go multisensory, full on VAKOG Continue reading...
Relating through difference March 28th 2011 Relationships A couple sit and discuss an issue which has been causing friction between them. As to the content of the issue, you might add your own... Continue reading...
Relationship Dance December 28th 2010 Relationships In many ways, a love relationship is like a dance. When a relationship is healthy, we stand in the middle of the dance-floor and with... Continue reading...
Living through Paradox December 28th 2009 Business Have you ever been caught between a rock and hard place? Have you felt that you were damned if you did and damned if you... Continue reading...
Neuro Linguistic Dreaming March 28th 2009 Lifestyle Stories and art give us tantalising glimpses of the unconscious realm; dreams give us full, associated immersion. If you want to learn more about how... Continue reading...
Logical levels, who am I June 28th 2007 NLP It may be true to say there’s something childlike about many NLP enthusiasts. I hope so! It’s certainly true to say that many NLP enthusiasts... Continue reading...
Teenagers and NLP December 28th 2006 End Note It could be argued that exposure to an ethical field of psychology at an early age is a good thing. If children understood themselves and... Continue reading...
