A lot of people will tell you that they would like to make changes in their lives, but they don’t know how to go about it. What most of them say is, “I would love to change … if only I knew how”. What a cop-out! All they have to do is look at how [...]
I was reminded yet again this week of the power of acting as if. I first came across the idea in Susan Jeffers excellent book Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway. One of Susan’s recommendations is that you act as if you are not afraid and eventually you will find that you are in [...]
One of the most successful football managers in England right now is Roberto Di Matteo the interim manager of Chelsea Football Club. He took over a team in freefall just nine weeks ago. Since the Di Matteo became manager the team have won 12 of 18 matches, drawn 4 and lost only 2. Yesterday they [...]
A well-formed outcome is one that you can look after all by yourself – without help from anyone else. In other words it must be completely under your control, not reliant on other people for you to be able to make the outcome a reality. An outcome such as: “I want to be the chief [...]
In NLP terms Filters are a way of reading other people’s styles and requirements. Filters allow us to clearly identify the needs of others and present ourselves, our ideas and our products in ways that are “in tune” with the style of the person with whom we are communicating. In NLP Training we work out [...]
The winner of “The Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to Work For” was the local radio stations network UKRD Group. What is outstanding about this company is that it lives up to its core values so well. Noticeable amongst UKRD’s core values are: Having fun and being unconventional Change people’s lives for the better, including [...]
The winners of the Leadership awards in The Sunday Time 100 Best Companies to Work For survey are notable for the fact that they value their staff so highly. Most large company leaders tend to focus on shareholder value and this may be why they do not feature well in this type of survey. But [...]
According to the Sunday Times 100 best companies to work for survey there are 10 factors that most closely correlate with how much employees appreciate their employer. These are: Having confidence in the leadership skills of your manager. This puts the spotlight on middle managers and gives them great opportunities. Staff believing that they have [...]
You already know about the power of positive thinking. You understand how flipping the coin from negative to positive can transform your results. Now here is a way of being that can take your results to an even higher level. When I was coaching a client last week she asked me: “What is belief?” I [...]
Sue Knight says: “Beliefs are emotionally held opinions which we treat as facts. They are the basis of our everyday decisions, skills and behaviours”. That seems about right to me. I subscribe to the NLP Presupposition that beliefs influence our actions every moment of every day. So, if the meaning of the paragraph above strikes [...]