NLP and the late, great Stephen R. Covey.
You may have heard of the sad death of the influential personal and professional development figure, Stephen R. Covey, following injuries sustained in a cycling accident. In this blog I would like to...
View ArticleStephen Covey, proactivity & NLP.
I recently spoke of the work of the late Stephen Covey, author of The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People and observed that his approach of studying and distilling excellence has much in common...
View ArticleHow Stephen Covey’s ‘Habits’ relate to Olympic victory!
In this blog I would like to look at the second of the late Stephen Covey’s Seven Habits of Highly Effective People and place it in the context of the current Olympic Games. The Second Habit is –...
View ArticleStephen Covey and the art of prioritising.
In this blog I would like to look at the third of Stephen Covey’s Seven Habits of Highly Effective People – Put First Things First. This habit relates to how we determine how to apply our time and...
View ArticleWhat Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg can show us about NLP for Business.
I read in the news this morning that Mark Zuckerberg is lamenting the drop in the value of Facebook shares, which are about half the value of the May IPO price. It reminded me of a discussion I was...
View ArticleChallenging ‘Group-think’ with NLP
Last week I gave a series of talks on NLP to staff at a well-known multi-national scientific and industrial business. A lunchtime conversation with the organiser led me to reflect upon how scientific...
View ArticleStephen Covey, NLP and the power of collaboration.
Who says that if one person wins another person has to lose? In this blog, the fourth in a series on the ‘Seven Habits of Highly Effective People’ by the late Stephen Covey, I want to look at how...
View ArticleHow NLP encourages you to mind your language for business success.
I am indebted to Judy Rees of X-Ray Listening for bringing to my attention the inspiration for this blog. It brought to my mind even more fully the power that language has in shaping our realities and...
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“Sorry” seems to be the wisest word.
The Health Services Ombudsman has just issued a report stating that “careless”, “insincere” and “unclear” communication has led to a surge in complaints against the NHS. Read on to find out why they...
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Does persistence pay off? Why Robert the Bruce may have got it wrong!
We are often encouraged by motivational speakers and self-help books to persist, persist, persist if we want to achieve our goals. The question might be usefully asked “What if we are persisting at...
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Gaining ‘Clarity’ on nominalisations through NLP.
I recently purchased a copy of the book Clarity by Jamie Smart, a gentleman who spent quite a bit of his career as an NLP trainer. Read on to discover why the name Jamie chose for his book reflects a...
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Scratching the surface of the power of language with NLP.
A recent visit to hospital reminded me of the importance of language in shaping our realities and experiences. If you have a thing about needles you may want to skip this one but if not – read on. I...
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What Prince George can teach us about the importance of ‘state’.
I had tried to resist it but have finally given in to the temptation to write a blog about the new Royal baby. If you want to see how I can wrestle this into a personal and professional development...
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The magic of language –‘framing’ for success.
When Pope Francis was elected by the College of Cardinals a few months ago there was great excitement and speculation about the name he would choose to be known by. Within the Catholic church it was...
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What Steve Jobs didn’t do best!
Many of you may have seen the widely circulated meme repeating a quotation ascribed to the late Apple Founder, Steve Jobs: “If you are working on something that you really care about, you don’t have to...
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Why you should let everyone drive their own bus.
I was working one-to-one with a client recently when she told me about a very strong emotional reaction she would have in certain situations and it really got me thinking. The situations in question...
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It’s a matter of life and death!
One of the things I love the most about NLP is how it encourages us to attend to the power of language. I recently came across a beautiful, if slightly macabre, example of how altering mere words can...
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