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If you want to know how to achieve consistency in the results that you achieve and if you want to reproduce aspects of your own personal excellence then NLP holds the key. Equally if you recognise a talent in someone else that you would like to be able to reproduce either for yourself or for others then NLP provides you with the ability to 'model' the qualities you want.

NLP stands for Neuro Linguistic Programming.

Neuro: the way we use our senses to take in, to hold and to communicate our thoughts and ideas both to ourselves and to others and the effects on the results we want of the way we do this

Linguistic: the patterns in our language and how they reveal the meaning we put to our experiences in work and life and how to challenge some of the patterns we find in ways that enable us to release our true potential

Programming: how we make our experience what it is through the unique conscious and unconscious strategies in thinking and behaviour that make us who we are and how by becoming aware of these strategies we can give ourselves new choices

Above all else NLP is a passionate attitude of curiosity and learning that leads to personal and business development.

How NLP can help you

NLP is a process for uncovering what works in whatever field you choose. For example it can enable you to:

• Identify how the top salespeople achieve consistency in their achievement of goals
• Accelerate the development of a learning culture by enabling you to achieve a learning culture within yourself
• Recognise how the patterns in the thinking and behaviour of the senior people ripple out to form the culture of the company
• 'model' yourself so that you can coach yourself to realise your true potential

There are many more applications of NLP already in use and yet to be discovered; it is a dynamic, generative tool for growth.

Qualifying in NLP

There are recognised standards of certification in NLP approved by the Association for NLP in this country. These standards are based on level of skill in the use of NLP and on depth and degree of the study. The Association for NLP has lists of training schools and consultancies that meet their standards.

Some of the levels of qualification include:

Personal Mastery, Practitioner or Business Practitioner, Master Practitioner and Trainer Training. The nature and length of the training depends on the training school and depends on your requirements. It can vary between weeks for the intense courses to a couple of years when programmes are spaced over modules.

Some of the factors that vary include:

• numbers of delegates on the programmes
• level of personal supervision and one to one coaching
• nature and extent of support materials
• bias of the programme to counselling, therapy, hypnosis or business (all have a personal development theme)
• nature of the venue and subsistence throughout the training
• subsequent support
• experience of the tutors
• style of tutors and especially the principles on which they base their approach (most of the major schools have open days at which you can meet the tutors and experience the style for yourself)

Useful references and reading materials

NLP at Work Sue Knight NB Books
Introduction to NLP John Seymour and Joseph O'Connor
The structure of magic Richard Bandler and John Grinder