The following is an article from the CIPD. It offers insight into improving communication within organisations. We find that there are significant links with the Posner change model we highlighted in a previous post (http://www.qnlp.co.uk/leading_change/). The latest CIPD employee outlook survey found that fewer than half of our 2,000 respondents felt either “fully” or “fairly [...]

If diets work, why is it that so many of us are continually on one? Could it be that dieting only deals with the calorific aspect – and we need something more? If the diet industry met all of their claims their would be few overweight people. If dieting works, why are we facing an ever [...]

In pursuit of happy, healthy, stress-free employees, psychologists urge companies to allow employees to rate their managers’ ability to manage. The research, co-funded by the Health & Safety Executive, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and Investors in People, is presented today 13th January 2010, by Emma Donaldson-Feilder, from Affinity Health at Work, at [...]

A target-driven approach to leadership is less likely to result in a strong performance compared to a more people-centred one, research has highlighted, says The Work Foundation. By Nick Howard The study saw managers at six high-profile employers, including Tesco and BAE Systems, interviewed about their leadership philosophies and practices over a two-year period. It [...]

Much of the field of NLP is focused on how we all see the world in our own very specific way – our model or map of the world. For advertising to fully have the impact a company or individual desires, it needs to appeal to a wide audience. In many instances, the text will [...]

We were forwarded a link to a Times On Line publication today entitled ‘How to forget fear’. You can click here, as we have posted the full article on our site. Having read through the article, it highlights the neuroscience studies around chemical intervention on phobic type memories. The article implies that this is new [...]

We are looking into the application of NLP in the classroom. We are working with a UK primary teacher of the year to get her feedback. This will enhance our education specific NLP course held once a year, during the school summer holidays, at our Whitwell location. Keep you posted!

We are tracking stories that relate to NLP on the web. We have a selection of TED lectures that we have found inspiring, hugely interesting and related to the world of NLP. We have added some thoughts and would value yours. Take a look at www.qnlp.co.uk/interesting_content

We have been up to York to visit Burn Hall. What a great location. We will be posting events and dates in the near future. Watch this space!!! Burn Hall is a Victorian mansion house near York set amidst a stunning eight acres of parkland within the beautiful North Yorkshire countryside – the perfect backdrop [...]

As more of our clients face significant change, we thought to look at some change models that provide insights into leading teams, departments and organisations through change. We have published a page that covers off both the Kotter models of change as well as the Kouze and Posner change leadership challenge. The document can be [...]