1. In what ways can LeaderVision help me to explore NLP for my benefit?

LeaderVision offers the following ways to explore NLP:

• Read the “What is NLP?” section on our website.
• Chat to us – over the phone or come and meet us in person and have a coffee.
• Check out the reading list on our resources page.
• You can make an appointment for a one-on-one NLP session to help you resolve issues, set achievable outcomes, overcome fears or anxieties and gain the results you truly want in your life.
• You can attend Practitioner of NLP – a 18-day comprehensive training in NLP
• You can attend Professional Presenting – a 1-day training in the applications of NLP to public speaking of any kind.
• You can attend any of our Business and Corporate Trainings – These are short courses with specific applications of NLP to various roles in business and education.

2. What standards should I expect for a Practitioner of NLP training?

Different schools of NLP offer vastly different standards yet all claim that they are internationally accredited or accepted and of course we all claim that ours is the best. So how do you make a decision?

Of course it depends on your own criteria – what are you looking for?

In spite of anything offered by any company, it is simply not possible to teach as much in 7 days - or 10 days - as you can learn in 18 days. All learning and indeed most life situations can be enhanced using NLP. We use NLP to teach NLP. Therefore ours is a self referential training, authentic and comprehensive. You will learn to really DO NLP, to really assess what is going on either for yourself or another and with this you will be able to really deal with issues, individually and without scripts or spurious shortcuts.

LeaderVision is also one of a growing group of Trainers and Training Companies who are members of The NLP Trainers Registration Body (The NLPTRB). The NLPTRB has been formed specifically to help set and maintain standards of NLP training internationally.

This means that you are assured of the following high standards:

• 18 days of training ensuring that you have had the time to develop hands on experience with a variety of people in a variety of situations – you are truly able to Practice.
• A minimum of 145 contact hours of training and 25 hours of private study – this is not a correspondence course – you learn from real people, not books and tapes – though these products are available to support your learning.
• Your certificate is issued based on merit and with it you will be able to work independently with the specific needss of your clients without using scripts concocted by others for different situations.
• You will attend 2 days of experiential integration as well as being required to articulate your understandings in writing by completing a conceptual integration. It is a competency certificate not an attendance record.
• There is always an external, non-commercial assessor at the experiential integration to ensure that you are assessed fairly.
• You are encouraged to join study groups with other students to take part in on-going discussions during your training. Many of these groups continue on well into the future.
• LeaderVision offers on-going mentoring to all its students and the right to come back and revisit the training room.
• You are encouraged to take part in the NLP Practice Group in Melbourne

3. What is the relationship between NLP and accelerated learning?

There is NO relationship between NLP and accelerated learning.

Accelerated learning or suggestopaedia was originally conceived by Gregor Lazanov as a fast way to learn a second language. This concept theorises a left and right side of the brain model in which the left side of the brain is responsible for logic, language and formal patterns and the right side is devoted to modalities such as music, colour and enjoyment.

Despite the efforts of many to use these techniques with other subjects, there is NO evidence to suggest that these accelerated learning techniques are effective in the teaching of any other discipline than that of languages.

However because of the overlap between aspects of suggestopaedia and some of the simpler patterns of NLP there exists in the minds of some people that the two are interlinked in some way.

The best NLP teaching uses NLP to teach NLP. NLP is so brain compatible that it is of itself an accelerated way of learning and requires nothing more than its own expert teaching.

4. What can I do with an NLP qualification from Leadervision?

Like any qualification, the ability to put the training to work for you earning income is more a matter of individual ability and motivation. No one is going to beat a path to your door asking for NLP consultations just because you have a business card with Practitioner of NLP on it.

Please remember how Dr John Grinder describes NLP – as a meta-discipline. This means that this is a study which enhances everything else you do. At LeaderVision we believe that the NLP qualifications we offer will refine and enhance the pre-existing qualifications or life situation you currently enjoy.

Many people do, after certifying with us, hang out their shingle and are very successful at attracting counselling business or life and business coaching and so on. Many trainers and educators put their studies of NLP to the test immediately in their training rooms. Managers and business leaders usually don’t regard NLP as a new career as much as an enhancement of what they are already doing. It is probably more useful to think of your studies in NLP as helping you to become more effective at what you already do than thinking of it as a new career – and if the career path using NLP becomes available or apparent – then so much the better.

5. What exactly can I expect from a one-on-one NLP consultation?

Dr John Grinder (co-creator of NLP) has said that Neuro-Linguistic programming (NLP) focuses on the discovery and coding of thinking, feeling and behavioural patterns which distinguish the most capable of people within a particular field of practice (marketing, management, medical, sports, therapy - or indeed - living) from the average. he went on to say, "These distinguishing patterns are the substance of NLP".

NLP is a behavioural art and science focusing on the structure of human behaviour, and modelling the patterns of behavioural excellence that enable us to better achieve our outcomes. NLP helps us to understand how and why people behave the way they do, how people take in information, how they deal with information and how they use the information that they have.

NLP is both a communication process and a set of tools that enable us to influence, communicate and respond so effectively that we can empower every aspect of our lives. It has now become an acknowledged leader in the areas of behavioural science, psychology and performance development.

                   

From the point of view of a one-on-one consultation - someone who has mastered the practice of Neuro-Linguistic Programming has been involved in intensive study and experience in working with human behaviour. These Practitioners of NLP can facilitate the unconscious mind of their client to enable the client to make different choices of thinking, feeling and action.

For most of us, our choices of behavioural, thinking and feeling patterns were unconscious and derived from our life experience at very early ages. We learnt how to survive the best way we could, given the world around us, and those choices often allowed us to be loved and supported.

At some point, for many of us, there comes a time when some of these early unconscious choices cease to be useful - and sometimes become a disadvantage in living the kind of life we want for ourselves. It is at this point that the NLP Practitioner can help. Using a variety of techniques, depending on the needs and patterns of the client, the NLPer can assist the client's unconscious mind to make different and more supportive and useful choices.

This is particularly true for people with performance anxieties such as athletes, sports professionals, actors, sales professionals, negotiators and writers.

If you are experiencing unsatisfactory results in any area of your life - or - if you experience a level of anxiety which prevents you from operating at your full potential - then - LeaderVision offers you a choice of consultants who offer one-on-one NLP consulting. All of our consultants and coaches have been trained at least to Master Practitoner level and most to the level of NLP Trainer. A complete list of our graduates who offer this sort of work will be found on our associates page.

6. What differentiates Leadervision trainings from those provided by other NLP training organisations?

• Member of The NLPTRB.
• Full-length, authentic and comprehensive NLP Practitioner programs.
• Offers an eclectic blend of classic and New code NLP.
• Small class sizes and associate trainers ensure individual attention.
• Designed in Australia for Australian conditions conducted by trainers with a world wide perspective.
• All LeaderVison trainers have attended training conducted by co-originator of NLP, Dr John Grinder.
• Training format incorporates presentation, demonstration, guided processes, supervised exercises, feedback and discussion sessions.
• Modular format enables maximum absorption of learnings and fits in with your personal and business lives.
• We provide on-going mentoring.
• Opportunities for further development and more advanced programs.
• Learn from people, face to face, rather than by correspondence with books and tapes.

7. Does Leadervision offer a money back guarantee?

Yes. For the shorter courses the guarantee is written on the brochures. “If you are not completely satisfied that what you have learned by the end of the first day of training has the capacity to enhance the way you … conduct your business communication … assist you in making more effective presentations (depending on the context), simply hand in your workbook and we will send you a full refund.”

With the longer program – “Practitioner of NLP” – which is usually taught in modules, should you find that this course is not for you by the end of the first module, we would appreciate your taking the time to sit down with the trainer and one of the directors of LeaderVision and discussing the situation. Once we are satisfied that you are really not ready for the implications of change offered by this program you will be offered your money back – less a reasonable amount to cover the outlaid costs.

For graduate programs – Master Practitioner of NLP and NLP Trainers Training, no guarantee is offered. The assumption is made that you have a realistic view of what these programs entail and are capable of making an appropriate decision to enrol.

8. What is a well formed outcome?

A well formed outcome has the following characteristics:

• Each step towards the outcome is planned
• Each step leads inevitably to the next step
• Each step is one which the pursuer of the outcome can take by themselves without requiring someone else to act or some situation or set of circumstance to be present.
• There is a full engagement of both the conscious and the unconscious mind.

An outcome is NOT well formed when one of the steps is dependent on an outside agency – for instance winning the lottery or having someone else think, believe or do something

An outcome is well formed when I am totally in control of taking each step – when it is my values, beliefs, thoughts and actions that create the result.

9. What is the difference between New Code and Classic Code NLP and what form does Leadervision teach?

New Code NLP is another description of NLP articulated by Dr John Grinder and Judith de Lozier. It results from their concern that the patterns being used in Classic Code NLP were becoming fixed in rituals which involved much conscious attention and understanding. This in turn led to the ecology of some NLP consultants being highly questionable. New Code has a greater emphasis on the systemic wisdom of unconscious process, the conscious mind being used minimally as a conduit for signals thus preserving a sound ecology.

LeaderVision teaches an eclectic blend of Classic and New Code NLP, however we have a marked preference for New Code, solely due to the enormous effectiveness of this work. Its trainers favour New Code patterns for their one-on-one work with clients.

10. What advice can Leadervision give me about choosing an appropriate training provider, and how can I get the most out of their training, what criteria would you suggest I use, and how would you suggest I approach my training?

This is a really hard question to answer in an unbiased way as the temptation is to simply say “We are the best”. There are 4 questions in this question – and they would perhaps be better ordered differently – as follows:

What criteria would you suggest I use (to choose the training I need)?

This depends on you. What is it YOU are looking for in an NLP training – what are YOUR criteria? This can be very subjective and the following list of criteria are our own – however they might act as a guide for you – whether you agree or disagree with them.

• Does the trainer have credibility for me – i.e. Practical experience and a successful history of training in NLP?
• Is the person advertised as the trainer the person who actually trains me?
• Can I meet with the trainer beforehand to assess whether I like/respect them and whether I believe I can learn from this person?
• Am I offered only 1 trainer – or are there other trainers available who can offer me different descriptions and different models.
• How far removed from the source are these trainers – were they trained by originators of NLP?
• Will my qualifications have credibility?
• Will I get all the help I need?
• Will I need a degree to understand and use this stuff?
• Who has offered testimonials and who referred me?
• Has this training organisation been in business a long time? Does it seem prosperous?
• Does the investment reflect value for money?
• What about professionalism – Am I dealing with professionals?

How do I find an appropriate training provider and how can I get the most out of their training?

To get the best out of any Training provider you will want to ensure that all your criteria are met, so when you have listed YOUR OWN criteria – find the training provider who meets your decision factors. If your list closely resembles the criteria listed above then LeaderVision can offer you the following comfort:

• Roger Deaner has successfully trained over 1000 NLP Practitioners and Master Practitioners in Australia and New Zealand. He has trained or been involved in the training of over 100 NLP Trainers and his graduating students have extremely high standards.
• Sean Healy has been training in NLP since 1999. He has been training and consulting in various aspects of NLP since 2002 and is now the co-trainer of all NLP programs taught by LeaderVision.
• Roger Deaner and Sean Healy are the main trainers for all LeaderVision trainings unless we specify otherwise – and the trainer specified on any brochure is the trainer who will conduct the training.
• You can arrange to meet Roger and/or Sean and for an informal discussion by appointment. You may choose to attend a shorter introductory style of course to assess whether this person is the trainer for you. We certainly want you to be comfortable with your decision.
• In a LeaderVision NLP Practitioner or NLP Master Practitioner training, various guest and associate trainers work with Roger to offer you different descriptions, models and metaphors of NLP assisting you to learn easily.
• LeaderVision trainers have trained with Dr John Grinder. Additionally Roger has attended trainings with or been trained by Richard Bandler, Wyatt Woodsmall, Marvin Oka, Charlotte Bretto, Steve Gilligan and Steve Andreas.
• The NLP Practitioner Program offered by LeaderVision conforms to or supercedes the highest standards of NLP taught anywhere in the world.
• The NLPTRB trainers are trained by leading Trainer trainers including Dr John Grinder and therefore have international credibility in NLP circles world wide.
• Because the LeaderVision keeps their class sizes small, offering a 1:5 ratio of trainers/resource personnel:students you are assured of getting individual attention when you need it and having access to resources and resource people.
• There is no pre-requisite learning level that you should have attained prior to learning NLP. Even if you haven’t completed high school you can learn and use this technology.
• We offer a list of testimonials on this website – and should you wish to talk to some of our students who perhaps work in a similar industry to yourself we can arrange for that to happen.
• LeaderVision has been in continuous business for over 20 years, and has been offering NLP based trainings for more than 15 years.
• Compare our prices – NLP Practitioner from $221 per day – all inclusive.
• We offer excellent training venues, all course materials, on-going mentoring and client service.

How would you suggest I approach my training?

Once you have chosen the training company, the trainer and the training for you, you will more than likely be told what to expect and if there are any pre-requisites.
Some companies will send you books and tapes so that you can embark on a kind of correspondence course of preliminary reading, others like LeaderVision, prefer to teach you from first principles to ensure that there is no misunderstanding and nothing you have to UNlearn.

The best you can do is approach the learning of NLP with an open mind. The only thing that can be truly guaranteed is that learning NLP is unlike anything you have previously learned.

Because NLP is a “meta-discipline” - it can be applied to any other area of human endeavour, because it is an epistemology – it has little content to think about and discuss – it is about doing the processes and gaining the understandings experientially. Because it is about the patterns of excellence in human behaviour it is about the exact modelling of those patterns we most admire and is ultimately about the neurological, physical and linguistic aspects of how to model them.

11. How do you know when someone is really accomplished at NLP?

Like the experts they have modelled in their chosen field of application, they achieve their outcomes with what seems to be minimal effort. So...

As in any field of endeavour, expertise comes from a combination of learning and practice. What gives LeaderVision graduates an edge is that the 18-day programs offer plenty of course room practice which locks in the learning.

12. What was all the in-fighting amongst the founders of NLP all about?

It’s important to realise that the co-originators of NLP, Richard Bandler and John Grinder, had no initial intent to be long term partners. Their relationship deteriorated because of professional disagreements, which led to argument in the courts over the use of the name “Neuro-Linguistic Programming”. These issues have now been resolved in law and both Bandler and Grinder and those people whose early and significant contribution to the body of work we now call NLP – people such as – Lesley Cameron-Bandler, Judith de Lozier, Robert Dilts, Steve and Connie Rae Andreas are all free to use the term NLP and who continue to research, study and teach.

Copies of the original agreement and its settlement are reproduced in the book “Whispering in the Wind” by John Grinder and Carmen Bostic St Clair.

13. Can NLP be used to manipulate people?

Almost all human behaviour has the implicit outcome of manipulating others.
For example: When I first meet you and extend my hand I am implicitly inviting you to shake my hand. When you feel impelled to extend your hand and shake mine I have manipulated your behaviour.

In every aspect of our lives we behave in such a way as to invite certain responses – a smile, a frown, a tear and so on all invite a response. Since NLP is the study of patterns of human behaviour – then it could be said that NLP can be used to manipulate – or perhaps more specifically – to manipulate more skillfully than you have done before.

This is however only part of the story. The ability to invite people to act in certain ways does not rob them of their will or prevent them from knowing or feeling manipulated. So when I deliberately set out to manipulate someone into behaviours that are not natural or desired by them they can certainly either prevent themselves from being manipulated or at worst confront me with recriminations and retribution.

It is however this very issue that led Dr John Grinder to develop New Code NLP. In the early days of NLP the patterns and processes were taught much more consciously and it was easy to use these learnings in ways that were less than ethical. This resulted in a movement by NLP trainers towards the ethical or ecological teaching and use of Classic Code NLP and the creating of a whole new way of teaching and thinking about NLP called New Code. To guide you in your thinking as to who is the right trainer for you, you are looking for descriptive words such as ethical and ecological, the directive to students that they will first do no harm.

For further thought on this topic see “Whispering in the Wind” by John Grinder and Carmen Bostic St Clair.

14. What philosophies, bodies of work and NLP pioneers have influenced the trainings at Leadervision?

Roger Deaner and Carolyn Barratt have both studied NLP with the co-founder of NLP Dr John Grinder. They have also studied NLP with Dr Wyatt Woodsmall, Marvin Oka, Steve Andreas and Charlotte Bretto. They have attended trainings run by Richard Bandler, Tony Robbins and Steve Gilligan.

They have both completed levels 1 & 2 of Spiral Dynamics-integral and Roger is endorsed as a trainer of Spiral Dynamics-integral by Dr Don Beck.

They have also been influenced by the work of Carl Jung, John Stuart-Mill, Lazanov and a disciple of his, John David, Humberto Maturana, Julian Jaynes and Douglas Hofstadter to mention a very few of the philosophies they have considered.

15. What is the relationship between NLP and coaching?

Our experience is that NLP enables coaches to add value with an economy of approach. In addition to the expected additions to communications skills, NLP trained coaches are able to assist their clients in getting to the real problem, finding the non obvious solution and resolving decision dilemmas.

NLP does not – by itself – replace training as a coach, what it does do is offer vastly enhanced skills which enable people with the background training and experience a superior set of tools with which to enter the business of coaching.

LeaderVision attracts a number of professional coaches to its NLP Practitioner and Master Practitioner trainings as well as to the Professional Presenting, Business Dynamics, and Training Dynamics courses.

16. I notice that in your photographs you still appear to be using Flipcharts and paper rather than the latest training technology. Why doesn't LeaderVision use OHP, Television and videos, electronic whiteboards and other improvements in training aids?

NLP is an epistemology - taught in the moment. NLP is about the codification and replication of patterns of thinking, feeling and doing and as such the NLP trainer must be teaching in the moment. Because of this, the training technology is not useful and may actually get in the way of the students working in groups. We do our best to keep the training technology and aids to a minimum to allow the teaching to be done experientially, through demonstration and replication. Previously prepared scripts and templates are less useful than the trainers immediate response to questions.

17. Is Leadervision affiliated with any other NLP training organisations in Australia and internationally?

LeaderVision is affiliated with all the NLPTRB trainers and their organisations. www.nlptrn.org
In Auckland, New Zealand - Barbara and Alistair Wait at In Tandem – www.nlpnz.com
In South Australia - Paul Bennett at NLP Training Centre - www.nlptraining.com.au
In Western Australia - Fiona Knobel at Knobel Executive Coaching - knobel-executive-coaching.com.au

In Parramatta - Jackie Green at The GR Group - www.grgroup.com.au
In Melbourne - James Tsakalos at Developing Magic – mailto: james@developingmagic.com
In USA - Steve Andreas and the NLP Comprehensive at - www.nlpco.com

In USA - John Grinder at - www.quantum-leap.com

For affiliated NON NLP Training organisations please check our resources and asociates pages.