NLP Business Benefits - Join us at a Masterclass

International NLP Practitioner, Gerry Kelly, from FindOut tells up how to discover why the practice of Neuro Linguistic Programming is making a big come back and how it can have a positive impact on your business.

NLP gives you the tools to discover how your engine management system works (your brain) and then using what you find to achieve the results that you want in business and in life.

“Many people, who have used NLP in business, view it as a powerful change management tool that transforms the way people think and behave to greatly improve their personal and professional lives. Personally, I regularly employ many of the tools in order to realise my own potential, whether I am working on professional project with my team, or even if I am trying to achieve a personal goal – It’s a great way to ensure you use the tools you have within you to be the best you can be.”

Business owners, leaders, managers, employees can all utilise NLP to achieve both business and personal success and it has many benefits, no matter what level you operate at. Gerry explains that often it can be difficult to communicate and connect with some people while with others it is relatively easy, NLP can make these connections work more effectively;

“The fact is that we all learn and communicate in different ways. Through NLP we can uncover how we all communicate and use this knowledge in the most appropriate way to achieve business success.

“Building rapport is the basis of all good communication and by understanding how to build rapport through the use of language, physiology and voice we can greatly enhance our connection with others. This is particularly useful in a sales driven environment where the ability to influence others is critical to business success. It is also vital in a business where building and maintaining relationships with others is important to the long term sustainability of the organisation.”

Another example, in the context of leadership, the question is are you leading or being followed, there is a difference, you want your employees to follow you because they want to, not because they have to;

Explaining how effective leaders find out what really motivates and drives their followers and how they use this knowledge to get the very best from them, Gerry explains;
 

“Through a simple and highly effective personal profile analysis using Meta Programmes leaders and managers can elicit some individual personality traits of their employees.  They can use this information to position employees in an area of the business that makes the best use of their skills and traits to achieve the most effective results for the employee and business.”

NLP also helps you present you and your business confidently by turning mirrors into windows…do you communicate in the way that you like to communicate or do you communicate in the way that the audience likes to be communicated to? Gerry states;

“Delivering a presentation is all about the audience not about you.”

One of the most exciting business benefits of NLP is developing the ability to present yourself and your business with confidence.

NLP will teach you how to;

• Build rapport with an audience through the use of appropriate physiology, the right tone, tempo and timbre of voice and the most suitable language
• Feel more comfortable in front of an audience by adopting the right posture and state
• Anchor emotional states in your presentation space to enhance your message to the audience
• Make your presentation more engaging  through the use of stories
•  Use your physiology more effectively through the use of more effective gestures
• Connect with the audience through the use of your language
• Use PowerPoint and other visual aids more effectively

Gerry has trained a number of business leaders and managers in the art of NLP and they have successfully applied some of the NLP tools resulting in improved business performance.

Keith Turkington, Managing Director at Fluent Technology has successful employed some of the learning techniques from the NLP Practioner Course and applied them to business practices;

            "I took part in the NLP Course with FindOut and brought some extremely useful tools back to the office with me.  We have redesigned our Website content to reflect the different means by which people receive and take on information.  We have introduced whiteboards in our offices to reflect the visual learning style of some of our employees and have transformed our team meeting format to make the sessions more interactive.  We have also trained staff in building rapport with customers over the phone through the use of voice matching, pacing and leading techniques.  These initiatives have proven to be very successful in engaging with employees and customers.”

Kay French, who has recently left the NI Civil Service with over 30 years service  said that completing the NLP Practitioners Course gave her the inspiration to explore new avenues and has subsequently qualified as an NLP Practitioner, she is currently exploring the possibility of setting up her own NLP business;

          “I knew I needed to change, I knew I was ready for change.  Doing the NLP Practitioners Course has given me all the tools I need to make these changes happen.  I am already seeing positive results in every aspect of my life.” 

A number of senior staff at George Best Belfast City Airport attended the Leadership and Management Course, Michelle Hatfield, HR Director explains the benefits;

           “We very successfully used career values assessment to understand more clearly what motivates our staff in the context of their career, as a result of this we have also applied presentation techniques to communicate more effectively with both our employees and with our senior management team at board meetings. This has resulted in more efficient meetings, which ultimately results in more efficient business practice. A win win all round.”

To FindOut more come along to an NLP Masterclass on Tuesday 12th April, 7pm at The Pavilion, Stormont or sign up to the
NLP Diploma Course (approved by American Board of NLP) Thurs 2nd & Fri 3rd June.