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Are you getting what you want out of life? Do you dream of a more rewarding career? Would you like a happier, more fulfilling relationship?MANAGE YOURSELF, MANAGE YOUR LIFE is your essential guide for living in the twenty-first century. Based on powerful NLP (neuro-linguistic programming) techniques, this practical handbook will help you create the new life that you deserve. You will discover how to:*Identify what you really want in your personal and professional life*Set clear, achievable goals*Create more love and happiness in your life*Be confident and assertive whenever you want*Handle change effectively*Use simple communication to improve your relationships*Make others want to give you their help*Get back in control of your life

This is a comprehensive, practical and user-friendly guide to self-coaching using the powerful techniques of NLP (neuro-linguistic programming). The book provides a step-by-step programme to help you achieve success at work and at home. All the essential NLP coaching tools are clearly explained at the beginning of the book, with examples and case histories. The next six sections of the book show you how to coach yourself to success in six key aspects of your life.Enhance your self-esteem Build good relationships and improve your communication skillsMaximise your brain power, accelerate your learning and improve your memoryGenerate health, wealth and happinessManage yourself and others better and make your work more rewardingReach your full potential and become spiritually alive

The Inner Coach is a practical and inspiring new book from the authors of The NLP Coach. NLP master practitioner and executive coach Ian McDermott and NLP practitioner and psychotherapist Wendy Jago combine their expertise to provide a step-by step self-coaching guide. They show you how you can make the most of all of yourself once you learn how to access and harness the hidden power of your unconscious mind. Discover how to: Access your inner wisdom; Make the most of your gut feelings, dreams and intuitions; Use simple NLP techniques to access your subconscious mind; Find your purpose and identify your goals; Harness your inner wisdom to deliver insights, resolve problems, enhance creativity, improve decision making, increase confidence and communication skills; Use the right questions to achieve the right answers; Become your own inner coach

Coaching has become an integral part of our lives, but people still need to know how to make the most of what coaching can offer. The Coaching Bible is the only book on coaching that you need. It offers unique, valuable and expert advice to help you if: You are thinking about getting a coach to help you become more effective; You commission coaching to develop other people; You are considering becoming a coach yourself; You are already a coach and want to extend your knowledge and your skills; You want to learn how to adopt a coaching approach to your own life. This is a comprehensive and authoritative guide to the key principles and techniques that make coaching one of the most powerful and exciting tools for furthering personal and professional effectiveness. It explains what works and why and includes a new coaching model to benefit everyone.

In BOOST YOUR CONFIDENCE WITH NLP, Ian McDermott demonstrates that by practising his five keys to confidence, and using simple and effective Neuro-linguistic Programming (NLP) techniques, you will be able to overcome your fears.BOOST YOUR CONFIDENCE WITH NLP includes easy-to-follow exercises to help you assess your own confidence levels, and then provides step-by-step guidance on how to work on your personal problem areas. Whether you need the strength to say 'yes', or maybe even the courage to say 'no', Ian McDermott will help find the style of confidence that suits the challenges that you are facing. Packed with accessible advice and motivating case histories, BOOST YOUR CONFIDENCE WITH NLP will give you the techniques you need to be confident in yourself and others, and deal with whatever comes your way.

In BOOST YOUR CONFIDENCE WITH NLP, Ian McDermott demonstrates that by practising his five keys to confidence, and using simple and effective Neuro-linguistic Programming (NLP) techniques, you will be able to overcome your fears. BOOST YOUR CONFIDENCE WITH NLP includes easy-to-follow exercises to help you assess your own confidence levels, and then provides step-by-step guidance on how to work on your personal problem areas. Whether you need the strength to say 'yes', or maybe even the courage to say 'no', Ian McDermott will help find the style of confidence that suits the challenges that you are facing. Packed with accessible advice and motivating case histories, BOOST YOUR CONFIDENCE WITH NLP will give you the techniques you need to be confident in yourself and others, and deal with whatever comes your way.

`Of the many books on NLP, few deal with it specifically as psychotherapy and none so well as this one. All the usual strategies are there plus considerations on such matters as how the therapist benefits from using NLP, some excellent examples and case reports, written in a manner that is admirably suited to a professional readership. Top class' - NLP World

Neuro-Linguistic Programming has evolved as an effective approach to therapeutic work which originated in the study of excellence in communication. With its focus on enabling clients to find their own solutions and achieving their full potential, NLP is of increasing interest to many counsellors and psychotherapists.

Brief NLP Therapy provides a much-needed guide to the core concepts underpinning NLP practice. Each concept is explained clearly in terms of its theoretical and historical development and its practical application within brief therapy. Each chapter also features a `skill-builder' aimed at helping the reader develop the therapeutic techniques which stem from the theory. The application of NLP skills is demonstrated throughout with examples selected from practice and by two extended case studies at the end of the book which draw together the themes developed throughout.

Ian McDermott and Wendy Jago present NLP as an approach not only to therapeutic work, but to life in general. Brief NLP Therapy will resonate with the many therapists who are looking to enhance their practice, but who are also interested in developing their own personal efficacy in all arenas.

`Of the many books on NLP, few deal with it specifically as psychotherapy and none so well as this one. All the usual strategies are there plus considerations on such matters as how the therapist benefits from using NLP, some excellent examples and case reports, written in a manner that is admirably suited to a professional readership. Top class' - NLP World

Neuro-Linguistic Programming has evolved as an effective approach to therapeutic work which originated in the study of excellence in communication. With its focus on enabling clients to find their own solutions and achieving their full potential, NLP is of increasing interest to many counsellors and psychotherapists.

Brief NLP Therapy provides a much-needed guide to the core concepts underpinning NLP practice. Each concept is explained clearly in terms of its theoretical and historical development and its practical application within brief therapy. Each chapter also features a `skill-builder' aimed at helping the reader develop the therapeutic techniques which stem from the theory. The application of NLP skills is demonstrated throughout with examples selected from practice and by two extended case studies at the end of the book which draw together the themes developed throughout.

Ian McDermott and Wendy Jago present NLP as an approach not only to therapeutic work, but to life in general. Brief NLP Therapy will resonate with the many therapists who are looking to enhance their practice, but who are also interested in developing their own personal efficacy in all arenas.

Viewing leadership through a neuroscientific lens is transforming the way we understand, interpret, manage, and lead ourselves and others. This book provides practical neuroscientific approaches to leadership that promote far greater effectiveness at both a personal and team level.The authors, who are experts in the fields of neuroscience and leadership, distil and combine deep neuroscience knowledge with leadership coaching tools to present clear guidance, based on years of practice, to help develop more effective leadership in organisations. Using a clear structure throughout, each key element in how to improve self-awareness and how to work effectively as a team leader is presented. Topics covered include how to develop an achieving mindset and increase resilience by reducing stress and overwhelm, how to turn rumination into action, and, at a team level, how to promote psychological safety, perceive others’ realities, and create metaphors that keep teams on message.With its clarity and practical applications, this book is the perfect guide for leaders and managers wishing to improve their understanding of their own and others’ behaviour. It offers guidance on how to build the skills needed to create more effective teams in the workplace. It is also a very useful tool for leadership coaches.

Viewing leadership through a neuroscientific lens is transforming the way we understand, interpret, manage, and lead ourselves and others. This book provides practical neuroscientific approaches to leadership that promote far greater effectiveness at both a personal and team level.The authors, who are experts in the fields of neuroscience and leadership, distil and combine deep neuroscience knowledge with leadership coaching tools to present clear guidance, based on years of practice, to help develop more effective leadership in organisations. Using a clear structure throughout, each key element in how to improve self-awareness and how to work effectively as a team leader is presented. Topics covered include how to develop an achieving mindset and increase resilience by reducing stress and overwhelm, how to turn rumination into action, and, at a team level, how to promote psychological safety, perceive others’ realities, and create metaphors that keep teams on message.With its clarity and practical applications, this book is the perfect guide for leaders and managers wishing to improve their understanding of their own and others’ behaviour. It offers guidance on how to build the skills needed to create more effective teams in the workplace. It is also a very useful tool for leadership coaches.

In The Collaborative Leader, L. Michael Hall and Ian McDermott answer key questions about leadership. What is collaboration? How does it relate to leadership? How do you do it effectively? How do you pull people together, inspire them with a meaningful vision, and organise them so that a team spirit emerges and peak performance is achieved?The Collaborative Leader is a practical guide to collaborating with others and leading collaboratively. That means learning how to win the hearts and minds of those who we lead. Packed with practical and immediate action points, the book will show you how to turn around a non-collaborative group or environment immediately. You will find assessment questions throughout, step-by-step processes on collaboration, and an invitation to action at the end of each chapter: a personal challenge to step up to the collaborative level of leadership. Learn the core competencies that facilitate a healthy, joyful, and productive collaboration.The foundation of collaborative leadership is self-collaboration. The leader who cannot effectively collaborate cannot effectively lead. If you are to walk your talk, you need to demonstrate collaborative skills yourself, and this book will show you the 'how to's' for developing the critical success elements of leadership. The best collaborators are those who have lots of fun collaborating. The goal can be serious. The collaboration can be fun. Learn how it's possible by understanding the structure and processes of collaboration.Whether you're responsible for team or organisational development, you'll find plenty here to inspire you to transform your leadership into collaborative leadership.

Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) teaches how to model excellence to achieve excellence in everything you do. This introductory guide explains the principles of NLP and how to use these principles in your life – personally, spiritually and professionally.By focusing on the fundamental presuppositions of NLP, this clear and concise book gets right to its core. It explains key concepts such as building rapport, modelling, anchoring and uncovering your preferred learning style. It shows how to be in tune with your patterns of behaviour and language and those of the people around you, and how to use this knowledge to reach your goals.From building confidence, to beating depression, to career development, the uses of NLP are innumerable. This book is an ideal starting point for anyone interested in learning the life-changing techniques of NLP.