NLP Practitioner Certification Training 2009

Developing Emotional Intelligence with NLP

Spring 2009 NLP Practitioner course in Manchester:

Part I: 13-16 February 2009

Part II: 6-9 March, 27-30 March, 24-26 April, 15-17 May

Autumn 2009 NLP Practitioner course in Manchester:

Part I: 18-21 September 2009

Part II: 9-12 Oct, 30 Oct - 2 Nov, 20-22 Nov, 11-13 Dec 2009

This is a full-length 'extensive' NLP Practitioner training (18 days/120 hours in total) focusing on developing your emotional intelligence, changework and coaching skills. 

Andy Smith is an experienced trainer in the corporate and personal development fields, having been an NLP coach and therapist since 1995 and designing and running NLP Practitioner courses since 2000. Andy is the author of "Achieve Your Goals: Strategies To Transform Your Life" (Dorling Kindersley 2006) and is also an Appreciative Inquiry facilitator.

Find the information you need:

Download the Manchester Evening News feature about the NLP Foundation Skills course that journalist Carmel Thomason wrote after attending it (includes interviews with two other participants, including England Squash Coach Annette Pilling, about the personal and professional benefits they got from the course)

Emotional Intelligence is now acknowledged to be vital in every aspect of life - for successful relationships, for achieving your full potential, and for career stardom. NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) - the 'owner's manual for the brain' - provides the 'how-to' technology you need to increase emotional intelligence.

Why take this NLP Practitioner Certification?

This is the first NLP Practitioner training in the UK deliberately designed around developing emotional intelligence. Firmly grounded in the latest scientific discoveries about the brain and the emotions, this training will open unlimited possibilities for you and show you the right way to get there.

At a deeper level, this course provides a safe, empowering environment for you to make personal breakthroughs in how you relate to yourself and the world. It's very important to us to set up an empowering, inclusive group dynamic so you feel good as you learn. In contrast to some practitioner courses, Part II will be a small group training (maximum 16 students) to ensure you get all the individual attention you need (NB Part I may have up to 24 students).

• high quality
• full 120 hours
• affordable

Optionally, you can take the Goleman/Hay Group Emotional Competence Inventory (ECI) assessment before you start the course and again after the course to get an objective measure of how much you increase your emotional intelligence by doing the course. This option is offered at cost (currently £190+VAT) and includes two free one-hour debrief sessions. As far as we know we are the only NLP Practitioner training offering this objective assessment.

NB because of the nature of the ECI assessment, it is best suited to people in management or key professional roles within an organisation, as you will need contributions from a number of peers and direct reports to complete your assessment.

What will you learn on our Practitioner Certification?

The modelling of human excellence by the NLP community over the last 25 years has been distilled into patterns and techniques for enhancing these 'competencies' of emotional intelligence:

We cover the recommended syllabus for practitioner training set by the Professional Guild of NLP. This means that you will learn the classic patterns and techniques of NLP, including:

• The presuppositions of NLP
• How to establish rapport with anyone quickly and easily
• Pacing and leading: how to influence with integrity
• Sensory acuity
• Modelling excellence: the heart of NLP
• Establish a link between your conscious and unconscious minds
• Representational systems: making your communication more powerful
• Know how to ask exactly the right questions - the Meta-Model
• Master the language of influence - the Milton Model
• How to create empowering states in yourself and others
• Well-formed outcomes: how to set goals and make them happen
• How to create and use powerful metaphors
• Anchoring techniques: how to access and build resources
• How to "run your own brain" and control how you feel
• Perceptual positions: prerequisites for wisdom
• The neuro-logical levels model for understanding change in people or organisations
• Submodalities: discovering and changing how your brain codes your experiences
• Reframing: how to redefine 'problems' as opportunities and resources
• Strategies: eliciting existing strategies and installing new ones
• Applications: using NLP in business, negotiation, education and training, sales, therapy, marketing, relationships...
• And more...

plus

• Introduction to Ericksonian hypnosis and self-hypnosis
• Working with timelines
• Developing a link with your deepest inner self
• Coaching with NLP
   

How you can learn so much so quickly?

Our training is designed to help you master this material at both the conscious and unconscious levels, so you can actually use it as well as knowing it intellectually. Also, it's important to us that you enjoy yourself as you learn. You will receive a comprehensive practitioner manual to support your learning.

Our aim is that our practitioners achieve a level of mastery of NLP which is normally only seen at master practitioner level. Are you ready?

Who should take this course?

Previous students on our practitioner course have included NHS professionals, HR managers, coaches, therapists, teachers, business owners, IT professionals, and trainers. Generally, we are looking for friendly and emotionally stable people who are looking to increase their self-awareness, personal effectiveness, and people skills.

Some students are looking for a new direction in their lives; some are in business and need the edge that state-of-the-art communication and influencing skills provide; some work in the healing professions and feel drawn to the magical therapeutic skills that NLP can give you. Though you will need good written and spoken English, there are no formal qualifications needed for entry - just you, your unlimited potential, and your enthusiasm to learn.

In a few short months you could be an NLP Practitioner, facing an exciting future with new confidence in yourself and your abilities to fulfil your true potential. What couldn't you achieve?

Who are the trainers?

Andy Smith is the principal trainer on this course and is present throughout. Andy is a certified NLP trainer (Advanced Neuro Dynamics 1997) and has been using NLP with clients for 10 years. Andy is an accredited deliverer of the Goleman/Hay Group Emotional Competence Inventory (ECI) 360 degree emotional intelligence assessment.

We also bring in an associate NLP trainer, Kirsty Jackson, to help with your assessment for the final two days of the course. Click here for more about us and our philosophy.

How is the course assessed?

Certification is not automatic - we want our practitioner certificates to mean something. You will be assessed in a number of ways:

- continuous assessment during practice and exercises on the course
- an 'open-book' written examination that you complete in your own time
- at the end of the course, working with a 'guest client' for a two-hour coaching session

Most students find it takes about two days in total to complete the examination, so please allow for this. There is no additional home study or 'homework' required, though the more you study the better you will be.

You will also keep a 'learning log' of the significant points and breakthroughs that you get each day for your own reference.

What can our Practitioner Certification do for you?

What couldn't you achieve in your chosen field if you had heightened awareness, the ability to access your own inner resources whenever you need them, a better understanding of how people and organisations work, if you knew how to model the excellence of inspiring people you meet...

Continuing support

Our aim is to continue to support our graduates in developing their excellence. After all, the more successful you are, the better our reputation will be! Therefore, we offer the following options for postgraduate support:

• the Coaching Leaders online graduate community - network and share with your fellow graduates
• formal supervision of therapy, training or modelling projects
• free membership of the Manchester Business NLP and Emotional Intelligence Group
• free email newsletters
• free telephone and e-mail support

There is a thriving NLP group in Manchester so you can continue to develop and practise your skills.

Venue

Our courses run at the Thistle Manchester Hotel, conveniently located in Manchester city centre. The course is non-residential but as a student of our course you will get a very reasonable special rate if you need to stay over.

What graduates of our previous practitioner courses said:

"This course was the best decision I have made in my adult life. I have been on a journey of self discovery and the journey reached new heights while I was on the NLP course. Never before have I learned so much useful and life-altering information. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us." Denise Mortimer, public health specialist (click here for more testimonials)

What it costs

(apart from your commitment of time and attention):

Part I (NLP Foundation Skills): £425.50 

Part II: £1897.50

Book the two parts together and pay for them by the start of the course: only £2232.50 (see our Terms and Conditions)

A £375 deposit (£200 of which is non-refundable to cover materials and administration) secures your place. 

Our Guarantee

If at any point during Part I you decide the course is not for you, we will refund the course fee (less £200 non-refundable deposit to cover course fees and administration).

How to apply: because the course is a significant commitment of time and money, you need to be sure it's the right course for you. Please read the terms and conditions and call Andy Smith on 0845 83 855 83 for a chat before you book.

Once you've decided, download the terms and conditions and booking form and send them with your cheque (payable to 'Coaching Leaders') to our admin address:

Julia Blower
Coaching Leaders
4 Lyon Close
Yaxley
Suffolk IP23 8BE

We can also now take bookings by credit card - call me on 0845 83 855 83 to book.