Martin Roberts

Working with many top British and American companies over the last thirty years, Martin Roberts has developed an enviable reputation for solving problems seen by others as insoluble. He attributes this to his ability to adapt and apply to business problems techniques derived from the field of psychology. These include: NLP, Gestalt Therapy, Behavioral Modification, Transactional Analysis. This book is about how to “do” excellent Change Management using a variety of techniques, and is based on real-life experiences. Many of the methodologies presented here have never previously been published, as the author and his colleagues felt they were priceless “trade secrets”. The book thus contains many new concepts and applications for consultants, would-be consultants and everyone involved in change within a business setting. It also provides an intriguing insight into why many fashionable “cook-book” approaches to change run into problems – and how to avoid repeating them.

Carol Harris

A brilliant guide to becoming an effective consultant using the techniques of NLP. The author begins by posing the questions: What is consultancy and why is it important? In answering these she ensures that, before you embark on a career in consultancy, you understand what exactly is relevant in today’s marketplace. Consult Yourself provides personal aptitude and attitude tests, allowing you to initially assess the benefits and risks of a career in consulting, and contains invaluable advice on obtaining a position as a consultant, becoming self-employed, or, indeed, employing a consultant yourself. Most importantly Consult Yourself presents essential NLP-based techniques that will revolutionise your approach to planning, analysis, problem solving, IT, networking, marketing; and the best NLP-derived tools that will enable you to: manage your time; present information; interview; coach; collaborate; evaluate and be confident. Applying the insights of NLP to this competitive sphere, this is a consultancy guide that offers unique and progressive consultancy strategies

Robert Dilts

Coaching is the process of helping people and teams to perform at the peak of their abilities. It involves drawing out people’s strengths, helping them to bypass personal barriers and limits in order to achieve their personal bests, and facilitating them to function more effectively as members of a team. In recent years, the notion of coaching has evolved to include new and more comprehensive forms–executive coaching and life coaching, which can be referred to as capital “C” Coaching. Large “C” Coaching involves helping people effectively achieve outcomes on a range of levels. We guide people to learn about new environments, for instance; coach them to improve specific behavioral competencies; teach them new cognitive capabilities; mentor empowering beliefs and values; sponsor growth at the identity level; and awaken people¹s awareness of the larger system or “field.” This book defines the types of contexts and situations which require the capital “C” Coach to focus on one of these roles–caretaker, guide, coach, teacher, mentor, sponsor, awakener–and provides a specific toolbox for each role. In other words, it provides a comprehensive tool set to be used by an effective coach to manage the entire scope of large “C” Coaching activities–from caretaking to awakening.