NLP with Whole Being - Chunking for Criteria

Chunking for Criteria

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Whole Being is an NLP training company that was founded in 2003. Whole Being is dedicated to enabling people to fulfill more of their potential. Since 2003 we have trained over 125 NLP Practitioners, NLP Business Practitioners and NLP Master Practitioners. We have worked with a large variety of organisations and individuals through the Society of NLP. We have delivered custom-designed courses to assist individuals in improving their skills in diverse areas including Local Government, small to medium enterprises and people who are undergoing major transition in their life. Here is more information on Graham and Claire :

Graham Constantine

Worked in the corporate world from 1981 to 1999 in senior management positions at Ericsson and began coaching, mentoring, training and facilitating from 1995.Prior to becoming self-employed in 1999 ran several major change programmes to deliver telecommunications networks creating and transforming culture and defining new organisational models along the way.Licensed Trainer with the Society of NeuroLinguistic Programming. Key skills in working with people, to achieve tangible transformation in performance by challenging and re-patterning old ways of doing, removing blocks to peak performance, getting things done and creating a safe space and warm relationship for the team/coaching /workshop/training to unfold.

Claire Towers

Working in a clinic for 15 years with a variety of complementary therapies. Providing a complementary humanistic service for improved productivity in a variety of industries and commercial organisations.Working with NLP to create lasting change in helping people identify new directions in their life.Diploma in Performance Coaching and Master Practitioner of NLP. Key skills in building deep levels of rapport and working with people, to achieve lasting change and enduring freedom to be who they want to be.

Before you begin to coach or persuade someone, an NLP performance coach will work with you to elicit your Decision Making Criteria .

So what does this mean in practice?

Imagine you are about to attend a training course to improve your communication skills. You may wish to start by ensuring that you are making the right decision for yourself and your organisation. To discover the purpose or intention of attending the course for you, “chunk up” and ask yourself “what will attending thi s c ourse do for me and my organisation?” For example you may answer “I will be a better communicator”. To continue your evaluation you can “chunk laterally” and ask “who will I be like after I have been on the course?” Finally you can “chunk down” and ask: What specifically will I do differently? When specifically will I speak more persuasively? How specifically will I use my new questioning skills? Where specifically will I use my new negotiation skills? Who specifically will benefit from my newly discovered motivation skills? This enables you to know the criteria by which you will evaluate your success in attending the course. If you can answer all these questions positively then you know that you have made the right decision and you have the criteria to persuade whoever you need to persuade and attend the course