Coaching & Personal Development

and The Winner Is

2009-09-07T13:24:00.002Z

It was great to meet so many new faces at the Kent Business Exhibition. The results of the prize draw were:
1st Prize - Jacqueline Kendal - who will be offered a programme of 6 full coaching sessions
2nd Prize - Bernadette Walmesley - who will be offered one introductory coaching session

State Management at Kent Total Business Show

2009-09-01T09:11:00.002Z

Friday 4th September - David presents a short taster seminar to the business show audience looking at the links between 'State of Mind' and performance. Whether this be personal state of mind or that of your employees or even the impact of the customer's state of mind on their satisfaction with your business or service, there will be valuable insights to be gleaned from the 45 minute session. During the session David will touch on his ideas that involve positively managing the mental states of those around us to help us get greater productivity, more sales, improve customer satisfaction and generally have a better life. The session is scheduled to start at 1:15pm at The Ramada Resort Hotel. Maidstone.

Quantum Sales Success

2009-07-28T10:24:00.003Z

It was really rewarding to get such positive feedback from the most recent participants of the Quantum Executive Development programme. It amazes me when individuals take the workshop content and find ways to apply it within their own style to achieve fantastic results. One individual left the workshop on Thursday and then sold over £28,000 in three days half of which was paid in full at the time of order. Another individual, who had been struggling with his sales targets reported selling straight after the course. You can read more about the QED programme and the individual success stories by going to: http://quantumexecutivedevelopment.blogspot.com

Coaching Coaches to Coach ......

2009-05-14T16:26:00.002Z

13th May - Haslemere, UK.
One of the primary activities in any team leading role is generating high performance from the individuals within a team. Today I worked with 10 leaders to establish a set of tools that they will use when coaching their team members to peak performance. In identifying individual coaching styles my team found themselves clearly identifying the differences betwen managing, instructing and coaching and were all inspired to create an environment of guided discovery for their team members to find each individuals 'best ways' to be successful. As a coach, I favour the GROW model as a framework for my own thinking and as a way of getting a coachee to focus on their development and outcomes. We agreed that "if people dont say the words then they wont do the activity" ending our session motivated and enthused with personal commitments that we will each do before reviewing progress along personal development paths in 3 months time.

Its not just what you say ......

2009-05-14T16:13:00.002Z

12th May, Solihull, UK
In this session I worked with a number of tele-appointing agents exploring the effects of tonality, vocal characteristics and the subliminal messaging behind certain words, phrases and patterns. We explored vocal matching as an exquisite communication tool, looking at representational systems, predicates and telephone rapport building techniques with a full understanding that there is a strong need to balance the ethics and compliance in a regulated profession with the individual needs of some people to be encouraged , coached and supported when making that all important first step to improve the quality of their life.

...... and then they flew

2009-05-14T15:59:00.003Z

7th May 2009 - I stood before 8 individuals who for various reasons were finding it difficult to consistently achieve their monthly sales targets. They had just completed a fulls days commercial training and another day testing themselves and each other through recorded role play. Now the difficulty that they had found was that 'whatever the thinker thinks, the prover proves'! And several of them thinking that their client interaction was letting their sales performance down found this was proven. A famous 'Self Fulfilling Prophesy'.
So the challenge became one of self belief and through taking control of their own neurology and gaining a different perception of their future the energy grew, heads became higher, and 8 highly motivated individuals went out into the world fully committed to embed the insights of the previous two days into their daily routine to benefit their customers as well as themselves.

Irish Hearing Society - Genesis

2009-03-21T22:01:00.003Z

Saturday 21st March 2009 - today some 30 or so professional hearing healthcare professionals from across the four corners of Ireland embarked on a firther stage of their professional development through the Genesis, Introduction to NLP, workshop. As part of a continuing professional development (CPD) event, NLP Master Practitioner, David Rist guided the group through the fundamentals of NLP including The Milton Model, The Meta Model, Running your own Neurology and Sleight of Mouth Linguistic Patterns. Immediate participant feedback on the day suggested that everyone found something to takeaway and use within the context of their professional roles. All participants are encouraged to provide feedback through this blog including sucess stories as well as feedback about the session.

They Changed Their Life in 3 Days

2009-03-01T12:56:00.005Z

February 10th 2009

With the start of the new year David was aware that there were a number of people who had spoken with him about using NLP to help them personally in an aspect of their life. This prompted the arranging of this 2-day programme, spread over 3 days with an opportunity to have time in the tranquil town of Buxton in Derbyshire.

While the claims were bold, change your life in 3 days, for 6 people nothing could have prepared them for what they experienced.

The programme can not be explained but the results can give an idea of how this programme could help you. Here is some feedback taken directly from the participants testimonials as featured on the my-development.co.uk web site.

“The small things in my life have sometimes held me back; this course makes you see If you always do what you’ve always done, You’ll always get what you’ve always got.. It’s the small steps that sometimes can become giant Leaps..” Anon - Feb 2009.

"I’ve been feeling fantastic since I arrived home; thank you very much for bringing out the more “positive” in me.

“For the first time in my life, I genuinely feel at peace with myself and not plagued with low self-esteem and crippling self doubt. David’s course is essential for anyone wanting to get on with their life and stop being held back by insecurities or a lack of confidence which they thought would never leave them.”

“ I was really keen to change something in my life to be a “better person” I was unsure how this was going to happen. After 3 days I can honestly state that I am a different perosn, just don’t ask me to explain how this has happened. I am more peaceful with things in my life and have been able to let things go which is all good. I would recommend anyone to go and have this life changing experience – you will not be disappointed.”

“This course/programme was a total unknown for me, I had an idea of what I personally wanted to get out of the time spent but I was totally unsure and a little skeptical to say the least as to whether what I wanted, would actually be achievable. I was sure of only one thing, that if David’s claims were true and he really could change my life in three days then I wanted to be totally open minded to this and I wanted to give ‘him/it/the course’ every opportunity to work. I left three emotional days later, not completing a course but embarking on a very different journey, the destination of which is still not completely carved in stone but the beginning of the route is certainly now far more organized, timed and very much mapped out”.

Register for the next life changing programme by email to David Rist at
david@my-development.co.uk

Team Leaders Make Quantum Leaps in Development

2008-10-13T13:30:00.006Z

The Hidden Hearing National Team Leader Seminar (October 2008) was attended by 49 team leaders and managers each interested in developing thier advanced communication and rapport building skills to enhance their roles as managers and dispensers.

The Workshop subtitled QED (Quantum Executive Development) aimed to build exquisite communication skills through modelling and by using elements of NLP. Co-presented by David Rist, Master NLP Practitioner and Guy Wolstencroft RHAD and Practitioner of NLP, the content build on David's concept of The Chameleon Effect and culminated with each participant committing to take 10 ideas from QED and implement them within their role.

Feedback from the workshop included:

I wanted to thank you both for the two days, which I found stimulating in the main and always thought provoking and if I were to run days that is the outcome that I would hope to achieve. It is clear a lot of time and effort goes into these days and I hope that the reaction/responses you get from those participating make it worthwhile- and certainly from myself (and the east attendee’s) it is a huge thumbs up and sincere gratitude all round. (KG Essex)

Thank you both for such a challenging and interesting two days which I thoroughly enjoyed. I will find this experience valuable for the future and look forward to many more positive training experiences. (RS Nottingham)

Extracts of the Top 10 Ideas from QED:

Powerful words -V, A,K - Chameleon Effect - Objection handling - Iceberg - People like you Happy Juice!! - PMA!! - The eyes have it! - Yes Tags

Chameleon effect - Building Rapport - Unpacking the client - Listening - Be prepared to change
Happy juice - Visualising - Positive mental attitude - Paint pictures/ Mind set
Always maintain interest when listening, give whole attention to the people talking or listening to me

‘the eyes have it’ – eye access cues - ‘unpacking the client’ – get to the true meaning
‘the chameleon effect’ – flexibility and adaptability
‘meta program’s – understanding others better - t.o.t.e. model’ – breaking the loop
‘embedded commands’ – get others to do what you want
‘rapport’ – the importance of - happy juice’ – the importance of a positive attitude
‘actively listen…listen…listen’ – better understanding
‘representational words’ – indicators of the sensory acuity/preference of people

Influencing Personal Change at deMontfort University April 10th 2008

2008-04-03T08:05:00.005Z

This lecture is part of the University Foundation Degree in Hearing Aid Audiology which develops student to become Hearing Aid Dispensers/Hearing Aid Audiologists. Part of the role includes managing a client's or patient's rehabilitation plan which is itself a life change.

It is my assertion that several of the fundamental principles of NLP can be employed by the healthcare professional to facilitate positive personal change helping the patient or client achieve full benefit from the hearing solution provided, and more efficiently than if left to flounder. In my opinion, clients and patients are more likely to reject the solution if they struggle to integrate the personal change into their lifestyle and for this reason I am especially pleased that deMontfort University have chosen to include my lecture as part of thier programme.

The lecture is supported by a practical session in which students will role play the use of the Meta-Model building it in to a planned rehabilitation consultation.

Lecture Objective: By the end of the lecture students will be able to describe the emotional effect of change on people and begin to formulate strategies to coach and counsel clients through the process of change as part of a wider client or patient rehabilitation plan.

The lecture covers:
1. Gap Analysis
2. Individual Reactions to Change
3. The Link Between Belief and Communication
4. Reactions to Change
5. Making Change Happen

and includes such topics as Neurological Levels, The Change Transition Curve, Universal Modelling Process of Deletion, Generalisation and Distortion as well as the Meta-Model.

You are encouraged to start discussions or post comments here.

Genesis 2008

2008-01-23T11:07:00.000Z

With the ongoing success of Genesis throughout 2007 during which some 100+ participants went through the workshop I have updated the workshop content and accompanying handbook for 2008.

A number of dates have been published for venues in Maidstone, Kent and Buxton in Derbyshire so email me if you would like to be invited to join in.

The 2008 workshop content has been updated to incorporate my personal experiences gained when I spent time with Richard Bandler last November.

The last workshop, run on 15th January 08, provided the participants with an insight into creating their own 'happy brain juice' to assist learning through a formal exam based course. The course leader recently reported that these are the "nicest and most relaxed group" that he has taught for a long time. I have to acknowledge John LaValle as my inspiration for the 'Happy Juice' session.

So, come and join a workshop, you'll be made most welcome - meanwhile if you have already attended then tell us all your experiences.

Genesis 2007 On The Road

2007-02-04T13:17:00.000Z

It's really great for me to be able to present the Genesis Introduction to NLP seminar to an 'open group' and to be able to expand my own development by interacting with the workshop participants each with their own ideas, views and experiences.

I really hope that the participants from the Birmingham Workshop on February 10th take a few moments to post their comments and for this to become a forum for healthy exchange and a place where we can all develop from each others experiences.

Please tell us about your experiences after the workshop. What did you take away and use and what was your experience?

David