Self Development

"You cannot teach a person anything; you can only help him find it within himself" - Galileo Gallilei

Personal and Professional Development Programs

working_together Self Development is intrinsic to self-leadership as leadership and learning are inseparable.

Self-leadership is knowing who you are, what you can do and where you are going, coupled with the ability to manage your communication, emotions and behaviour on the way to getting there.

Self Development includes, developing healthy self esteem, self knowledge, self image, self belief and self confidence so that you can develop your unique talents and abilities and contribute.

Through Self development and self leadership we can find meaning and significance in our lives, attain states of self efficacy (Bandura), flow (Csikszentmihalyi) and self actualisation (Maslow).

At Self Leadership International we include self development and positive psychology in all our programmes, in addition we teach certification programmes in Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP), NeuroSemantics and Coaching.

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Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP)

In the late 1960's and early 70's a communication model emerged that took a different look at the way we communicate. Not wanting this new model to fit into any existing discipline of psychology or therapy the founders, Richard Bandler and John Grinder called it Neurolinguistic Programming or NLP for short.

NLP is essentially a model of learning and demonstrates that we can model human thinking, behaviour and communication.

'Neuro' refers to our nervous system and recognises that communication is so much more than words. When we give or receive information our neurology and our physiology (mind-body system) is affected. We re-present reality on the screen of our mind.

'Linguistic' refers to the way that words create meanings when they are used to communicate. Humans are meaning making machines and are eager to make 'sense' of any communication. In the urgency to make meanings from events or communication, dis-empowering conclusions are often drawn.

'Programming' infers that we can take control of this process and run it more effectively, just like computer software. With NLP, if something is not working for you it is possible to re-program your neurology and physiology to behave in a different and more empowering way.

Initially the Neuro Linguisitic Programming model was used in therapy, but today NLP has many applications. We teach the NLP communication model in our Communication and Coaching Excellence program. For those who wish to learn NLP and Neuro-Semantics at a deeper level we conduct a NLP and Neuro-Semantic Master Practitioner Certification.

Neuro-Semantics

Neuro-Semantics developed by Dr L. Michael Hall and Dr Bobby. Bodenhamer is an evolution of Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP), Cognitive Behaviourism and General Semantics.

Neuro-Semantics is about translating great ideas into reality, about performing our highest meanings, about enriching our performances with the most compelling intentions, and getting to the heart of things via communication.

Whilst Neuro-Semantics sounds like a big word, it refers to a simple fact; that we create meaning out of what happens and is said to us (semantics), and we get those meanings incorporated into our mind-body system (neurology). Then how these meanings drive our behaviours and how these behaviours determine our success or failure.

Self Leadership International's director, Andrew Bryant is a trainer of Neuro-Semantics and NLP trainer and certifies under the International Society of NeuroSemantics (ISNS). Our Self Leadership and Coaching Genius program teaches the Neuro-Semantic Meta States model and how you can use it for your self development and for coaching others.

Coaching

Coaching is unlocking a person's potential to maximise their own performance. It is helping them to learn rather than teaching them. Clients say that coaching brings out their best by helping them focus, break down tasks and clarify their values.

At Self Leadership International we have experienced and certified coaches who can assist you in your self development or you can train to be a coach.