The Lazy Person's Guide to Business Success

How to succeed in business without trying too hard

Here's my series of soft skill training classes that use exercises to create "aha moments" that will be remembered long after the class is over. No memorization, review, practice, or pneumonic devices required. Just learn and go!  Each class is three hours long and some borrow heavily from neurolinguistic programming (NLP.) Contact me to arrange a session at your company.

1. Creating instant rapport
·         Learn two techniques for quickly establishing rapport with another person (Mirroring, pacing and leading)
·         Learn the importance of listening carefully (Using others' words)
 
2. Influencing the easy way
·         Learn your preferred styles of accessing information (VAK)
·         Listen for others’ preferred styles
·         Practice taking another perspective in order to guide behavior  (Using other versus self perspective)
 
3. Motivating without manipulating
·         Become aware of your perceptual filters that influence your behavior (Metaprogram discussion and examples)
·         Recognize others’ filters, beliefs, values and use those to motivate others the way they like to be motivated
 
4. Aligning values to collaborate better
·       Discover and prioritize your values (Values sort exercise)
          Learn how simple rules dictate behavior (Simple rules examples- Prisoner's dilemma)
·         Practice aligning your values with others
 
5. Learning how to learn from yourself  
·         Discover how we frame our thinking (Sub-modalities, eye cues)
·         Learn a technique for using your subconscious to change behavior (Six step reframe)
 
6. Learning how to learn from others
·         Discover how and why we excel  (Discovering strategies, modeling)
·         Learn how to apply  these strategies

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