Leading WIth NLP : Essential Leadership Skills for Influencing and Managing People
Author: Joseph O'Connor
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ISBN: 0722537670
Publisher: Motorbooks International (February, 1999)
Sales Rank: 43,368
Average Customer Rating: 3.25 out of 5
Customer Reviews
Rating: 2 out of 5
Not a lot of NLP material.
I thought this book would have more information on how to use NLP for enhancing leadership qualities. Most of what I found was just practical tips on what makes a leader and different leadership styles. The questions posed throughout the chapters mostly ask you to think of qualities you like in different leaders and why you consider that person a leader.
If you're looking for pure NLP tips, I would suggest the book "NLP at Work". Otherwise, I would suggest skipping this book, unless you are unsure of "what makes a good leader".
Rating: 2 out of 5
Not really NLP
I bought the cassette version of this book and found it very light in NLP content - almost none at all. I did not get a lot out of this book.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Growing into a leader
The author applies his lucid thinking and writing, evident in his popular Introducing NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming), to leadership in this book. He considers leadership as a journey and I like his analogy of a flock of birds. There is no one leader issuing orders all the time. Yet there is a larger intelligence that keeps the group together in very fluid formation. "The more the individuals use their own intelligence to the full for themselves, the smarter the group becomes." p.xi. O'Connor uses not only NLP, but also systems and complexity thinking in a very integrated way without technical jargons. You are invited to join this journey of growth as a leader. Start with reflections on your own goals and vision. The questions and exercises, "thought experiments"... throughout the book are excellent maps for readers to explore their own mind and values. Basic distinctions between leadership and authority, managing and leading, Roman law and common law, leaders or winners and losers' mentality, the use of values in contrast to extrinsic rewards in motivation... are illuminating. We are also helped to have a good understanding of trust and values, beliefs and assumptions. The extention of NLP's perceptual positions of self, other and objective view into a fourth perspective of context of a wider system and a fifth perspective of change through time shows the richness of systems thinking. Overall, this is an execllent guide for those willing to embark on this transforming journey and work through the exercises in acquiring both understanding and skills as a leader. Similar Products
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