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The Excellent Trainer: Putting Nlp to Work

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Maybe I'm biased by the exorbitant cost of the book in wanting something much more substantial than what is offered. Gower publisher has proved to be disappointing again. For those who don't have any knowledge of NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming), the book can still be useful for picking up some basic ideas of NLP and how they can be applied to the trainer. But the book is full of platitudes: the world is changing, training should change, training needs to be proactive rather than reactive, be more customer oriented.... The regurgitation of the NLP concepts and principles are rather dry. The detailed prescriptions for the trainer probably reflect the author's own personality tendencies. For those familiar with Myers-Briggs, she is probably very high in Judging, wanting things to be methodic and systematic. Someone high in Perception wants much more spontaneity and cannot tolerate such straight-jackets. A good trainer, especially when trained in NLP, models what he/she teaches. Here we miss the rich and lively communication of stories, metaphors and illustations that lead to understanding and unconscious assimilation and mastery. However, those who seriously follow through all the listed steps, I trust they can still benefit much from the book.