Managing with the Power of NLP: Neurolinguistic Programming; A Model for Better Management, Second Edition

Foreword

In the last 35 years or so, the idea of self-development has moved from the far-out fringes of management and people development to the centre stage. Part of this has been due to a shift from “control” to “commitment” strategies in managing organizations. When the dominant model of managing is one of planning, motivating and controlling, those who encounter the notion of people taking charge of their own learning can see little point in it, dismissing it as being “unbusiness-like” or perhaps “Californian”. However, managers and leaders in flat, lean, decentralized structures find it harder to control, and perforce must work through developing commitment – engaging people’s hearts and minds, encouraging them to grow to their full capacities ...