Critical Thinking or its Lack When Communicating

~ Article by Dr.L.Michael Hall and Mr Shawn Dwyer  ~ Here are core distinctions of every professional communicator. Given that mastery involves making critical distinctions, how well do you make the following seven critical distinctions?  1) Map and Territory                   2) Person and Behavior 3) Meaning and Response          4) Sensory and […]

Seven Distinctions Of A Professional Communicator

~ Article by Dr.L.Michael Hall and Mr Shawn Dwyer  ~ While many people don’t seem to know what NLP is, the answer actually is very simple.  Most essentially NLP is a Communication Model and, Neuro-Semantics, as a development within NLP for higher quality and professionalism, is most essentially an […]

Ego Investment and Coaching

When A Coach’s Needs Get In Your Clients Way – Ego ~ Article by Dr.L.Michael Hall and Mr Shawn Dwyer  ~ It can happen. Your needs, drives, and unfinished issues can get in the way of your client reaching his or her goals or even experiencing an effective coaching session. […]

Communication Myths

~ Article by Dr.L.Michael Hall and Mr Shawn Dwyer  ~ Given that NLP is a Communication Model and Neuro-Semantics is an Integrated Communication Model- communication is our business.  That is also why we often, instead of giving a “NLP Practitioner” certificate, we give a Professional Communicator Certificate.  After all, […]

What is NLP

~ Article by Dr.L.Michael Hall and Mr Shawn Dwyer  ~ Morpheus asked Neo when they first met, “Do you want to know what it is?” Neo answered with a question, “What is the Matrix?”  The question here is, “What is NLP?”  Now some NLP people seem […]

Cognitive Fallacies In Everyday Language

~ Article by Dr.L.Michael Hall and Mr Shawn Dwyer  ~ In ancient times, tribunals accused certain persons (usually women) of being “witches.” If a woman denied that she was a witch, the denial was used as proof that she was a witch. The reasoning was this, […]

Competance – The Solution

FOR GENDER BIAS, RACIAL BIAS, SEXUAL BIAS, ETHNIC BIAS AND EVERY OTHER BIAS When it comes to biases— especially the social biases that dominate almost all human societies, competence is the solution. Consider how we have solved the problem of gender bias in The Coaching Centre. There is not a single […]

Parenting #101

~ Article by Shawn Dwyer and Dr.L.Michael Hall ~ You Parent as You Were Parented! Parenting #101 – Would like to hear something really scary? You will tend to parent as you were parented. Now scream and get it out. That’s right, and a little more screaming, […]