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Andy Smith Podcast Interview – Appreciative Inquiry

Andy Smith January 28, 2020 Appreciative Inquiry, Audio/Podcasts No Comments
Andy Smith Podcast Interview – Appreciative Inquiry

I was the guest on Gina Pickersgill’s Healing Pool podcast’s episode about Appreciative Inquiry this week! Have a listen – it’s 51 minutes of me talking about how I see Appreciative Inquiry, how it can help, some ways in which…

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An Exercise For The End Of A Training Course

Andy Smith June 2, 2016 Goal setting, Training Tips No Comments
An Exercise For The End Of A Training Course

This exercise will work at the end of pretty much any soft skills course, and especially an NLP-based course. The aim is to help participants transfer their learning from the training room into real life, and anticipate challenges so as…

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10 Ways To Help Someone Close To You Loosen Up Their Limiting Beliefs

Andy Smith May 19, 2016 Beliefs, Coaching, Relationship awareness No Comments
10 Ways To Help Someone Close To You Loosen Up Their Limiting Beliefs

Even for experienced coaches and therapists, it’s not easy to help a person change when it’s someone close to you, because you’re emotionally involved yourself. If they’re stuck with a belief system that they know is holding them back, but they just…

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How To Align Your Team Members With Your Goals

Andy Smith May 9, 2016 Goal setting, Team building 1 Comment
How To Align Your Team Members With Your Goals

How do you make sure your team members are all aligned with the team’s goals? Step one is to make sure that you are clear on your vision for the team. You need to bring it to life in your…

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How To Increase Your Emotional Intelligence 2: What If You Don’t Like Yourself?

Andy Smith November 10, 2015 Emotional Intelligence, Self-Awareness No Comments
How To Increase Your Emotional Intelligence 2: What If You Don’t Like Yourself?

When I worked as a hypnotherapist in the 1990s, I occasionally had clients who were scared of going into trance, or even of relaxing. I think that in some cases at least this fear derived from the popular idea of…

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What Appreciative Inquiry Can Learn From NLP: How To Be A Better Appreciative Interviewer

Andy Smith January 22, 2015 Appreciative Inquiry, Appreciative Interviews, Influencing, Rapport No Comments

Recently I was interviewed by Robyn Stratton-Berkessel for her ‘Positivity Strategist’ podcast about the relationship between Appreciative Inquiry and NLP. During the conversation a couple of connections occurred to me that I hadn’t thought of before. Firstly, let’s look at…

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Questions In Coaching (4): ‘Chunking’ Up Or Down

Andy Smith May 29, 2014 Coaching, Language Patterns, Questions, Thinking Skills 3 Comments

Note: This article follows on from these others in the series: Questions in Coaching (1): Solution-focused or problem focused? Questions in Coaching (2): Presuppositions Questions in Coaching (3): Open versus closed questions Another important distinction in coaching questions is whether…

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Tips For Sharpening Your Rapport Skills

Andy Smith April 8, 2014 Relationship awareness No Comments

Following on from previous articles about rapport and how to improve it, here are some ways you can develop your sensory acuity and rapport skills. Remember, it’s one thing to read about NLP and to know about it intellectually, quite…

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The Best Podcasts For Brain Science, Understanding The Mind and People

November 29, 2013 Business, Psychology, Research, Science No Comments

Here’s my personal selection of some podcasts in the general area of understanding how people tick – ranging from neuroscience to management tips. The common denominator is that they all feature interviews, talks or contributions from leading researchers and practitioners…

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Emotional Intelligence Tip: How can you mend a broken heart?

Andy Smith February 15, 2007 Coaching, Emotional Intelligence, Self-Management 11 Comments

(in the words of Al Green) This posting is adapted from my contribution to a discussion on a life coaching forum – another coach was asking how best to help a client who was having trouble getting over the end…

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