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Last night I went to a three hour presentation by Monty Roberts. Monty Roberts is the original Horse Whisperer. Growing up in California in the 1930’s with a violent horse trainer father, Roberts spent his teenage summers alone in the Nevada desert, lying on his belly and watching wild horses with his binoculars. He discovered […]

Brefi group is an NLP consultancy; it is based on the model of consultancy that I have developed over a career of more than 20 years and which assumes that the purpose of a consultancy project is to achieve a change – rather than a report. I believe that in
practice ‘process’ consultants require coaching, facilitation […]

Coaching is about raising awareness and setting goals. I use a very simple but powerful system for scenario planning, which can easily be applied in a coaching situation. It was developed in South Africa and taught to me by Clem Sunter.
Scenario planning is a powerful business tool. Using scenarios equips people to think constructively about […]

A few years ago, when I was working in London, there was a roadside poster campaign featuring a wall of flames. Huge posters covered in flames. No words, no slogan at all. I became increasingly frustrated. What was this all about? Did they not realise that people would not understand? Why were they wasting all […]

I recently attended a lunch addressed by P Y Gerbeau, CEO of X-Leisure.
‘PY’ is the Frenchman who had worked at Disneyland Europe and was called in to save the Millennium Dome. He has a team who work with him and have focused on turnaround situations. He spoke to us about leadership.
However, he was also very […]

Most of us don’t bother with a post-event analysis. But even when we do, they can be painfully horrible affairs: a combination of passive-aggressive politeness with no one willing to mention the "dead moose" (or "dead elephant" or "dead kangaroo", depending on your country of origin) that is in the room. (For those unfamiliar with […]

I have recently been listening to some programmes to celebrate 50 years of a radio programme for children, ‘Listen with Mother’.
Several excerpts from programmes were played and I noticed that in every case they were very descriptive. The story teller described the situation in rich language so that the young child could imagine and […]

Wouldn’t it be useful to learn how to communicate really effectively? It could allow:

Salespeople to connect more easily with prospective clients
Managers to understand and motivate a ‘failing’ […]

I have been clearing out the papers in my office. Here are some quotations that I have picked up in America; I can’t remember the source.
"The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps - we must step up the stairs." Vance Havner
"Nothing will ever be […]

They say that a week is a long time in politics. Well a year is a long time in business. The Brefi Group financial year ends on 30 September and I have been surprised to realise what we have achieved in the last twelve months. When I am dealing with clients who say they can’t […]

REMINDER 1: HAVE YOU TRIED BuddyCoach™ RECENTLY?
BuddyCoach has been upgraded to include 360° feedback from line manager, peers and direct reports. If you haven’t tried it recently, pay it another visit and get your colleagues to give you valuable feedback on your behaviour.
Remember, also, BuddyCoach™ is a personal version of CorporateFeedback™ – a powerful […]

In his book The 11th Element, Robert Scheinfeld refers to ‘negative files’, that stop you from achieving your goals. Clearly, if they consistently sabotage your success, it is worth doing something about them.
Here are Bob’s instructions for uncovering negative files by working with a partner. Take one thing you really want right now and […]