NLP - Outcomes

Operating in an environment, i.e. the word of education, the word “outcomes” initially conjured up endless tick boxes and for me, the straight jacket of external control and the loss of flexibility and creatively.  BUT when we refer to outcomes we are not talking about some externally imposed structure, rather to the conscious and creative use of a natural process that will assist us and others be increasingly successful in achieving what we want.  So vital are outcomes that they form what are sometimes referred to as one of the “3 legs of NLP” i.e. one of the cornerstones on which all else is founded.  Having a clear outcome, knowing what you want to achieve, how you will know you have got it, recognising and accepting the implications of reaching your outcome and knowing and being committed to taking the first step, all contribute to a very positive and powerful process.

• What do you want?
• How will you know you have got it?  Act as if you have it now, what do you see, hear, feel?
• What does having this get for you and why is this important?
• Ifs there anything you might lose as a result of getting this?
• What resources will you need?  Do you have them and if not where will you get them?
• What is the first step to get you to your outcome and when will you take it?

By having a well formed outcome, we create a direction and speed of movement, we create momentum towards what we want to achieve and in so doing take control over the direction of our lives.

What staff have to say:

 "I know now already I am more effective in my role... I now have a greater ability to establish really quite quickly what somebody wants and to continue to use their stated desire in a way that gets them to respond positively to ways in which they can achieve what they want" - Alan Baker, Vice Principal

"I would go back to a conversation we had way back, which was about "what do you want?" I do not think I had ever even considered that question. I had not even opened myself up to what I thought and what I wnated to do. In going through that process something became clearer for me and going to Africa was all to do with that. I do not believe I would have done that or even considered that if I had not been through the NLP course" - Lynda Jones, Self Science Teacher

"It was helful to think about how I wanted to say something, what I wanted to get and formulating how I wanted to get there... and there have been two or three instances when that has worked for me" - Linda Hann, English Teacher