These clients and more have all been delighted with the impact the NBI Brain Profile has had on their people: Credit Agricole, Volvo Construction equipment, Woolwich plc, Bank of Ireland Mortgages, Platform Home Loans, Barclays, Clydedale Bank, Yorkshire Bank, Mortgages PLC (Merrill Lynch) Taylor Wimpey, Interbay Funding, Mortgage Trust, The Chelsea BS, The Finance Centre, Tribal plc, Scarborough BS, Cephalon (Paris), Novartis (Basel), Rooftop Mortgages (Bear Stearns), Morgan Stanley (securities lending), Arab Banking Corporation, Crown Mortgage Management, HML, Briggs Environmental (Baku), McCurrachs Financial Services, TLT (solicitors), Aviva, Zurich Insurance, International Faculty of Finance (Informa plc), Collins Construction plc, Go! Business Mortgages, Charterhouse Voice and Data plc, Nightingale Associates (architects) Bond Bryan (architects), Walsall Housing Association, Facilitate (med coms), Saracens Premiership Rugby club,Current tv, John Charcol, Moneyquest, Wells Healthcare, Pink Home Loans, AToM, R W Freight, Skillstrain, Wilson James….in education too many colleges to list call me!!
It is a slow day in a little Greek Village . The rain is beating down and the streets are deserted. Times are tough, everybody is in debt, and everybody lives on credit. On this particular day a rich German tourist is driving through the village, stops at the local hotel and lays a 100 euro note on the desk, telling the hotel owner he wants to inspect the rooms upstairs in order to pick one to spend the night. The owner gives him some keys and, as soon as the visitor has walked upstairs, the hotelier grabs the e100 note and runs next door to pay his debt to the butcher. The butcher takes the e100 note and runs down the street to repay his debt to the pig farmer. The pig farmer takes the e100 note and heads off to pay his bill at the supplier of feed and fuel. The guy at the Farmers’ Co-op takes the e100 note and runs to pay his drinks bill at the taverna. The publican slips the money along to the local prostitute drinking at the bar, who has also been facing hard times and has had to offer him “services” on credit. The hooker then rushes to the hotel and pays off her room bill to the hotel owner with the e100 note. The hotel proprietor then places the e100 note back on the counter so the rich traveller will not suspect anything. At that moment the traveller comes down the stairs, picks up the e100 note, states that the rooms are not satisfactory, pockets the money, and leaves town.
No one produced anything. No one earned anything. However, the whole village is now out of debt and looking to the future with a lot more optimism.
And that, Ladies and Gentlemen, is how the bailout package works.
Our friends at TrainingDirectoryUK have kindly created a virtual ‘Whole Brain Training’ room. Please visit and have your avatar walk around and see whats now possible in the world of remote coaching and training.
If you click on the video screens in the room I’ve put some great clips on them….enjoy.
Click on: http://hostavirtualevent.com/wholebrain/player?ld=1166|g6bede682852549119c8b2783aaef52d4
Tomorrow we will be delivering our first ever Virtual Presentation in a virtual conference centre. This fantastic concept is being promoted by our associates Training Directory UK. Please click on the link and join us for a glimpse at the future….http://hostavirtualevent.com/tdvirtualexhibition
We will be presenting from 12.45pm and then you can virtually join us on our booth for a chat afterwards all from the comfort of your office or home!
Hope to see you there…Neil
Exciting news… have you ever wanted to understand why your partner, family or colleagues behave the way they do?
Would you like to start a new people focused career with a brilliant unique selling point?
We are pleased to announce the next public course has been confirmed for Tuesday 24th and Wednesday 25th January. It will be run at the Clydesdale Bank IFS centre in Crawley near Gatwick Airport.
We will happily send you details of the course content via email.
What will you also receive:
• After completing the post-course case studies you will be awarded a certificate confirming your status as an official NBI Brain Profile Practitioner
• 10 free NBI Brain Profiles to use as you choose worth £350.00p
• Full post course support including tutorials, powerpoint slides for presentations etc.
The fee for the course is only £695.00p plus VAT and this includes all course materials, refreshments and lunch for the two days.
Half of the places have already been reserved so please book soon.
Record breaking numbers made the 17th running of the SA Creativity conference a resounding success. Excited by being asked to present at both the Educators conference which is exclusive for teachers and latterly at ACRE 17 (African CREativity).
Whole Brain Coaching was the topic we chose for the Educators and we explored how to integrate whole brain thinking into the development of young students who often come from a severely underprivileged background. The teachers were really enthusiastic and grateful for the new ideas and techniques we shared with them. Some comments received included: ‘gave us ideas on how to handle different learners’, ‘loved it…useful…relevant’, you gave tools of insight and inspiration, etc.
At ACRE 17 following the first conference we were asked to deliver at one of the key four hour sessions. As there are mainly commercial participants at the second conference we covered ‘Whole Brain Selling in the credit crunch’.
The content looked at how to identify, target and then close on commitment from contacts who can take your business forward. The groups were a mix of Corporate sales people to new entrepreneurs who were looking for tips on how to deliver consistent profitability to their company.
Once again the feedback was very encouraging:’brilliant’, ‘the material he covered was very beneficial and informative’, ‘lots of helpful and accurate info…brilliant’.
They’ve done it after thirteen years!
Congratulations to the players, coaching staff and management of Saracens in finally achieving their dream of becoming Aviva Premiership Champions at Twickenham today.
When Neil and I run courses we are often asked “What profile makes the perfect partner?”
I’m afraid there isnt a perfect partner profile! It’s a pity as we could have made a lot of money selling it!
What the NBI brain profile does do is help couples develop a better understanding of each other.
In doing so tolerance and excitement is enhanced instead of criticism and a constant battle of trying to change others to be more like you!
So is the secret to a long and happy marriage a whole brain marriage? We can certainly see evidence of Prince William using whole brain thinking. He has delayed marrying Kate to give them both time to get to know each other and to give her time to come to terms with her exacting role as future Queen. She has had advice from ‘protocol experts’ with tips on how to wave and engage with the public. As Tom Bradby says in the Times today he has an “aching determination to make sure he never gets anything wrong” and so far neither of them has made any significant errors of judgement. As Alison Pearson said in Newsweek to be a good royal wife you have to “combine the aura of a silent movie star and the discipline of a Cistercian num” and Kate is “perfect for the role”. So planning, preparation, perfection all these are signs of left brain thinking.
Then the evidence for Prince William using his right brain, he certainly surprised her with his proposal in Kenya and it was evident from their first interview together that he is affectionate, caring and loving. I especially liked the way he reassuringly patted her hand and told her she would do very well when she was asked about becoming a member of the royal family. There is also the way he rushed out to New Zealand after the earthquake yes to pay his respects but I think to show the New Zealand people that he really cared about their loss.
When we are courting we are often marketing ourselves and creating a facade of maybe someone who we aren’t. They say love is blind and is this why some marriages fail in the first two years?
William and Kate have known each other for quite some time now and have lived together too; they have given themselves the best chance of making this marriage work.
What is clear is that for any relationship to work it’s not a question of giving 50/50 but 100%.
I personally love a wedding and even if you aren’t a royalist I’m sure you will join me in wishing Prince William and Catherine Middleton a long and happy marriage.
But what do you think will it be a long and happy marriage or will it all end in tears?
Productivity and the Y Generation
IQ we know…EQ….we know but now we need to be considering OQ …Organisational Intelligence!
We are pleased to announce a new association with Dr Zoe Douglas-Judson of inspired-iq.com and we are seeking Directors to be involved in working with us to explore how to best equip their businesses to capture the strength of their Y generation employees with their organisations structure. Success will mean more innovation, productivity improvements and reduced key staff turnover. Interested? please email us at info@wholebrainthinking.co.uk