A practical 5-day introduction to the psychology, thinking patterns and behavioural strategies behind effective leadership.
Dates
AEDT: 19–23 October
EDT/PDT: 18-22 October
Time
10:00–11:00 AM AEDT
7:00–8:00 PM EDT | 4:00–5:00 PM PDT
Location
Live Online via Zoom
Understanding leadership
It’s about how you think, how you respond under pressure, how you interpret the people around you, and how effectively you can influence behaviour and bring others with you.
NLP for Leaders introduces you to practical principles from Neuro-Linguistic Programming that can help you better understand the connection between thinking, language, emotional state, behaviour and results.
This isn’t about becoming a therapist.
And it isn’t another communication course.
It’s about understanding what drives human behaviour — including your own — and learning how to use that understanding to become a more self-aware, adaptable and influential leader.
A different perspective
Have you ever wondered why:
Two people can experience the same situation completely differently?
Some people seem naturally able to influence a room?
You can know exactly what you should do and still find yourself repeating the same behaviour?
Certain people or situations trigger a reaction in you almost instantly?
The same leadership approach works brilliantly with one person and falls completely flat with another?
NLP gives us a framework for exploring what’s happening beneath the behaviour.
Over five practical sessions, we’ll take some of the foundational principles of NLP and apply them specifically to leadership, performance and influence.
The five-day programme
Five days.
Practical tools.
Day 1
Cause & Effect
Discover one of the foundational principles of NLP and explore the difference between operating from ownership versus reaction.
We’ll look at how your thinking influences your behaviour, choices and results — and where you may be unconsciously giving away your ability to create change.
Leadership takeaway
Increase personal responsibility, adaptability and your ability to influence outcomes.
Day 2
Perception, Projection & Maps of the World
We don’t experience the world exactly as it is. We experience it through our own filters, beliefs, experiences and expectations.
Learn how those filters shape the way you interpret people and situations — and how easily leaders can make assumptions about what someone else thinks, means or intends.
Leadership takeaway
Reduce assumptions, understand different perspectives and respond to people with greater awareness.
Day 3
Managing Your Internal State
Your state walks into the room before your leadership skills do.
Learn how thoughts, physiology and focus influence emotional state — and how to deliberately access more useful internal resources when the pressure is on.
We’ll also explore a simple NLP anchoring technique you can use to access a resourceful state when you need it.
Leadership takeaway
Develop greater composure, presence and choice in high-pressure situations.
Day 4
Presenting Ideas So People Can Follow Them
Having a great idea isn’t enough. You need to be able to take people with you.
Learn a practical NLP presentation structure for organising and delivering information in a way that is easier for people to understand, follow and remember.
We’ll explore how to frame your message, structure information and communicate to different ways of processing information.
Leadership takeaway
Present ideas with greater clarity, confidence and influence.
Day 5
Values, Beliefs & Behaviour
Behaviour rarely happens in isolation.
Underneath it are values, beliefs, motivations, learned patterns and internal rules about how the world works.
We’ll explore why people can respond so differently to the same circumstances — and why understanding what drives someone can dramatically change the way you lead them.
And, importantly, we’ll turn the lens back on you.
Leadership takeaway
Become more curious about behaviour — rather than simply reacting to it — and start recognising the deeper patterns influencing your own leadership.
By the end of the five days
You’ll begin to recognise:
Because the more you understand how people think, communicate and behave, the more options you have as a leader.
Join NLP for LeadersThe next step
NLP for Leaders is designed as an introduction to some of the principles I have taught leaders, business owners, coaches and professionals through NLP for many years.
Across these five days, you’ll experience just a small part of what’s possible when you begin understanding human behaviour at a deeper level.
For those who want to continue, I’ll also explain how you can take this work further through NLP Practitioner Certification and develop a much deeper understanding of communication, behaviour, emotional change, values, beliefs and human performance.
Free registration
Join NLP for Leaders.
Five days. Practical tools. A completely different way of understanding yourself — and the people you lead.
19–23 October 2026
10:00–11:00 AM AEDT 7:00–8:00 PM EDT 4:00–5:00 PM PDT
US times are the previous day.
1 hour per session · Live Online via Zoom
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