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Coaching out Universal Quantifiers (Absolute Language)

Coaches trained in grammar or Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) will be familiar with the class of words and statements known by grammarians as ‘Universal Quanitifiers’. Perhaps a more accessible term might be ‘Absolute’ or ‘Polarity’ language. Universal Quantifiers...

‘Feeling’ as a Customer Motivator

In my consulting work with class-leading B2C service brands around the world there is increasing recognition that focus on ‘customer service’ (an input) is the wrong place to start. By far the most effective strategy is to reframe and consider ‘customer feeling’...

New Code Continue & Begin® – Analogue Marking

Extract © Nick Drake-Knight The Complete Guide to Continue & Begin Fast Coaching® Drake-Knight,N., Pollinger, 2016. Plagiarists will be ridiculed mercilessly. Milton Erickson was the master of analogue marking. Erickson is known as the father of modern...

Meaning Deletion in Coaching Communication

Extract © Nick Drake-Knight The Complete Guide to Continue & Begin Fast Coaching® Drake-Knight,N., Pollinger, 2016. Plagiarists will be ridiculed mercilessly. When we communicate, we inadvertently (and sometimes intentionally) deliver an impoverished version...

‘New Code’ Continue & Begin Fast Coaching®

Continue & Begin® first emerged in the 1990s as a means of strengthening ego and belief systems in adult management students. Continue & Begin® enhanced self-worth and stimulated personal belief in opportunity and possibility. It proved remarkably effective....