Download or read book NLP Pocketbook written by Gillian Burn and published by Management Pocketbooks. This book was released on 2015-09-16 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How people think and how they respond to challenges and to other people varies from one individual to another depending on their beliefs, values, memories and past experiences. Some people respond more effectively than others. Understanding how they do this - and how you can follow their example by changing your thinking and beliefs - lies at the heart of neuro-linguistic programming (NLP). NLP will improve the way you interact and communicate with others; it will improve your self-esteem and raise your motivation. In fact, it will impact positively on all aspects of your business and private life. The NLP Pocketbook looks at the key principles of NLP and how it can make a difference to you. It describes how you are limited by your beliefs and thoughts and how you can change them for the better. There are sections on the brain, on language and on how to create your own personal resource bank.

Download or read book NLP Pocketbook written by Gillian Burn and published by Pocketbooks. This book was released on 2005 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pocketful of neuro-linguistic programming tips to help you succeed ans make a positive difference to your life.

Download or read book The Really Good Fun Cartoon Book of NLP written by Philip Miller and published by Crown House Publishing. This book was released on 2008-07-16 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Really Good Fun Cartoon Book of NLP uses simple (non jargon) language and amusing illustrations to get across the principles of NLP and how people can think about using them in their everyday lives. Knowing when and how to dip into the NLP life skills toolbox is really useful as is the idea that it's all just a learning experience.

Download or read book Management Models Pocketbook written by Mike Clayton and published by Management Pocketbooks. This book was released on 2015-09-16 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Models that explain what happened, that predict what will happen and that reveal how to get results are described in The Management Models Pocketbook - a practical resource for trainers, coaches and facilitators, and a ready-reference for managers. The range of models described, 10 in total, includes John Adair's action centred leadership model, Bruce Tuckman's team development and behaviour model, Eric Berne's parent-adult-child theory of transactional analysis and John Boyd's OODA decision-making model. There are models too covering delegation, motivation and communications. For each model described, author Mike Clayton outlines the problem that the model addresses, explains how it works (first an overview followed by a more detailed explanation) and uses examples to demonstrate how it works in practice. A diagrammatic view of each model and references to related models add to the practical approach. According to the 5-star review on Amazon: 'This is a brilliant book. The author has clearly and simply explained the models and how they apply to everyday business. A must for every training professional.'

Download or read book Body Language Pocketbook written by Max A. Eggert and published by Management Pocketbooks. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Body language is a powerful communicator. The facial expressions we adopt, the way in which we stand or sit and how we use our hands and arms are the 'syntax' of the language. They add clarity and detail to the spoken words. Knowledge of body language not only helps you to interpret what other people are saying and how they are thinking and feeling, it also helps you become a more effective and decisive communicator. The Body Language Pocketbook explains how you can apply non-verbal communications techniques to build rapport, motivate and persuade people, and improve your interpersonal skills. Illustrated throughout, and with a fun quiz at the end to help re-cap your learning.

Download or read book NLP Pocket Handbook written by Jeremy Lazarus and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2014-04-10 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have the key NLP techniques at your fingertips with this 80 page reference guide. The NLP Pocket Handbook is perfect for NLP Practitioners, Master Practitioners and Trainers. Written by an NLP Master Trainer.No need to carry heavy manuals with you, or to wonder if you've missed an important step of an NLP process. Simply look at the relevant page to refresh your memory and prepare for, or carry on working with, your client. The NLP Pocket Handbook includes topics like NLP Presuppositions, using NLP ecologically, Well-formed goals, Eye patterns, Submodalities, Swish pattern, Neuro-logical levels, Anchoring (resource, collapse and chaining), Perceptual positions, the various language models (Hierarchy of Ideas/chunking, linguistic presuppositions, Meta and Milton models), the Fast Phobia cure, Strategies, Framing and Reframing, Parts Integration, Values, Meta Programmes, Modelling, Sleight of Mouth, various Belief change techniques, Time Line interventions and the various applications of NLP (business, coaching, health, sport, education and relationships).

Download or read book Natural Language Processing in Action written by Hannes Hapke and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-03-16 with total page 798 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Summary Natural Language Processing in Action is your guide to creating machines that understand human language using the power of Python with its ecosystem of packages dedicated to NLP and AI. Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications. About the Technology Recent advances in deep learning empower applications to understand text and speech with extreme accuracy. The result? Chatbots that can imitate real people, meaningful resume-to-job matches, superb predictive search, and automatically generated document summaries—all at a low cost. New techniques, along with accessible tools like Keras and TensorFlow, make professional-quality NLP easier than ever before. About the Book Natural Language Processing in Action is your guide to building machines that can read and interpret human language. In it, you'll use readily available Python packages to capture the meaning in text and react accordingly. The book expands traditional NLP approaches to include neural networks, modern deep learning algorithms, and generative techniques as you tackle real-world problems like extracting dates and names, composing text, and answering free-form questions. What's inside Some sentences in this book were written by NLP! Can you guess which ones? Working with Keras, TensorFlow, gensim, and scikit-learn Rule-based and data-based NLP Scalable pipelines About the Reader This book requires a basic understanding of deep learning and intermediate Python skills. About the Author Hobson Lane, Cole Howard, and Hannes Max Hapke are experienced NLP engineers who use these techniques in production. Table of Contents PART 1 - WORDY MACHINES Packets of thought (NLP overview) Build your vocabulary (word tokenization) Math with words (TF-IDF vectors) Finding meaning in word counts (semantic analysis) PART 2 - DEEPER LEARNING (NEURAL NETWORKS) Baby steps with neural networks (perceptrons and backpropagation) Reasoning with word vectors (Word2vec) Getting words in order with convolutional neural networks (CNNs) Loopy (recurrent) neural networks (RNNs) Improving retention with long short-term memory networks Sequence-to-sequence models and attention PART 3 - GETTING REAL (REAL-WORLD NLP CHALLENGES) Information extraction (named entity extraction and question answering) Getting chatty (dialog engines) Scaling up (optimization, parallelization, and batch processing)

Download or read book Advanced Coaching Pocketbook written by Lynne Walley and published by Management Pocketbooks. This book was released on 2016-09-23 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Central to the Advanced Coaching Pocketbook is SPACE, a 5-step model enabling coaches to reflect on and assess their own approach to coaching, and deepen their awareness of the coaching process. HR and OD professionals wanting to create a coaching culture will also find the tips and tools beneficial. Each step of the model is described in a separate chapter, and for each step the author recommends appropriate tools designed to put the theory firmly into practice. Exercises and graphic devices help to embed the understanding. SPACE was tested by practitioners across the UK and further afield. How they applied the model in practice was subsequently surveyed and their responses used to inform the model and its description in this pocketbook. “The survey results give real insight into the different aspects of coaching”, an enthusiastic Lynne Walley declares.

Download or read book Fix Your Life with NLP written by Alicia Eaton and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-01-05 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you struggle to lose weight and wonder why? Do your bad habits and lack of confidence hold you back? Do you find yourself repeating bad patterns of behavior? Fix Your Lifewill show you how easy it can be to rid yourself of life's irritating problems by using the latest psychological techniques of NLP. This is an ideal introduction to the subject, as the author Alicia Eaton cuts through the technical jargon that's usually associated with NLP and explains how the techniques and strategies used by some of the world's most successful people, can easily be incorporated into your daily life. As well as explaining how our minds work and why it's so easy to fall into bad patterns of behavior, the author presents the NLP techniques as 'Apps for the Mind'. So, just as you'd download an App for your phone or computer to expand its' capabilities, you'll now be able to download an 'App for your Mind' to enable you to achieve more than ever before. Client stories from the author's Harley Street practice demonstrate how to fix fears and phobias such as public-speaking or fear of flying; deal with bad habits such as shopping addiction or Facebook obsessions and even apply your very own hypnotic gastric band to combat overeating. Readers are encouraged to view this book as a 'first aid kit for the mind' that can support them, plus friends and family, for many years.

Download or read book Classroom Presence Pocketbook written by Rob Salter and published by Teachers' Pocketbooks. This book was released on 2016-01-19 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Learning to Learn Pocketbook written by Tom Barwood and published by Management Pocketbooks. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was in response to requests from teachers that Learning to Learn came to be written. Hard-pressed to cover what to learn, finding time to research or devise materials on how to learn was, we were told, a problem. Tom Barwood's highly- regarded workshops for teachers and students in schools address just this issue - and now so does his pocketbook. Working on the premise that successful learning depends partly on knowing why you want to learn, the first part of the book looks at motivation. How to learn - registering, retaining, recalling, revising - is the focus of the remainder. From slicing, mind-mapping and learning styles, through mnemonics, mind pegs and the seven keys of memory, to reviewing, snowballing and recording, the art of learning is explored and demonstrated. Full of practical, fun techniques for successful learning, this is a book for teachers and their students.

Download or read book Business NLP For Dummies written by Lynne Cooper and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-11-05 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Achieve business success with Neuro-linguistic Programming People around the globe use NLP to improve their communication skills, build rapport, make positive changes, and accomplish their goals. When used in a business context, NLP techniques can transform both your own and your team’s performances. This practical guide to NLP at work will help you increase your flexibility, become more influential, and achieve professional success, whatever your career. • Use NLP techniques in the workplace – overcome barriers to success and develop a winning mindset • Build effective working relationships – improve your communication skills and create rapport with your colleagues • Lead people to perform – enhance your ability to inspire peak performance • Make changes that drive success – set and achieve ambitious goals

Download or read book NLP Workbook written by Joseph O'Connor and published by Conari Press. This book was released on 2012-12-01 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) studies brilliance and quality—how outstanding individuals and organizations get their outstanding results. Joseph O’Conner, a leading international NLP trainer and co-author of the bestselling Introducing NLP, offers a step-by-step guide to learning the NLP methods and techniques to help you become the person you want to be in the NLP Workbook. The NLP Workbook is a complete guide to NLP that includes: How to create and achieve outcomes How to choose your emotional state and shift thinking Meta modeling your own internal dialogue All of the basic NLP techniques and training exercises An Action Plan with exercises and suggestions for skill-building O’Conner discusses a range of topics from rapport and trust, and how to visualize, to negotiation skills, mental rehearsal and coaching. NLP Workbook is a book for everyone and anyone interested in NLP. The neophyte will find definitions, examples, and a step-by-step entry into learning how to use NLP, and trainers will discover many new ideas for NLP training.

Download or read book Emotional Intelligence Pocketbook written by Margaret Chapman and published by Management Pocketbooks. This book was released on 2014-07-15 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Easy on the eye with humorous illustrations, this little book teaches us about ourselves and the huge role our emotions play. It is a great size for dipping in and out of, hitting the spot on every scenario. The book is broken down into clear sections, firstly identifying EI, then advising how to develop your own EI, complete with informative teachings on how to achieve this. Who would benefit from reading this book? A shorter list would be who wouldn't, as it is for managers, team leaders and team players alike. Many of the scenarios can even be adapted to life outside the work place as it is all about developing your personality. Without giving too much away, this little book teaches you how to turn negatives into positives and how to get the best out of ourselves and others. It can grow self-esteem and confidence in yourself and those around you." "Margaret Chapman has packed a great deal of wisdom into this small package. Unusually, she tells us not only what Emotional Intelligence is but also how it can be practically developed. Read this book, put some of its ideas into practice, and that could change your life." Michael Chaskalson, CEO, Mindfulness Works Ltd. "Insightful - outlines how to develop the skills that will ensure you can influence outcomes and get more of what you want, while bringing others with you." Gladeana McMahon, Chair, Association for Coaching UK.

Download or read book Coaching Pocketbook written by Ian Fleming and published by Management Pocketbooks. This book was released on 2014-07-15 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coaching is aimed at improving performance at work. This is done by turning the activities people do into learning situations, in a planned way and under guidance. The Coaching Pocketbook defines the coach's role and explains how coaching differs from the other 'helping skills' of advising, instructing, counselling and mentoring. There are four key stages to coaching, namely assessing current performance levels, setting outcomes for learning, agreeing tactics/initiating action, and giving feedback. The author explains each stage and then moves on to summarise the various skills required. Next, the opportunities for coaching and the potential pitfalls are highlighted. A checklist and a case study end the Pocketbook on a practical note. "Encapsulated my belief in the potential of people and showed me how to translate this into appropriate action" "For UK plc to win a global marketplace it is essential for managers and leaders to understand learning and to develop coaching skills. This pocketbook provides a very readable insight into understanding the challenge." "An amazing amount of ground has been covered in this little book - it unravels a complex subject in a very practical and easy to understand format."

Download or read book Facilitator s Pocketbook written by John Townsend and published by Management Pocketbooks. This book was released on 2014-09-04 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 'facilitraining rainbow' won't lead you to a pot of gold but it will enable you to decide on the most suitable approach for your next facilitation session. This innovative decision-making model is central to The Facilitator's Pocketbook - a comprehensive guide covering all stages of facilitation, from planning through to implementation. Interpersonal skills (including attitudes and values) and session skills (including energising and problem solving) are dealt with at length. This second edition contains significant new material, notably the addition of a detailed case study and examples of six typical facilitation sessions. "John and Paul provide a quick route to a practical understanding of facilitation. This book should be compulsory reading for all managers handling change." Teresa Kilmartin, Executive Manager Training & Development, Irish Life Assurance plc "This book is the perfect illustration of what facilitation is all about - making things easy. Reflecting on the methods, skills and techniques described, it is easy to understand what it takes to become a skilled facilitator. Read it and you will undoubtedly do it better and get better results!" Karin Priarollo, Director, Human Resources, Novartis Consumer Health

Download or read book Dyslexia Pocketbook written by Julie Bennettt and published by Management Pocketbooks. This book was released on 2014-08-15 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This pocketbook is a practical guide to helping dyslexic students overcome their learning barriers and unlock their potential. It provides an outline of what dyslexia is; ways to recognise 'at risk' signs; information about learning profiles of dyslexic students; suggested solutions; how to improve the performance of dyslexic students and pointers to further resources. The book starts by defining dyslexia and then moves on to consider the benefits of multi-sensory learning. Practical tools and techniques are provided for reading, handwriting, spelling, maths, speaking & listening, music, study skills and organisation. There are chapters on raising self-esteem and the 6 'Ls' (legibility, layout, language, links, large picture/little chunks, let it settle and look again) and on the different theories and practices currently in use. A former primary school teacher, author Julie Bennett has delivered training on dyslexia to a range of professionals, from early years practitioners to Open University staff and students. She has mild dyslexia herself and writes from first-hand experience, drawing on her work with children and adults with specific learning difficulties "Full of nuggets of information that will help teachers to understand their dyslexic pupils better, backed up with quality tips that are easily applied to the classroom to create a better learning environment for these pupils " "This inspirational book, which is engaging, informative and full of brilliant ideas, provides a true and rare insight into aiding dyslexics in their learning. It is an essential resource and I can't wait to try out many of the ideas in the classroom! "