Effective Communication With NLP & The Enneagram

I was at Expo over the weekend to compete in the National Cashflow Competition, and it was quite a fruitful outing. Got to know some like minded friends and won a ticket to the National Achievers’ Congress for getting out of the rat race. 

One of the key advantages that our team had over the rest of the competition was the common focus. Even before the game started, we knew what we had to do and stuck to it. That mutual understanding gave us the luxury of more time, which translated to more throws of the dice, and that could make a huge difference between getting a good deal and just missing out.

In other words, our team had been properly “Framed Up”. Everyone was in the right frame of mind going into the competition. This framing of mindset is a technique from NLP, and using it prior to any activity or event is extremely effective, especially if you are in teaching or training, or chairing a meeting. Set your audience in the correct frame of mind by telling them the areas of focus they should adopt, or boundaries they should stay within.

A simple example would be the setting of rules before a training session. Informing the audience of the rules frames them up in terms of what their expected behaviours would be, and this sets the stage for a more rewarding session because everyone would be in the right frame of mind.