NLP Diploma in Team Leadership™
Neuro-Linguistic Programming Course Features
SUBJECT
Neuro-Linguistic Programming
DURATION
4 Days
CERTIFICATION
ILM-Recognised
TRAINER
Nicholas C. Hill FCMI FIoL FIC
PARTICIPANTS
Leaders and Managers
DELIVERY
Open Scheduled • 1-2-1 • In-House Tailored
FORMAT
Classroom • Virtual Classroom • Hybrid
MATERIALS
Hard Copy Workbooks • Digital Workbooks
Instructor-Led Neuro-Linguistic Programming Training
Master Trainer Nicholas Hill
Nicholas C. Hill FCMI FIoL FIC is one of the UK’s foremost master trainers and the author of over 80 ILM-Recognised courses. His training is high-impact and results-driven, presented in classroom and virtual classroom formats. Since 1996, he has delivered training for over 700 organisations, leading to team improvements of up to 234% in performance, 136% in efficiency, and 104% in productivity.
Neuro-Linguistic Programming Course Summary
Module 1
NLP Pillars
Module 2
NLP Presuppositions
Module 3
NLP Communication
Module 4
Well-formed Outcomes
Module 5
Introducing Submodalities
Module 6
Introducing Timelines
Module 7
New Behaviour Generator
Module 8
State Anchoring
Module 9
Positive Language
Module 10
Pacing and Leading
Module 11
Chunking
Module 12
Sensory Predicates
Module 13
Sensory Acuity
Module 14
Satir Categories
Module 15
Multi-Level Feedback
Module 16
Eye-Accessing Cues
Participant Challenges
You often feel caught between knowing what exemplary leadership looks like and struggling to apply it under pressure. You want to lead with purpose, clarity, and influence, but too often find yourself overexplaining, second-guessing your words, or reacting in ways that feel out of sync with the situation. Your message gets misinterpreted, your intent overlooked, and your expected outcomes rarely match your invested effort. Tension builds as conversations stall, feedback loops break, and once-productive relationships become strained or overly cautious. You feel stuck in patterns that limit your adaptability, especially when facing resistance, ambiguity, or shifting priorities. Your confidence wavers, and your ability to read the room or inspire action becomes harder to access in the moments that matter most. Your team begins to mirror that uncertainty, hesitating to speak up, relying on direction rather than thinking independently, or simply disengaging. Each cycle of miscommunication or missed opportunity chips away at momentum, clarity, and trust. If not addressed, these issues quietly hardwire into your leadership style. In the long term, they risk turning you into a manager of tasks rather than a leader of people who is present but no longer followed, heard, or truly effective.
Course Objectives
Designed and delivered by Nicholas Hill Academy Ltd, this course equips you to lead confidently, influence with empathy, and communicate with lasting impact. You strengthen the core mental frameworks that shape your leadership skills, allowing you to respond rather than react, and to lead with greater purpose and clarity. You learn how to recognise and adjust the subtle patterns that influence how you think, speak, and act so that you can lead with authenticity even under pressure. You become more flexible in your thinking, more precise in your language, and more consistent in your behaviour. Your team benefits from your increased emotional stability, clearer direction, and greater ability to motivate, coach, and challenge without causing friction. You create stronger relationships, deliver more meaningful feedback, and build an environment of trust and performance. As your communication becomes sharper, your leadership presence grows, inspiring action across your team. Your organisation gains a leader who handles complexity calmly, drives results with emotional intelligence, and fosters a culture of accountability and growth. Eventually, you build the mindset, language, and behaviours that elevate your leadership identity and sustain your impact across every level of your career.
Day 1
Planning Personal Success™
Module 1: NLP Pillars
Outcomes
• Define clear goals to ensure you distinguish between your wants and don’t wants • Develop sensory acuity to monitor your progress to know when you are achieving goals • Enhance your behavioural flexibility to adapt strategies and achieve your outcomes
Syllabus
Achievement Motivation Theory, Introducing Neuro-Linguistic Programming, Applied Cognitive Psychology, Goal-Setting Theory, Emotional Regulation, Interpersonal Communication, Decision-Making Processes, Sensory Perception, Cognitive Flexibility
Module 2: NLP Presuppositions
Outcomes
• Utilise NLP presuppositions to enhance your communication and interpersonal skills • Use principles to develop empathy for difficult workplace behaviour and resolve conflicts • Develop functional belief systems to guide your personal and professional development
Syllabus
Constructivist Psychology, Linguistics, Humanistic Psychology, Social Psychology, Communication Theory, Mercedes Model, Behaviour Empathy, Performance Empathy, Communication Empathy, Responsibility Empathy, Resourcefulness Empathy, Intelligence Empathy
Module 3: NLP Communication
Outcomes
• Explore perceptual filters like values and beliefs to recognise how you perceive events • Learn how you internally represent external events and unconsciously subject them to bias • Capitalise on the link between internal representations and states to improve performance
Syllabus
Multisensory Integration, Classical Sensory Modalities, Sensory Systems, Sensory Encoding, Perceptual Processing, Memory Encoding and Retrieval, Creativity Cognitive Models, Visual Processing, Auditory Processing, Kinesthetic Processing, Verbal Processing
Module 4: Well-Formed Outcomes
Outcomes
• Align your management goals with your aspirations to achieve worthwhile outcomes • Recognise the upsides and downsides of your goals to manage the impact of your actions • Identify the secondary gain to address the hidden benefits of current behaviours
Syllabus
Goal Setting Psychology, Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, Positive Goal Framing, Sensory-Based Measurement, Goal Ownership, Secondary Gain, Ecological Validity, Cognitive-Behavioural Theory, Constructivist Psychology, Performance Psychology
Day 2
Achieving Personal Success™
Module 5: Introducing Submodalities
Outcomes
• Examine sensory distinctions to understand your thought processes and those of others • Learn about analogue and digital submodalities to improve your perception of events • Alter your sensory distinctions to enhance your flexibility in thinking and behaviour
Syllabus
Sensory Management, Visual Submodalities, Auditory Submodalities, Kinesthetic Submodalities, Olfactory Submodalities, Gustatory Submodalities, Analogue Submodalities, Digital Submodalities, Vivid Imagination, Visualisation Skills, Submodality Elicitation
Module 6: Introducing Timelines
Outcomes
• Discover time management psychology to overcome existing or unresolved problems • Explore timeline techniques to improve your ability to visualise and plan for your future • Use timelines to enhance your professional goal-setting and time-management skills
Syllabus
Time Orientation, Chronesthesia, Temporal Discounting, Prospection, Retrospection, Cognitive Time Mapping, Temporal Cognition, Temporal Illusions, Attentional Gate, Mental Time Travel, Temporal Binding, Psychological Present, Time Anxiety
Module 7: New Behaviour Generator
Outcomes
• Implement the New Behaviour Generator to create and practice new behaviours • Use mental dress rehearsals to practise and improve your future performance • Develop adaptability and mental agility to take on more significant workplace challenges
Syllabus
Mental Simulation, Behavioural Modelling, Mental Imagery Rehearsal, Future-Oriented Cognition, Goal Visualisation Protocol, Performance Psychology, Resource-Based Coaching, Personal Resource Activation, Cognitive Rehearsal Strategies, Constructivist Behaviour
Module 8: State Anchoring
Outcomes
• Explore kinaesthetic anchoring to maintain or improve your emotional intelligence • Master techniques to anchor positive states to access confidence, happiness, and calm • Set and trigger anchors to store and regenerate your valuable internal resources
Syllabus
Classical Conditioning, Associative Learning, Stimulus-Response Conditioning, State-Dependent Learning, Emotional Conditioning, Cognitive-Behavioural Theory, Hebbian Learning, Embodied Cognition, Visual Anchoring, Auditory Anchoring, Kinaesthetic Anchoring
Day 3
Communicating for Excellence™
Module 9: Positive Language
Outcomes
• Control your outcome perspective to direct your thinking and internal communication • Use directives that win immediate cooperation to prevent defiance and win compliance • Lead your team towards the objectives you want rather than those you don’t want
Syllabus
Negative Commands, Direct Commands, Stop Commands, Outcome Thinking, Positive Presuppositions, Linguistic Reframing, Meta Model Violations, Embedded Commands, Sleight of Mouth Patterns, Future Pacing, Directionalised Language, Cause–Effect Language
Module 10: Pacing and Leading
Outcomes
• Employ the art of pacing and leading in communication to build rapport with your team • Recognise the importance of matching and mirroring to establish trust with your colleagues • Develop deeper rapport by pacing and leading your team’s beliefs, values, and behaviour
Syllabus
Rapport Building, Pacing and Leading, Matching and Mismatching, Direct Mirroring, Crossover Mirroring, Verbal Mirroring, Mismatching, Leading Behaviour, Belief Alignment, Value Alignment, Behaviour Alignment, Prejudice Management, Discord Management
Module 11: Chunking
Outcomes
• Be conscious of your information processing methods to improve assimilation and recall • Develop the ability to break down complex tasks to enhance your team's understanding • Communicate the big picture and detailed steps to ensure your team follows directions
Syllabus
Chunking Up, Chunking Down, Chunking Laterally, Criteria Sorting, Hierarchical Sorting, Structured Thinking, Logical Reasoning, Analytical Thinking, Shared Mental Model, Cognitive Alignment, Consensus Thinking, Unified Perspective, Collaborative Thinking
Module 12: Sensory Predicates
Outcomes
• Identify different sensory predicates to adapt your communication style to others • Recognise your preferred sensory language to facilitate creativity and self-motivation • Tailor your instructions and feedback to match your team’s preferred sensory language
Syllabus
Visual Predicates, Auditory Predicates, Kinesthetic Predicates, Olfactory Predicates, Gustatory Predicates, Predicate Matching, Representational Systems, Preferred System Identification, Sensory Language, Submodalities Shifts, Predicate Clarity, Lead System
Day 4
Deepening Team Relationships™
Module 13: Sensory Acuity
Outcomes
• Heighten your awareness of non-verbal cues to acknowledge underlying messages • Interpret subtle signals from your team to respond with empathy and insight • Apply sensory acuity techniques to improve your communication and interpersonal skills
Syllabus
Calibration Techniques, Eye Fixation Patterns, Breathing Cues, Peripheral Vasodilation, Micro Muscle Movements, Voice Tone Shifts, Posture Changes, Gesture Clusters, Peripheral Awareness, State Reading, Baseline Behaviour, Nonverbal Shifts, Anchor Detection
Module 14: Satir Categories
Outcomes
• Learn the five Satir Categories to recognise the archetypes of communication • Use the Satir Categories to adapt your communication style to promote team interaction • Manage unapproachable, aloof, unprofessional or immature people to develop tolerance
Syllabus
Satir Communication Styles, Blamer Pattern, Placater Pattern, Computer Pattern, Distractor Pattern, Leveller Pattern, Parts Perception, Reframing States, Pattern Interrupts, Communication Flexibility, System Roles, Behavioural Roles, Role Framing
Module 15: Multi-Level Feedback
Outcomes
• Learn the nature of the feedback loop during communication to improve the process • Learn the components of the feedback loop to foster continual personal development • Develop skills to offer feedback that drives improvement and growth in your team
Syllabus
Systemic Feedback, Holistic Feedback, Ecological Feedback, 360-Degree Feedback, Meta Feedback, Behavioural Feedback, Sensory Feedback, Real-Time Feedback, Feedforward Feedback, Reframing Feedback, Anchored Feedback, TOTE Model, Calibration Feedback
Module 16: Eye-Accessing Cues
Outcomes
• Understand eye-accessing cues to enhance your ability to assess thought processes • Interpret eye movements to improve your questioning techniques and deepen insights • Acknowledge eye-accessing cues to build rapport and understand your team's needs
Syllabus
Eye-Accessing Cues, Visual Constructed, Visual Remembered, Auditory Constructed, Auditory Remembered, Auditory Digital, Kinesthetic Access, Eye Movement Calibration, Eye Pattern Mapping, Sensory Accessing Sequence, Lead Representational System
Neuro-Linguistic Programming Training Delivery
Open Scheduled Course
Develop Your Skills
Enjoy powerful and cost-effective learning and development from the comfort of your home or office. Benefit from our practical and relevant training content while interacting with our master trainer and like-minded delegates from other industries.
- Leaders and Managers
- 2 Days
- Virtual Classroom
1-2-1 Tailored Course
Master Your Skills
Solve your workplace problems in private and in confidence. Receive undivided personal attention and explore modules tailored to your needs. Schedule the training to suit your pace and calendar, then watch your knowledge and skills go through the roof.
- Management Level Tailored
- 2 Days • 4 Half Days • 8 Quarter Days
- Classroom • Virtual Classroom
In-House Tailored Course
Develop Your Team
Engage in team building and develop unity through shared goals that align your team’s thinking and behaviour. We facilitate your team discussions and tailor our modules, timings, and delivery style to your organisational vision, mission, and culture.
- Management Level Tailored
- 2 Days • 4 Half Days • 8 Quarter Days
- Classroom • Virtual Classroom
Neuro-Linguistic Programming Open Courses
Included Materials
- Certificate of Achievement
- Digital Interactive Workbooks
- Professional Leader Subscription
- Pre-Course Diagnostic Consultation
- Post-Course Results Consultation
- Post-Course Email Mentoring
Optional Materials
- ILM-Recognised Certificate
- Hard Copy Workbooks
- Hard Copy Leadership Journal
- Leadership Principles Merchandise
- Leadership Style Mapping
- Post-Course Leadership Coaching
Course Features
- Master Trainer
- 4 Days Training
- 09:00 - 17:00 GMT/BST
- Leaders and Managers
- 5 Delegates Capacity
- Virtual Classroom
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Start
15 May, 2025
End
22 Sep, 2025
- NLP Diploma in Team Leadership
- 04 Places Remaining
£895
+VAT PER DELEGATE
Neuro-Linguistic Programming Course Reviews
"Nicholas Hill is a very knowledgeable and passionate coach and trainer!"
M. Sunderland Operations Directo Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner
"This course was too advanced for me, but it helped me to manage my time."
N. Brydon, Food and Beverage Manager The Elvetham Hotel Ltd
"Following your training, we are now turning around our business performance."
A. Panatti Sales Director Finish Creative Ltd
"The results achieved in this training are above and beyond what I was expecting."
S. Baker Managing Director Merritt & Baker Consultancy Ltd
"You positively changed my attitude toward leadership and management."
J. Mears General Manager Integrated Pathology Partnerships Ltd
"Outstanding and excellent feedback from our 42 delegates over four years."
O. Klochkova Chief Operations Officer Playson Ltd