Leading with NLP

Starting the Journey 21

When you think of these leaders in your imagination,

where do you see them – in front of you, behind

you or to the side?

In your mental picture, is the leader a long way in

front, in the middle distance or a short way in front

of the other people?

Is the leader larger, smaller or the same size as the

people they are leading?

Are they above, below or on the same level as the

people they are leading?

Does the leader seem more vivid, colourful or ‘larger

than life’ than the followers?

If another person were to look at your picture, without

knowing any of the people in it, how would they

know which person was the leader?

How vivid is the picture?

Does it have colour?

Does it have movement?

Now listen for any sounds in your mental tableau. Are

there voices?

Imagine the leader speaking. What quality does their

voice have?

Now listen to the other people speaking.

What quality do their voices have?

Is there a particular voice quality that marks out the

leader?

If a stranger were to listen to the voices without seeing

the scene, would they be able to tell which voice was

the leader’s?

Now, keeping the rest of the picture the same, see

yourselfin the company of these leaders.

Make yourself the same size and distance as the
leaders and put yourself in the same position
relative to the other people as the leaders.