Robert Dilts – Visionary Leadership Skills

If you are a leader, aspire to be a leader or just want to be led by others within an organisation, this is the book for you. The author presents the role of leadership in ways that have perhaps not been presented before as well as offering new approaches to old problems. As with all this author’s work, much of his approach is based upon established NLP techniques but in this instance he has reached beyond the confines of this discipline to produce a truly magnificent work. Highly recommended – a classic in its field.

About Author:

Robert Dilts (born 1955) has been a developer, author, trainer and consultant in the field of Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) since its creation in 1975 by John Grinder and Richard Bandler.

Dilts has made many personal contributions to the field of NLP including the authorship of the Encyclopedia of Systemic NLP. He is best known for his work on beliefs and strategies. He is also known for introducing many ideas of spirituality into NLP.

Dilts is the author of numerous books including Sleight of Mouth on a set of language patterns for shifting beliefs, Changing Belief Systems with NLP, Beliefs: Pathways to Health and Well-Being with Tim Hallbom and Suzi Smith and many others. He is also the primary author of NLP, Volume 1 with Richard Bandler, John Grinder and Judith Delozier.

He founded Behavioral Engineering – a software company in 1981. There he developed numerous education software programs. Math and Spelling Strategy were licensed by Apple Computer as part of its Special Delivery Software

As a student at the University of California at Santa Cruz (UCSC) in the 1970s, Dilts was the author of the comic strip “Jimmy the Geek”. Dilts graduated from UCSC in 1979.

Robert Dilts studied under Bandler and Grinder since 1975. According to Marilyn Atkinson, founder of Erickson College, Dilts interpreted Gregory Bateson’s work with logical levels which introduced the power of systemic thinking as a framework for asking great questions.

Helene Aubrey, founder of the coach training school IDC in Switzerland, came to coaching after attending an NLP training program in California with Robert Dilts in 1997 when a classmate introduced her to coaching.

In 2003 Dilts wrote From Coach to Awakener and defined coaching as “the process of helping people and teams to perform at the peak of their abilities. It involves drawing out people’s strengths, helping them to bypass personal barriers and limits in order to achieve their personal best, and facilitating them to function more effectively as members of a team.

Thus, effective coaching requires an emphasis on both task and relationship.” Seeing coaching as more outcome-oriented than problem-oriented, Dilts sees coaches emphasizing change while concentrating on defining and achieving specific goals.

Dilts identifies two forms of coaching – executive coaching and life coaching (referred to as capital “C” ). He also sees small “c” coaching as focused at the behavioral level of promoting conscious awareness of resources and abilities, and the development of conscious competence. He defines the competencies and skill set of capital “C” coaching as caretaking, guiding, coaching, teaching, mentoring, sponsoring, and awakening.

Dilts has made many personal contributions to the field of NLP including the authorship of the Encyclopedia of Systemic NLP, based on the work done with Milton Erickson and Gregory Bateson. He is best known for his work on beliefs and strategies. Dilts is the author of numerous important books and workshops, many also translated in Romanian. Since more than 30 years, he has worked as a consultant at some of the biggest companies such as Hewlett Packard, Apple Computer, Fiat, Telecom and Trenitalia.

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