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The NLP rapport creating techniques do not actually create rapport. But they do get things off to a good start.
Rapport is ‘created’ by, or develops out of, how you and the other person are relating with one another moment-by-moment; and especially by the non-verbal indicators of yours and the other person’s agendas. If these agendas are based on a win-win approach (see the previous article in this series) and are supported by mutual respect (in a forthcoming article) then the techniques will definitely smooth the way and speed things up.
If you merely rely on the techniques things may get off to a good start but are unlikely to produce enduring rapport. Read the rest of this entry »
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We’re into Day 2 of the current NLP Core Skills programme. It’s a great group, as always, and as part of today’s schedule we have been exploring NLP and Rapport. And discussing how many NLP books and NLP trainings still offer the ‘matching body language’ technique as a method for creating rapport.
This technique has been around now since NLP began in the early 70s – nearly 40 years ago! Yet, amazingly, some people still believe that it holds true today. Read the rest of this entry »
