OVERT AND COVERT GOALS IN TRAINING

As trainers we have certain obvious outcomes for our students —namely that they learn and fully understand the course content in a way that they can use it effectively. To do this we teach using the 4MAT system, structure our language to cover all of the VAKAd learning preferences, use demonstrations, use our voice to induce state, etc. Within these competencies there is a lot of complexity to consider; these are the things you learned at NSTT.

Inside of these fundamental ways of training there are also many ‘overt and covert goal’ opportunities. As an example, let’s look at a simple exercise that you might use near the beginning of a basic NLP course; after having covered rapport (which includes basic exercises/practice) and then taught the principals of sensory acuity and representational systems and predicates, you may have participants get into groups of three with the following instructions.

1) Get into a group of three with different people than you have been with previously.

2) Person A talks about a subject/activity that they enjoy.