Hello,

We are University Scientists doing research on what people think about NLP and we would like you to participate in one (or both) of two studies we are running about this.

What’s in it for You? This is research in an area where there is very little knowledge. Knowing more about NLP will help people and/or companies to make better decisions about using this kind of training. It will help you too. If you participate in a study, we will also send you a free report about what we have found. This will allow you to compare your views to others’ and perhaps to get new ideas about NLP and its role.

This work is being done by university academics so it is completely independent. We are NOT associated with any particular NLP school, and our research is NOT paid for by any NLP training facility. This means we welcome ALL comments about NLP and your experiences.

This research is done by researchers from two universities - Susanne Wiatr Borg from University of Southern Denmark and Sana Marroun from the University of Western Sydney under the direction of Professor Louise Young also from University of Western Sydney. You can click on this link to see a short presentation of us.

Our Research is concerned with the effects of NLP training on people’s interpersonal skills.
We have developed the IPS-EQ model to explain what we mean by the term “interpersonal skills”. Click on this link to see a presentation on the IPS-EQ model.

On This Blog We Are Running Two Studies investigating:

What effects, if any, has your NLP training had on your interpersonal skills?

Study Number 1 is for salespeople who have had NLP training and work in the business to business area (B2B). This study seeks the opinions of Sales Managers/KAM/Sales Personnal/Relationship Managers/Regional Sales Managers/CEO’s and any other people working with customer handling in B2B. In this study your views or stories will only be visible to us. In other words, no other people participating in the study can see what you write. It will take from a few minutes to maximum 30 minutes (if you have a lot to say) to participate. You can click on this link to participate in study number 1. If you want to, you are welcome to participate in study number 2 as well.

Study Number 2 seeks the viewpoints, comments or stories of anyone with NLP training (even if this is only a small amount of training). Here we are interested in what effects you think NLP training has had on your interpersonal skills. Note that on this blog your statements will be visible for others to see and to comment on. You can click on this link to participate in study number 2.

Your Knowledge is Essential for Our Work. NLP is used worldwide and individuals and companies spend a lot of money on NLP training. However, the specific nature of the effects of NLP is not known. Academic research is needed to explore this. To address this problem we have set up this large scale study (it is taking place in seven countries around the world). However, we need your help to complete our research! Please participate in one or both studies!

This Blog is our Data Collection Method. We will analyse what YOU write on this blog in a number of ways including using a machine-based analysis tool. This is called Laximancer and is a qualitative analysis program that can be used to summarize and extract usefull information.

PLEASE NOTE that this study is university based research. This means that your data will be handled using very high university ethical standards. As required by the University Ethics Committees, all responses will be kept anonymous and results will be published in a manner that will not allow individual participants to be identified.

(UWS Ethics Committee Approval Reference number H8859).

If you have any questions about this research please email: academicnlpresearch@gmail.com.

Recommend this Research blog to a friend. We greatly appreciate if you could recommend and forward info about this research to your friends and colleagues. The link to forward is http://www.nlpresearch.blogspot.com/.

THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING IN THIS IMPORTANT RESEARCH!

Kind Regards,

Ph.D. student Susanne Wiatr Borg, Professor Louise Young, and Ph.D. student Sana Marroun