Graham English

How to make intimate connections with yourself and others.

Neuro-Logical Levels are considered to be a Meta-Program in NLP. Specifically, these neuro-logical levels are categories of experience. In integral terms, I would consider them to be a typology that has a built-in hierarchy. They are not stages or levels that must sequentially arise. However, they do seem to be a holarchy. You could also consider the neuro-logical levels to be lines of development. NLP is a mess in its organization of principles. That’s why I just consider NLP to be a powerful set of tools for creating change.

If you’re doing change work with someone or with yourself, the neuro-logical levels are very useful. You can identify in what “level” a challenge is centered and then use the appropriate NLP intervention. They also make a good check list to go through as you’re doing any kind of life planning or if you need some motivation.

Neuro-Logical Levels

• Ecology: Who else?
  My relationship to the Universe and what’s outside me.
• Identity: Who?
  What kind of person I am.
• Beliefs: Why?
  My values, criteria, generalizations about the world and other people. What’s important to me.
• Capabilities: How?
  My generic skills, strategies, physiological abilities.
• Behavior: What?
  What I do in any particular context.
• Environment: Where and When?
  The context in which I operate.

Neuro-logical levels in an organization:

• Ecology = Vision
  Change the world.
• Identity = Mission
  I’m a change agent.
• Beliefs = Permission, Motivation
  Change is desirable.
• Capabilities = Direction
  Change processes.
• Specific Behaviors = Action
  A specific change process.
• Environment = Reactions
  Culture. Responses to change.

Next time you are listening to someone speak, notice what level they are coming from. A statement like, “I’m the kind of person who…” is coming from the level of Identity. If someone is telling you their opinions about a subject, they are coming from the level of Belief. You get the idea.

When you want to connect with someone, speaking their language is often a matter of speaking their level.

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