ABSTRACT
This chapter introduces the practical activity of meta-reflection as a core change leadership capability. It aims to encourage the emergence of the reflective practitioner that lies within all of us involved in leading change initiatives. The chapter presents a model of leadership as a basis for connecting Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) techniques to change leadership processes. The change leader often inhabits two worlds, the world of managing established processes concentrating on making variables predictable and controllable, and the world of unpredictable social outcomes imbedded within change leadership processes. Conscious leaders are sensitive to their own inner world views; they are deliberate regarding their choice of social strategies and are habitually self-reflective regarding the feedback they get from social interactions. Meta-reflection involves the potential for conscious reflection towards meta-cognition; meta-emoting and meta-behaving. These are all meta NLP techniques that are arguably foundational constructs supporting and underpinning the broader repertoire of NLP patterns and interventions.
