ITS Trainer Profiles
Ian McDermott
Ian McDermott was once described as 'a practical visionary who makes things happen'. In 1988 he founded International Teaching Seminars (ITS) which is now the most successful NLP and Coach training organisation in the world. Named one of Britain's Top 10 Coaches and 'the Coaches Coach' (Independent on Sunday), he has pioneered the integration of NLP and Coaching.
A prolific author he is also a UKCP registered psychotherapist. He has co-authored some of the most widely read and respected books in the field, including, The Art of Systems Thinking, Brief NLP Therapy, NLP Coach, Your Inner Coach and The Coaching Bible. His books have been translated into 15 languages.
However, what matters most to him is creating the means for people to come home to a fuller, more authentic experience of being themselves. For Ian this is a spiritual path. It guides, informs and directs his life. And it is the driving force behind every programme he creates.
Deeply committed to us and to NLP - a brilliant communicator.
Phil Swallow
He is a true Master Trainer… he possesses the capacity of which he speaks.
Renato Marcuzzi, Professor of Engineering
Superb material. Direct, powerful, amusing.
Lawrence Heylen - Managing Director
Master in his field.
Suzanne Coldwell - Therapist
Tim Halbom
Tim Halbom is an internationally renowned NLP trainer, developer and author. His pioneering work with his wife Kris Halbom has resulted in The Wealthy Mind training which ITS offers once a year. Tim is co-author of ‘Beliefs:Pathways to Health and Well-Being’ and ‘NLP:The New Technology of Achievement.’ He has been training NLP for 20 years, and is known for his precision, humour, and his ability to make NLP easy to learn and understand.
Tim is the owner and director of the NLP Institute of California. Tim has done extensive research in the areas of stress, health, financial prosperity and personal productivity. He also maintains a busy private coaching and consulting practice in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Suzi Smith
ITS is very proud to present Suzi Smith as one of our team of International Master Practitioner trainers. Suzi represents the very best of NLP - unsurpassed skill, sensitivity and congruency. Suzi is co-author of ‘Beliefs: Pathways to Health and Well-Being’, and numerous NLP health CD's.
As co-director of Anchor Point Associates USA and the NLP journal Anchor Point, Suzi has an international reputation as a trainer, author and consultant. She has extensive experience working with individuals and consulting for a variety of private and governmental organizations. One of her great skills is taking an important and sometimes complex subject and translating it into simple principles and strategies that you can easily implement in your everyday life.
Robert Dilts
As part of our very special package, you will have privileged access to our Masterclass with Robert Dilts, guest trainer from NLP University. You attend this speciality programme at no extra charge. With his unrivalled knowledge of the field, Robert Dilts will be teaching Generative NLP. You will explore the connection between language, physiology and reality and learn how to work with deep structures to change people’s responses.
As a result you will understand what motivates others and you will have greater influence personally and professionally. You will be able to generate easy and profound unconscious change and a whole new order of rapport.
Robert Dilts has led the way in creating numerous specific techniques to elegantly and effectively help people to change limiting beliefs. In the process he has created a whole range of different approaches which enable just about anyone to generate new and appropriate beliefs which give hope for the future, a sense of capability and responsibility and the experience of self-worth and belonging. This is your opportunity to become acquainted with some of Robert’s latest and most profound work.
Robert Dilts’ name has become synonymous with excellence and commitment in the field of NLP. One of the most well respected developers and innovators in the field, Robert has been involved with NLP since its infancy in the early 70’s and is a seminal contributor to the basic concepts and presuppositions of NLP. His definitive books on NLP include ‘NLP Vol. 1′, ‘Applications of NLP’, ‘Roots of NLP’, ‘Beliefs: Pathways to Health & Well-Being’ and ‘Tools for Dreamers’. Robert is truly involved in advanced training in the practical applications and deep structure of NLP.
Robert Dilts from NLP University, USA
Jan Elfline
Jan Elfline is a Certified Professional / Personal Coach and an NLP Master Practitioner and Trainer. She was among forty professional coaches worldwide to receive the designation of Master Coach from the International Coaching Federation in 1998.
Jan is founder of the NLP Coaching Institute, a US training organisation that helps professional coaches develop extraordinary skills by combining NLP with business and personal coaching. Her background includes a doctorate in Education, a master’s degree in Art, and over ten years’ experience in university level teaching.
Since 1993, Jan has worked exclusively as a Consultant, Coach and Trainer in business and with private individuals. Her clients include professors, consultants, writers, musicians, managers and Corporate Executives. She conducts seminars on coaching in business and private institutes in the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia. Her corporate clients include Merrill Lynch and American Express. She is regarded by many as a leader in the field and is a superb trainer.
Michael Grinder
Michael Grinder is a world leader in the field of non-verbal communication and Group Mastery. He is an outstanding Trainer, able to communicate these powerful, innovative skills with great precision, humour and remarkable results from those who attend his programmes.
Michael is in great demand as one of the foremost authorities on accelerated learning and non-verbal communication. He works with a wide variety of businesses in the US and the UK. His background includes more than twenty years of teaching experience at all levels of education. He is also the author of two books on education and training.
When you train with Michael Grinder, you are choosing to work with someone who has dedicated his life to seeking out the best of the best in group communications. It should come as no surprise, then, that the group you are part of will experience an element of magic during your time together.
Michael is Director of Michael Grinder & Associates in Washington, USA.
Jeff Staggs
A professional coach for the last seventeen years, Jeff Staggs is a senior partner of Business Coaching International, Inc., and Co-CEO of Entrevis Inc. He specializes in coaching senior executives and their teams both in the U.S. and internationally. He is a senior faculty member of the Coaches Training Institute, an adjunct faculty member of the Capella University School of Business and was the principle strategist for integrating coaching into their MBA program.
Committed to helping coaches develop Jeff has supervised over 100 coaches and is active in developing the coaching profession. He is a founding member of the Minnesota Coaches Association and the Personal and Professional Coaches Association [PPCA], now part of ICF. Jeff has a background in clinical psychology, is an ICF Master Certified Coach and currently serves on the Credentialing Committee for the ICF.
Pamela Richarde
Dedicated to life-long learning, Pamela has studied multiple disciplines. Passionate about delivering into 'unknown' territories, her work over the years has taken her around the world, exploring culture, language, education, philosophy, spirituality and the arts.
An educator for over 25 years, and a Trainer and Professional Coach for the last 15, she is also the former Chief Operations Officer and Vice President of Coach U, Inc. A cross section of Pamela's formal studies include a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from California Polytechnic University, a Masters degree from California State University Fullerton in Performing Arts, and a certificate of completion from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
An experienced executive, she has owned her own business for many years and has played various other roles in life as well, a few of which include: an actress, writer, martial artist, director, producer, curriculum development specialist and mentor coach. Pamela is an ICF Master Certified Coach and President Elect of the International Coach Federation.
Julio Olalla
Julio Olalla was born in Chile. After the military coup d'etat of 1973 he and his family left Chile and established themselves in Argentina, where he founded and developed a furniture company. However, a military coup in Argentina forced them to leave and establish themselves in the USA.
Once in the USA Julio joined a group of Chilean refugees and American Professors in the University of California at Berkeley to study Philosophy of Language and Biology of Cognition with a view to making them of practical value.
In 1990 Julio founded The Newfield Network to train individuals in coaching and to bring coaching into socially and environmentally responsible organizations. Newfield has also developed executive orientated programs in partnership with George Mason University and Villanova University in the USA and Chile.
Julio is an ICF Master Certified Coach and has been a regular keynote speaker at ICF conferences in Europe and the USA. Julio, his wife and his third child live in Boulder, Colorado, USA.