Complimentary, confidential 1:1 NLP discovery sessions designed to clarify what you want, confirm we’re the right fit, and set you up for success — before any financial commitment.
UK-based and delivered worldwide via premium, secure 1:1 video sessions, the Discovery phase ensures you start any programme with clarity, alignment, and momentum. You’ll hear things from people in your own life that no course could ever teach you.
NLP Discovery Sessions – Your Path to Clarity and Confident Commitment
Your Path to Clarity — The Discovery phase does three things before you invest a penny:
Clarifies what you actually want — not what you think you should want, but the direction that would make your life and work genuinely better.
Confirms whether we can work together — saving you time if the fit isn’t right, and giving you more than you expect if it is.
Tests your commitment through action — you’ll complete a Vision Roadmap, assess your leadership capabilities, and gather live feedforward from people who know you. This isn’t a chat. It’s a working process with real output.
This isn’t a sales conversation disguised as generosity. It’s the beginning of the work itself.
Our Ideal Client Profile
You’re a senior leader, entrepreneur, or professional who knows something needs to shift — but you’re not yet clear on what, or how. You’re not looking for a course. You’re looking for a thinking partner who’ll challenge you, clarify your direction, and hold you to a higher standard than you’d set alone.
As with all my programmes, I exclusively partner with clients who are prepared to demonstrate five core traits throughout our path together: Ambition, Courage, Discipline, Humility, and Honesty.
Your commitment: Treat this as a learning adventure. Be engaged. Take an active part throughout. Show up ready to do the thinking — not wait for instructions.
Ready to Explore Whether This Is Right for You?
In this short video, I explain our complimentary NLP discovery phase.
Book a complimentary 30-minute secure video call with Michael to discuss what you want to achieve.
| Programme | Focus | Impact | Investment |
| Discovery | What would make the programme genuinely useful to you? | Sets you up for success for all our programmes | No Charge |
| NLP Practitioner | Solid base of communication and influence skills | Core capabilities for business and life | £2100/$2800. Paid monthly |
| NLP Master Practitioner | Deepen foundations, create techniques, and apply them through a live project | Improve real-world results by applying what you’ve learnt | £2400/$3200. Paid monthly |
| NLP Coach Practitioner | Apply communication and influence to coaching ourselves and others | Coach your team to improve performance or set up your practice | £2400/$3200. Paid monthly |
| NLP Business Practitioner | Apply improved communication and influence to major business opportunities and challenges | Sustainable business and commercial success | £3000/$4000. Paid monthly |
Overview of our NLP Training
Programme Snapshot
- Format: Initial 30-minute call followed by three complimentary 1:1 Discovery sessions.
- Delivery: Live, premium, secure video sessions.
- Investment: No charge.
- Output: A completed Vision Roadmap, a leadership self-assessment, and live feedforward from 4–5 people in your world.
- Outcome: Total clarity on your direction, your development priorities, and whether a full programme is right for you.
Trainer Expertise
I’m Michael Beale, a 1:1 NLP Trainer and CEO Coach.
- Director, Business NLP Ltd.
- Marshall Goldsmith, Leadership and Team Coach; John Grinder, Certified New Code Practitioner and NLP Coach.
- Over 20 years as a Richard Bandler Certified Trainer and Coach Trainer.
- 15 years as a buyer managing millions of pounds in procurement, combined with over two decades of senior business leadership experience.
- Former Strategy Development Manager, Strategy of £1B Business Unit, BT plc.
What You Will Complete
The Vision Roadmap: A structured set of questions designed to surface your end goals, milestones, immediate focus areas, strengths, development areas, blockers, and alignment — connecting daily actions to long-term aspirations.
Sections include:
- What’s Working Well
- End Goals & Direction (3–6 goals, 5–10 year horizon)
- Visualising Success
- Milestones & Immediate Focus Areas
- Your SuperPower
- Development Areas & Possible Blockers
- Alignment (action → ambition → aspiration → benefit to others)
- Resilience
Leadership Self-Assessment: Rate your current leadership capabilities and nominate areas for development from a proven list — including stakeholder management, building partnerships, leading change, empowering people, creating a shared vision, and developing technological savvy.
Feedforward Exercise: Gather specific, future-focused suggestions from 4–5 people who know your work. This isn’t feedback about the past — it’s practical input on what to do next. You’ll bring the results back, and we’ll use them to shape your programme focus. Most clients say this single exercise changes more than any training day ever did.
What This Looks Like in Practice
A senior leader came in unsure whether he wanted executive coaching or NLP training. Through the Vision Roadmap, he realised his real goal was autonomy — not another promotion. We redirected the entire programme toward building his consulting practice. He would never have landed there without the Discovery process forcing clarity first.
An HR director completed the feedforward exercise expecting confirmation. Instead, three stakeholders independently flagged the same blind spot. That single insight shaped her entire six-month programme — and she later said it was the most valuable thing she’d ever been told.
What You Won’t Get
No generic personality quiz that tells you what you already know. No pre-packaged “coaching framework” that ignores your context. No pressure to commit before you’re ready. And no wasted time — yours or mine.
Complimentary NLP Discovery Sessions – Your First Step
I offer a confidential, complimentary 30-minute video session to explore your goals and direction.
If the fit is right, we move to three complimentary discovery sessions — where you complete the Vision Roadmap, leadership assessment, and feedforward exercise, experiencing my exact 1:1 methodology before making any financial commitment.
You’ll walk away with a completed Vision Roadmap, live feedforward from people who know your work, and total clarity on your next move — whether we work together or not. What have you got to lose?
Your path: Initial call → Three discovery sessions → Programme begins
Book your initial 30-minute secure video session now
Resources & Deep Dives
- Access over 100 full NLP techniques and strategic exercises via our sister site, NLP Techniques.
- Learn more about how I integrate high-performance development into enterprise leadership via Marshall Goldsmith Stakeholder-Centred Coaching.
FAQs – NLP Discovery Sessions
Q: What happens on the initial 30-minute call? A: We explore what you want to achieve, discuss your background, and confirm whether moving to the three Discovery sessions makes sense for both of us. No pressure, no pitch — just an honest conversation about fit.
Q: What is the Vision Roadmap? A: A structured form covering your end goals, milestones, focus areas, strengths, development priorities, and alignment. You’ll discuss it with me first, complete it in your own time, and use it as the foundation for everything that follows. It’s iterative — you can update it as your thinking sharpens.
Q: What’s the feedforward exercise? A: You’ll ask 4–5 people a simple, future-focused question about what you could do better. Then you bring their responses back to our session. It gives us real-world data — not assumptions — to shape your development focus.
Q: Do I have to commit to a full programme after Discovery? A: No. The Discovery phase is designed to give you clarity and a genuine experience of the work. If the fit isn’t right — for either of us — we part ways with no obligation. If it is right, you’ll know exactly what you’re committing to and why.