The diploma course is often called an "Introduction to NLP" or "Core Skills".

It is typically four days or less and serves as a good introduction to Neurolinguistic Programming.

At the end of the course, you should be able to:

build rapport with someone

understand what makes the difference between good communication and great communication

detect the different ways people are thinking, by noticing the non-verbals clues they give

know how to adapt your behaviour to match those different ways of thinking

know your outcome - do you really want what you think you want?

"store" your positive emotional states and go back to them when you need to

View the full INLPTA Diploma Syllabus

Four days is long enough to get a good feel for the core skills of NLP. Much less than 3 days and you probably won't have had enough time to integrate the new skills.

Some companies run single-day courses.

We don't recommend these because it's unrealistic to get the practise time and feedback on all the basic NLP skills in just a few hours. Whilst such a course might be interesting, it's unlikely to help you actually improve your skill levels.

The INLPTA standards for Diploma certification are 30 hours of tuition over 4 days.

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