Dr Caroline Mann
PhD; MEd; BSc; PGCE; RSA SpLD; AMBDA; NLP Master Practitioner and Coach.
Biography:
Caroline is an experienced presenter, educator, consultant and coach. She regularly runs professional development trainings, workshops and individual coaching in the business world to executives and management teams as part of leadership development programmes or as one off trainings. She also runs courses, workshops and individual coaching in education to head teachers, teachers and students. In addition she offers 1-1 coaching for private individuals.
Caroline graduated with a BSc. Honours degree from University College London, followed by a post graduate certificate in education at The Froebel Institute, London, and she subsequently taught in an inner city London school. After 16 years co-running a successful business in Wiltshire, Caroline returned to teaching, specialising in students with specific learning difficulties.
While working with students of all ages, either individually or as whole classes, Caroline completed a Masters Degree in Educational Guidance and Counselling at The Graduate School of Education, Bristol University. This led to a PhD, with her doctoral research exploring the optimum state for effective learning and performance. She then trained as an NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) Master Practitioner and Coach. She is a member of the British Board of NLP (BBNLP) and the Global Organisation of NLP (GONLP).
Philosophy:
How we act and behave in the world, in any sphere of performance, is powered by our internal emotions, beliefs, attitudes, expectations and values. In order to change the “outer game” we need to discover and understand the power of the “inner game”. It is useful to learn how to clear the internal interference that prevents us accessing our full potential. How we think and what we believe is what we become and do. In other words without knowing it, we become the story that we tell ourselves on a daily basis.
Caroline is passionate about helping people of all ages understand how to fine tune the “inner game” and tap into their resources and talents to become who they really are. She believes that we can all excel beyond our expectations. She is an expert in processes that access the optimal performance state. In this state limiting beliefs dissolve, aspirations are surpassed and learning becomes fast, effective and enjoyable so that we can perform at our best in any sphere of endeavour.
Coaching – understanding the “inner game”:
Caroline offers one to one business or private coaching. It goes without saying that each client is different and will want to address their own concerns. However, these may include some of the following:
• Identifying and transforming emotional blocks
• Releasing limiting beliefs and assumptions that are sabotaging progress
• Finding the key to unlock potential
• Discovering and accessing unique strengths and talents
• Clarifying desired outcomes - goals and aspirations
• Aligning values to outcomes
• Renewing motivation
• Raising self esteem and confidence
• Taming anger
• Managing and reducing stress and anxiety
• Accessing the optimum state for effective performance
• Seeking and implementing strategies that will ensure success in the future.
• Excelling beyond your expectations
Learning – understanding the “outer game”:
Caroline also offers one to one or group learning on the following:
• Understanding the amazing brain and how to accelerate its performance
• Understanding how memory works and how to improve it
• Power reading – different speeds of reading for different purposes
• Making effective notes for maximum recall
• Writing skills to impress and receive top acclaim
• Organisation and time management
• Revising fast and effectively for exams
• Exam technique for top results
Training – Combining the “inner and the outer game”.
Caroline also offers one day training days for teachers, students and businesses:
• INSET courses for management and staff: Head teachers, teachers, educational psychologists and learning support assistants.
• Half term and holiday courses for students
• Contact her for training courses offered for Businesses
Most training programmes focus on changing external behaviour and therefore they have limited short term impact. These training programmes, however, focus initially on internal processes such as perceptions, attitudes, expectations, beliefs and values. This is the powerhouse that actually drives your behaviour and the training results in long term positive change.
• The training programmes are flexible and can be either whole day intensives or cut into sets of modules, depending on your school's, or college's, needs and requirements.
• Each delegate is given a comprehensive workbook file of handouts and step-by-step exercises to use with your class straight away.
COURSES OFFERED:
1. TRAIN YOUR EMOTIONS – getting your emotions to work intelligently for you.
Course Length: This training is run on two days although each day can also stand alone if required
• “Feel Good, Think Smart, Be your Best”. Have you ever wondered why everything works better when you are in a good mood? This training day concentrates on personal effectiveness and how to get the best out of yourself. It examines the connection between positive emotion, thinking clearly and being your best. It includes self awareness, stress management, self esteem; self discipline; positive attitude; motivation and setting clear outcomes.
• “The Heart of Relationships” concentrates on how to get the best out of others; how to build strong, enriching relationships with friends and colleagues; how to be part of a team or how to lead and inspire others. It includes how to develop empathy and rapport. It also focuses on language - how to talk so others are keen to listen to you and how to listen so that others can think and speak clearly.
2. TRAIN YOUR BRAIN: Using Meditation and Visualisation.
Course Length: One day.
Contrary to popular belief, most education does not train the mind and information is not absorbed automatically. The mind needs to be in the optimum state of deep relaxation coupled with high alertness. This relaxed-alert state has come to be seen as a highly prized state for education and any professional person wanting to improve performance in any field. This training will explore two powerful and practical techniques to train the brain and access the relaxed alert state.
Step by step guidance on meditation and visualisation.
Regular meditation practise has been scientifically proven to significantly increase concentration and cognitive functioning. This is an opportunity for experiential learning to access the relaxed alert state. Research findings and case studies of good practise are given.
Practical meditation exercises and techniques to improve performance by:
• Strengthening the mind
• Training concentration
• Reducing stress and activating the brain's natural "Relaxation Response"
• Curbing hyperactivity
• Improving cognitive functioning
• Boosting the immune system
• Improving behaviour
Examples of visualisation for the curriculum.
• Introduce learning themes
• Dissolve learning blocks
• Set effective goals
• Maximise memory
Promote Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural Well-being.
1. Increase self esteem and happiness
2. Increase self-discipline and motivation
3. Reduce stress to achieve a state of relaxed alertness
4. See noticeable improvements in attitude and motivation
3. FAST EFFECTIVE LEARNING SKILLS:
Course Length – one day overview for teachers or a week of experiential learning for students. The course would include the following:
Brain and State:
• Learning about your massive brain
• How to get into the best state for fast effective learning
• Discovering your unique learning style
Memory and Visualisation Training:
• How to have a fool proof memory
• Visualisation techniques to help memory and learning
Reading Skills:
• Skimming
• Scanning
• Accurate Reading
• SQ3R
Note-Taking Skills:
• Spotting key words in sentences and paragraphs
• Making Learning Maps for note-taking, essays, presentations and revision
Organisation and Goals Setting:
• What stops you learning?
• How can you be better organised?
• How to set Goals that really work.
Writing Skills:
• Unpacking essay questions
• Planning essays
• Understanding literary terms
• Writing superb essays
Revision Skills and Exam Technique
• Smarter, faster, effective revision
• Getting those A* grades in exams
CONTACT DETAILS:
caroline@carolinemanncoaching.co.uk
www.carolinemanncoaching.co.uk
TEL: 01747 870 894