Structuring Outcomes

The well-formed conditions

Outcomes by NLP

9 questions to ask when working with outcomes

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#1 What do you want? (Positive)

Toward vs. Away

Want vs. Avoid

Negative into positive:

What do I want instead?
What will this do for me?
#2 How will you know you are
succeeding/have succeeded? (Evidence)
1. Feedback as you progress
2. Evidence for achieving the
outcome

Assessing the above:

1. What will I measure?
2. What will I see, hear, or feel?
#3 Where, when, and with whom? (Specifics)

Question to ask:
1. Where specifically
do I want this?
2. When specifically
do I want this?
3. In what context do
I want this?
#4 What resources do you have? (Resources)

List your resources:

1. Objects
2. People
3. Role models
4. Personal qualities
5. Money
 #5 Can you start and maintain the outcome?
(Control)

Question to ask:
Myself & Others
1. How much is under my control?
2. What can I do?
3. What should others do?
4. Who will help me?
5. How can I motivate them?*
6. What can I offer them?*
 #6 What are the wider consequences? (Ecology)

Systematic consideration:
1. Time & Effort
2. Who else is affected?
3. What should I give up?
4. What’s good about the present?
5. What else could happen after?
#7 Is this outcome aligned with me? (Identity)

Individual Level:
• What does this get me?

Organizational Level:
• Culture & value= Identity
#8 How do your outcomes fit together? (Big Picture)

Too large outcome:

• List obstacles:
What prevents me from
achieving this outcome?

Too small outcome:

• Connect the dots:
What do these small
outcomes get for me?
#9 What to do next? (Action plan)?

Act / Delegate:
• Put your plan into action

• Give the wider picture