Ann Slack - Consultant Trainer

Ann has been delivering  NLP training courses for over a decade. She has a wealth of experience and a wonderful ability to make learning enjoyable and fun with a relaxed and informal style that allows her to work with groups in a flexible and responsive way.

Ann began her career with a degree in Mathematics and Philosophy and later obtained a masters degree in Philosophy.  Her appreciation of the value of thinking skills led her to develop courses in Clear Thinking, which she taught in adult education classes for fourteen years. Drawing on her experience of work in alcoholism treatment and social services, Ann continued to develop these courses, combining personal development and interpersonal skills with rigorous critical thinking.

Building on this understanding, she designed and delivered innovative and successful courses for people with mental health problems.  As she developed her interest in NLP, she was able to integrate these skills into the courses. Often teaching people with little formal education and low levels of confidence, Ann was able to communicate these ideas effectively so that students could use them to improve their confidence, their interpersonal skills and  draw on a variety of strategies to improve their mental health and well being.

As part of these courses, Ann was given time to work with students individually on more personal and challenging issues. As a result of her work in this area and in her private practice, she has considerable experience of using NLP to help people to deal with difficulties and to make long-lasting and worthwhile changes. Having witnessed the profound changes that people have achieved using NLP, Ann is committed to making these skills more widely available.  A credible research base is essential to make this possible. She has been delighted to be involved in several research projects. This has included the Health and Mental Health projects mentioned above and a project on the value of NLP training in the voluntary sector.

Ann has provided NLP training courses to many varied groups. These have included health service professionals, people with mental health problems, local community groups and oil company engineers in Abu Dhabi. This extensive experience informs her work on the trainings, enabling our course participants to develop the confidence and skill to use NLP effectively and to make a profound difference in the world.

Dr Henrie Lidiard

(Proprietor and Lead Trainer at NLP in the North)

Henrie began her career as a successful research scientist studying complex natural systems. Whilst managing research projects she became interested in the process of creativity and how to enable collaborative achievement.  She stepped out of the academic system in 1997 and into to a blue chip environment to gain experience in business.

Henrie now has more than 25 years experience in delivering outstanding personal and professional development.  Her passion is helping people discover their innate depth and potential, enriching lives both at work and beyond.

Henrie is an INLPTA Master Trainer and her NLP trainings are characterised by enthusiasm, warmth, flexibility and deep subject knowledge. Her experience includes delivering INLPTA accredited NLP courses, within the private, public and voluntary sectors; and in 2004 she qualified as one of only a handful of INLPTA’s Master Trainers in the UK.  She has been developing and innovating in the field of NLP for many years and has co-trained with Wyatt Woodsmall, (a co-founder of INLPTA) on more than 12 INLPTA Trainers Trainings internationally (including co-hosting two in West Yorkshire). She is also a member of the international NLP Leadership Summit.

She is certified in Advanced Behavioural Modelling^TM and has modelled the skills of elite entrepreneurs. Henrie has also been instrumental in developing rigorous independent research on the applications and effects of NLP in the fields of health (palliative care, MRI Radiography), education and in mental health.

She has a deep love of learning and all Henrie's training and coaching is supported by her profound love of the Enneagram and Mindfulness (she is an Enneagram Institute Accredited Trainer and an IEQ9 accredited coach). She has been a student of the Ridhwan School since 2010. She is also experienced in the theory and application of Spiral Dynamics, has extensive training in physical approaches to change and is a Master Practitioner in Robert Fletcher's Thought Pattern Management. She qualified as an mBIT Master Coach and Trainer (using Multiple Brain Integration Techniques) on the first UK trainings with mBIT originators Marvin Oka and Grant Soosalu. She also studies and uses Systemic Constellations in her coaching and training. In her spare time, Henrie loves swimming, making stained glass and walking in the Yorkshire countryside.  She is happily married, has an allotment and has recently been adopted by a cat.

'NLP in the North'  is part of  Go Beyond Consulting.

About us

Henrie Lidiard and Ann Slack have been delivering highly regarded NLP programmes since 1998.