John Grinder's Biography(Books)(Photos)

John Grinder is the co-founder of Neuro
Linguistic Programming (NLP) with Dr. Richard

these applications of NLP which are taught at
the highest level of Corporate Excellence

Bandler. He is a graduate in psychology from
the University of San Francisco. He served in

trainings worldwide and to world leaders
whether implicitly or explicitly. With his

the US military and also the US intelligence
agency. John Grinder later acquired a Ph D

partner Carmen, John is continually exploring
new territories and continually updates his

in Linguistics from the University of
California in San Diego in the late 1960s.

work, introducing new models of excellence
and vastly updated models of his and Bandlers

John Grinder distinguished in the field of

early work.

linguistics; especially in the area of
syntax. He was later appointed as a professor

John Grinder along with Richard Bandler has
created a relatively unique technique to make

of linguistics in the newly founded
University of California in Santa Cruz. He

your mind work into positive things and
achieve what’s best for you. NLP teaches

has many books to his credit and some of his
exception work can be seen in books like On

you techniques on self-improvisation and also
helps you gauge the personality of people

Deletion Phenomena in English (1972) and
Guide to Transformational Grammar (1973)

around you. It’s important that one has his
thoughts, feelings, words and behavior in

among various other articles.

perfect coordination to give out the required
results.

Grinder went on to develop a new field called
the Neuro Linguistic Programming along with

Once your thoughts, words and actions are in

Richard Bandler, who was then a student of
psychology. It all started when Bandler

alignment you’ll be in a better position to
get your message across to your audience in

invited Grinder to participate in his therapy
groups. Grinder was enthralled by the ways in

an effective way and most importantly in the
way you intended it to be.

which the therapists used their linguistic
patterns to give effective results on their

The NLP Academy is the only company in the UK

patients.

where even the most advanced Master
Practitioner, NLP Trainer or Corporate Leader

John Grinder has authored 14 books on complex
subjects ranging from transformational

will learn directly from John’s genius.
Still today John’s books form the core and

grammar, family therapy and his creation of
Neuro-Linguistic Programming.

foundations of any NLP Practitioner training.
With the NLP Academy you will fully

NLP belongs to John Grinder, maybe not in the

experience the depth of John’s teachings,
the breadth of his knowledge and infectious

literal sense. If you studied the patterns of
NLP which were originally developed in the

personal charisma, whether as part of the
training sessions or over coffee in the

70’s you will recognize the wisdom of John
Grinder flows throughout the early work.

breaks. John’s latest teachings will
significantly refine your original NLP

John’s work is documented in well over 1000
other educational books on subject matter

experience and will ensure his students stay
ahead in their field.

ranging from specialist NLP matters,
psychology, sales, negotiation, management,

Between 1982-1987, strongly influenced by

parenting and accelerated learning. Dr
Grinder’s work is also the subject matter

anthropologist and systems theorist Gregory
Bateson, who had a strong focus on ecology as

of well over 1000 nlp public seminars each
year, training people over 20,000 people each

a psychological construct, Grinder and Judith
DeLozier collaborated to develop the New Code

year around the globe hosted by specialist
NLP Trainers. The majority of quality

of NLP. Grinder and Bateson had met during
their affiliation with Kresge College at the

business seminars will now include aspects of
John Grinder’s work, which equates to

University of California, Santa Cruz during
the 1970s. Grinder and Delozier presented an

figure of tens of thousands of people
learning implicitly from the genius of John

aesthetic framework for the "classic code" of
NLP that explicates the involvement of

Grinder. That figure is growing every year.

ecology and the unconscious mind in change
work. Ecology in NLP is about respecting the

This lead John Grinder along with Richard
Bandler to come up with a model called as

integrity of the system as a whole when
assessing a change to that system; the

Neuro Linguistic Programming. This was
derived from the theory of transformational

'system' in this case is a person's model of
the world and the consequences of that model

grammar and the language patterns used by
effective therapists like Fritz Perls,

in the person's environment. Practically
speaking, this consideration entails asking

Virginia Satir and Hypnotherapist Milton H.
Erickson.

questions like "What are the intended effects
of this change? What other effects might this

change have, and are those effects desirable?
Is this change still a good idea?" The

various books published by these therapists
which became a foundation of Neuro Linguistic

seminars were transcribed and published in
1987, Turtles All the Way Down; Prerequisites

Programming. John Grinder has co-founded many
other books on NLP and its techniques and

to Personal Genius.

applications.

The New Code of NLP has been further
developed by John Grinder and Carmen Bostic

People all over the world have greatly
benefited from the NLP techniques in

St Clair who founded Quantum Leap Inc.; a
cultural change consultancy firm. Currently

improving self-confidence which has lead them
to successful personal and professional

John and Carmen present some public seminars
on NLP internationally. In 2001, Grinder

achievements. The NLP model came as a boon to
many people who lacked certain qualities that

(with Bostic St Clair) published Whispering
in the Wind with set of recommendations as to

are required to make it big in this
competitive world.

how specifically NLP can improve its practice
and take its rightful place as a

John Grinder has devoted his life’s work

scientifically based endeavor with its
precise focus on modeling of the extremes of

towards his quest to uncover and present
human patterns of excellence, modelled from

human behavior: excellence and the high
performers who actually do it. Grinder has

geniuses in different fields. He created
Neuro-Linguistic Programming with Richard

since strongly encouraged the field to make a
recommitment to what he considers the core

Bandler, as a means to investigate and
replicate extreme human excellence. It is

activity of NLP, modeling.