The quality of everything we do depends on the quality of the thinking we do first.

And yet when was the last time you really had time to think when you needed it, or before you acted or made decisions? Time to collect your thoughts, to let them flow, to move them around, to weigh them up, to go as deep or as wide or as focused or as bold or as high as you wanted?

And when was the last time you were able to think in the presence of someone else who genuinely wanted to hear what you thought, who invited you to truly think for yourself, who didn’t interrupt, question, advise, direct, analyse, interpret, assess or judge?  

The Thinking Environment™ is a unique and powerful framework for generative thinking developed by Nancy Kline of Time to Think. Guided by principles called The Ten Components, it enables people to think for themselves with rigour, imagination, courage and grace. It will take your thinking to new heights, ignite your mind and very probably surprise you when you see how brilliantly your mind works when the conditions for thinking are just right. 

Trained in depth by Nancy Kline, Linda Aspey offers confidential one to one Time to Think Coaching sessions for senior managers, executives and business owners. This simple and yet profoundly impactful process is underpinned by the belief that the quality of a person’s attention determines the quality of the other person’s thinking, and that given the right conditions, you can generate a multitude of  thoughts that will help you to gain real clarity or resolve dilemmas. Additionally, through this process, any assumptions you unknowingly hold in your mind - that cripple you and block you from reaching your goals - can be liberated.

How does it work? There are several stages which flow smoothly into and out of each other.

• In a quiet, calm, comfortable setting,  we will explore your thinking – starting with a simple question - 'What do you want to think about today, and what are your thoughts?' You talk about whatever you would like to think through, whilst I give you my total attention – listening silently for as long as you are busy thinking, whether you are talking aloud, or in the moments when you fall silent.
• I will ask you several times what more you want to say as it's very likely that you will have more, because of the environment we have created, so this stage may continue for quite some time.
• When you're sure you have done all the thinking you want for now, I’ll invite you to name an objective or further session goal; your thinking will have helped you to decide what you want to achieve.
• If you have any assumptions that could stand in the way of achieving your goal, I'll ask you some questions that will incisively reach the heart of these assumptions, enabling you to see and feel them from a different and more liberating perspective. 
• This process helps you to generate solutions and plans that you can then take away and make happen, in the knowledge that you've fully thought through, and determined your own, course of action.  You may be astounded at what you have achieved in just 2 or 3 hours.

Where it would prove useful, Time to Think sessions can be complemented with psychometric profiling, executive assessment exercises, or other coaching tools, depending on your needs. 
 

Time to Think coaching sessions can be one -off, ad hoc or at regular intervals - whatever works best for you. 

So if you're a senior manager or executive, or a business owner who would like to personally experience how a Time to Think session could help you to do your very best thinking, please just get in touch with me, Linda Aspey, to discuss or for more reading on it, visit www.timetothink.com