The Transformational Power of Aligning Multiple Levels of Learning and Change

Effective and successful performance is a function of a number of different levels of influence. These levels relate to our environment (where and when we act), our behavior (what we do), our capabilities (how we think and plan), our values and beliefs (why we think and act the way we do), our identity (who we perceive ourselves to be), and our sense of purpose (to whom and to what we dedicate ourselves).

Different levels of learning and change have different dynamics and produce different types and degrees of impact. These levels form a type of pyramid – moving from environment to purpose – in which each successive level is more abstract yet more influential than the level below it.

The higher levels organize and integrate the elements of the level below it. Changing something on an upper level (identity, for example) would necessarily reorganize things on the lower levels (e.g., behavior). Changing something on a lower level (e.g., environment) could, but would not necessarily, substantially affect the upper levels (e.g., sense of purpose).

The lower levels are the necessary components of all higher levels; if a lower level of a system is not present, the levels above it will not be fully functional or expressed. Each higher level forms a greater whole because it embraces yet transcends the previous structures from which it is formed.

This workshop will explore the role played by each of these levels in facilitating meaningful and sustainable life goals. Robert Dilts, the author of the Pyramid of Logical Levels, will explain and demonstrate how these various levels of change impact our health, relationships, family life, success in business and our ability to learn and grow. Even more, Robert will teach us strategies and tools that enable us to transform our lives by leveraging change at all levels of the Pyramid.