NBI Thinking Styles

The Neethling Brain Instruments (NBI) is a series of instruments that have been developed based on left & right brain functions. NBI are used to determine one’s preferred thinking style, which gives an indication of how we communicate, act towards other people in different situations, do business, make decisions, solve problems, learn, teach etc.

Understanding your own preferred thinking style enables you to understand yourself and others better. Once you understand your own thinking style that determines the way you relate/ act towards others, you can better adapt your style to appropriately connect with others & meet them where they are, thereby enhancing the relationship.

Would you benefit from understanding your thinking style?

Ever wondered why you do things a certain way?
Do you know what makes you ‘tick’?
Ever felt frustrated with yourself and wondered why?
Ever wondered if your job is harnessing your potential or hindering it?
Do you know what your strengths are and how to play to them?
Ever struggled to understand your partner, boss, colleague, family members?
Would you like to be able to communicate with others more effectively?
Do you limit yourself by only using part of your brain, or do you know how to think using your whole brain?
Do you want to be a more effective parent?
Do you want to be a more effective leader?
Do you want to optimise your team dynamics?
Do you want to be more effective in strategizing your business?
Do you want to be more effective in selling ideas, concepts or products to others?
Do you want to be a more effective teacher or trainer?
Ever wondered what the ideal career would be for you to pursue?

If you answer yes to any of the above questions – then doing an NBI Thinking Styles Profile would really benefit you. Be transformed by the renewing of your mind! Get a fresh perspective that will help you understand yourself and others better. Applying this knowledge will help you improve communication in all areas of life. Thinking with your whole brain will empower you to embrace your potential and live life with a new level of understanding.

The applications are vast, including a few workplace applications like:

Personal Development - Thoughts determine our actions. Once you understand your thought process, you are able to identify them and modify your actions accordingly in order to act in ways that will optimise your interaction with others.
Teams - Team roles can be assigned in order to play to individual strengths of team members, thus optimising team dynamics & effectiveness.
Management & Leadership - Understanding the preferred thinking styles of your employees/ direct reports enables you to adapt your management & leadership style to make them feel valued, optimise their productivity and enhance their performance.
Sales - Being able to identify the thinking style of a customer enables you to pitch the sales call in the most appropriate & relevant way for that customer. This enhances the effectiveness of sales calls and assists in optimising sales results.
Customer Relationship Management - Understanding different customer’s thinking preference enables you to tailor make customer relationship management programs to suit these preferences, thereby maximising the impact & delivering optimum return on investment.