"[programs] which guide and direct other thought processes. Specifically they define common or typical patterns in the strategies or thinking styles of a particular individual, group or culture."
One set of meta-programs consisitngconsisting of 13 distinct patterns effecting work-place motivation and performance was elicited by Rodger Bailey fromand studiesRoss atSteward IBMfrom their work inas theHR 1970sconsultants and developed as the Language and Behaviour Profile, commonly known as the 'LAB Profile'. Rodger's work was further extended and developed by [[Shelle Rose Charvet]] and published in her book 'Words that Change Minds'.
