It's silly, but it's true #1...Gene Rooney/John Grinder (Gene via Lead Consultants- he may have just shifted out of NLP seminars) I haven't actually sat down in a group led by John, but after many many video and audio tapes, I don't need to know what his breath smells like to know he can't be topped. #2...Robert Dilts (I appreciate Dr Grinder's attempts to point out the flaws in some of Dilt's definitions, but as Grinder is fond to point out, it's all about usefulness- Dilts, in my experience is a master at helping people operationalize knowledge) #3...Jeff Rose (Yea, he is not prone to call what he teaches NLP, but it has enough elements; he told me about this list.  He only does personal consulting and it's made a huge difference in my work.  He questions many of the assumptions, but he maintains the strong impact...hey, Jeff, do I get a discount for putting you in my top five) #4...Steven Gilligan (again, he has different words for what exactly he does, but he's top-notch...I get the impression that if you want a sense of what it was like to hang with Milton, you should hang with Gilligan...not as much anymore as he is doing a lot to separate himself) #5...Richard Bandler (I think he's the only one left)...just kidding...really #5 should go to....................I have no idea at this point I'm stumped