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Learn the importance of listening in communication, leadership, and problem-solving. Discover active and empathetic listening techniques, role-play strategies, and tips for giving and receiving feedback. Enhance your listening skills to create positive interactions and foster better relationships. Transform negative situations into constructive outcomes by honing your listening abilities. Develop the essential skill of effective listening and leverage its power in various aspects of your personal and professional life.
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Listening is… • An essential part of communication • Not taught in school • A skill that can be learned
Why is Listening a Key Skill of Leadership? • Connecting • Decision Making • Problem Solving
“Seek first to understand, then to be understood.” —Stephen Covey
Two Parts ofEffective Listening • Active Listening • Empathetic Listening
Active Listening Requires… • Rephrasing and Confirming • Nonjudgmental Attitude
Empathetic Listening Requires… • Putting oneself in the speaker’s place • Imagining the speaker’s viewpoint • Understanding the speaker’s feelings
Monitoring OurListening Level • Awareness • Adjustments • Powerful Tools
Listening inAdversarial Situations • Nonjudgmental • Productive Framework • Positive Conversation
Listeners should always strive to create a positive present as opposed to a negative past.
Giving and Receiving Feedback • Can be difficult • Basic part of team development, leadership, and friendship • Both parties must use effective listening
Tips on Giving Feedback • Is it helpful? • Do others want it? • Can it change a behavior? • Is it specific? • Does it describe behavior? • How does it impact you? • Does it contain an “I” statement? • Did the recipient understand what you said?
You can give caring feedback without a good technique,but the slickest technique in the world will not hide a lack of caring.
Tips on Receiving Feedback • Seek out feedback. • Listen carefully. • Listen actively. • Listen empathetically. • Monitor your emotions.
Effective Listening • A learned skill • Important to relationships and problem solving • Active and empathetic • Turns a negative situation into a positive one • Key to giving and receiving feedback.
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