LISTENING TO LEARN

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LISTENING TO LEARN
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Listening is

• An essential part of communication
• Not taught in school
• A skill that can be learned

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Why is Listening a Key Skill of Leadership?


We dont see things as they are, we see things
as we are Anais Nin Author 1903-1977

• Connecting
• Decision Making
• Problem Solving

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• Seek first to understand, then to be
  understood.
  
• Stephen Covey

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Two Parts ofEffective Listening

• Active Listening
• Empathetic Listening

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Active Listening Requires

• Rephrasing and Confirming
• Nonjudgmental Attitude

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Empathetic Listening Requires

• Putting oneself in the speakers place
• Imagining the speakers viewpoint
• Understanding the speakers feelings

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Monitoring OurListening Level

• Awareness
• Adjustments
• Powerful Tools

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Role Play Listening in Adversarial Situations
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Listening inAdversarial Situations

• Nonjudgmental
• Productive Framework
• Positive Conversation

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Listeners should always strive to create a
positive present as opposed to a negative past.
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Giving and Receiving Feedback

• Can be difficult
• Basic part of team development, leadership, and
  friendship
• Both parties must use effective listening

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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?

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You can give caring feedback without a good
technique,but the slickest technique in the
world will not hide a lack of caring.
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Tips on Receiving Feedback

• Seek out feedback.
• Listen carefully.
• Listen actively.
• Listen empathetically.
• Monitor your emotions.

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Consider feedback to be a gift. It truly is one.
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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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