Tag Archives: Listening

Perception Is Reality

If you ever participated in one of my ‘Make Listening Work’ presentations or workshops, you probably heard me having fun with one of my favorite tongue twisters: Read More »

Listen on Three Levels

Listening? What does listening have to do with your job as hard-working and dynamic business leaders or entrepreneurs? Well … a lot, when you get out of your own box and view your role as a workplace communicator and problem-solver for your internal or external customers. Read More »

Why I Love ‘Worklife’

The Staples Corporation recently launched ‘Worklife’, a monthly e-magazine that offers insights, ideas and practical know-how for decision-makers and problem-solvers. Read More »

Make Listening Work

Listening? What does that have to do with your job as a business professional? Well … a lot, when you view your role as a workplace communicator and problem-solver for your internal and/or external customers. Read More »

Learn from the Movies

With Oscar-mania and other movie award shows behind us for another year, let’s see what we can learn about communication from the movies.

The secret to talking is listening.’ – Scarlett Johansson, ‘We Bought a Zoo’, 2011

Learning to listen – that takes a lot of discipline.’  – Gary Cole, ‘Forever Strange’, 2008

Rule #1 – be a listener!’ – Robert Downey Jr., ‘Lucky You’, 2007

‘As long as you’re talking, you’re not listening.’ – Sylvester Stallone, ‘Creed’, 2015

And the Oscar goes to …

Masterful Listening

Some masterful Listening Tips from ‘Communicate or Die’:

  • ‘Listen without a point of view. Avoid immediate free-association to your own experience put your tendency to evaluate on hold.

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Speaking & Listening

Communicate or Die – Getting Results Through Speaking and Listening’, Thomas D. Zweifel, Ph.D., SelectBooks, Inc., 2003.

Full of ideas you can use to improve your speaking and listening – two essential workplace communication skills. Well worth the read.

 

Listening on All Three Levels

Listening? What does listening have to do with your job as hard-working and dynamic business professionals? Well … a lot, when you get out of your own box and view your role as a workplace communicator and problem-solver for your internal or external customers.
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