How to Be an Effective Listener

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The first level of listening is to pretend that we're listening, but really our mind and our mental energy are somewhere else. The next level is partial listening where you maybe occasionally make eye contact with whoever's speaking,. Maybe even nod to kind of keep up the, keep up the illusion, if you will, that you’re supposedly listening. And a lot of people do this in organizations all over the world every single day. So just like when you heard that audio clip the first time, you were probably doing some partial listening. You'd made a small shift as far as listening for one specific focus thing and you were able to get a lot more information.

Why start this show? A bit of background about me How my doctoral dissertation got me thinking about the importance for leaders to focus on themselves One thing I've learned for sure: leaders can make a big difference in the lives of others if they take a little time to make a difference in themselves Why I care about this Lots of resources coming - articles/blogs/Q&A/guests/authors/books/my own perspective I want your perspective as well: To submit a comment, question or feedback, visit coachingforleaders.com/feedback Powerful Listening Audio exercise - part 1 What did you hear? It sounds a lot like a lot of our work lives. Audio exercise - part 2 Four Listening Levels: Pretend Partial Present Powerful You can't listen powerfully all the time - but you need to at least some of the time. Good listening is important work for a leader...just an important (if not more so) than "normal work" Download the Listening Skills Assessment Discover More Activate your free membership for full access to the entire library of interviews since 2011, searchable by topic.