Are You Doing a Good Job of Powerful Listening?

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A listening assessment can help you understand whether or not you're doing a good job of powerful listening. Here's how to use it: Find someone that you trust and ask them to observe you in an interaction where you're listening to someone else. And then at the end of that conversation, after that person's left, pull out this assessment and complete it yourself. So be honest with yourself on how good is your listening based upon what you see on that assessment and your interactions with that other person.

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.