Listening Skills Workshop 2006
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The document discusses the importance of listening skills, particularly for leadership. It provides tips for being an active listener, such as making eye contact, avoiding distractions, and repeating back what the speaker said. The document encourages participants to reflect on how they listen and try a group exercise where one person talks, one listens, and one observes the interaction. The overall messages are that listening is important for effective communication and leadership, it involves fully focusing on the other person rather than just waiting to respond, and practicing active listening techniques can improve one's skills.
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Listening Skills Workshop 2006
- 1. Listening Skills Workshop Leadership – From Mouth To Ear
- 2. Listening Skills Workshop Leadership – From Mouth To Ear
- 3. Goal Of Session 1. Think About How You Listen 2. Realize Listening Is Important 3. Learn About How You Listen 4. Learn One New Idea Or Insight
- 4. "Instead of listening to what is being said to them, many managers are already listening to what they are going to say.” – Peter Drucker
- 5. What Listening Means A leader adjusts his/her listening style to give the other person the kind of support & direction needed Connecting with the person wanting to be heard Realizing that what is being said is only a part of it - body language, the tone Listening takes time, two way interaction and ability to translate
- 6. Remember The brain processes at 1,000 to 1,400 words per second The mouth can speak at 125 to 140 words per minute That leaves a lot of time for the mind to …… wander
- 7. To Listen Make sure you and who you are communicating with are ready to interact Don’t assume anything Listening is not about lecturing, not about dictating, not about winning your point Are you ready to receive Are you connecting to the person not just their words
- 8. A Personal Example Dad David: Hannah & Carolyn, sweethearts, time to get up and get ready for school… Response: Silence Dad David: Girls, please listen to me, please get up, brush your teeth and get going … Response: Silence Your Father: I said, wake up, now do I have to come up there and carry you into the bathroom, girls I said let’s get going… Response: Silence Ruler Of The Domain: That’s it young ladies no TV for a week and… Kristy, My Wife, Taps Me: They aren’t here. They went to school real early today.
- 9. Watch Video Breakthrough Listening Essential skills for improving communication and cooperation in the workplace
- 10. Listening Is About Breaking Your Paradigms Of Communication PIG!
- 11. Good Listening Make eye contact Do not have a closed body style Interact with the speaker without interrupting Repeat back what you hear to the speaker to confirm you heard them Limit distractions Connect to the key points
- 12. Listening Skills Exercise Break up into groups of three Round One: One person talks One of the other people in your group listens The third person observes, takes notes and does not interact The watcher shares observations with two others Round Two & Three: Now switch and do again with different people in the roles Share insights with the group
- 13. Listening Skills Exercise One Person Talks One Person Listens One Person Observes
- 14. So What Did You Learn?
- 15. “ Listen to the sound of the river and you will catch fish.” – Old Irish Proverb “ Genuine listening ability is a true competitive advantage.” - Fergal Quinn “ Business people need to listen at least as much as they need to talk. Too many people fail to realize that real communication goes in both directions.” - Lee Iacocca