Listening Skills Workshop Leadership – From Mouth To Ear

Listening Skills Workshop Leadership – From Mouth To Ear

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

"Instead of listening to what is being said to them, many managers are already listening to what they are going to say.” – Peter Drucker

"Instead of listening to what is being said to them, many managers are already listening to what they are going to say.”

– Peter Drucker

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Watch Video Breakthrough Listening Essential skills for improving communication and cooperation in the workplace

Breakthrough Listening

Essential skills for improving communication and cooperation in the workplace

Listening Is About Breaking Your Paradigms Of Communication PIG!

Your Paradigms Of Communication

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

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

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

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

Listening Skills Exercise One Person Talks One Person Listens One Person Observes

So What Did You Learn?

“ 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

“ 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