This document provides guidance for becoming a great leader by learning to listen effectively. It advises leaders to stop asserting their own perspective and instead create space for employees to express their own insights, views, feelings, and ideas. Leaders are encouraged to listen for the full message that employees are trying to convey through their words, gestures, and meanings. The document recommends making a resolution to shut up and listen during conversations for the coming week in order to discover new perspectives.

1. Leader in YOU Written by: Zuzana Mackov á and Peter Repčík

2. Warning! These slides are only for those who want to become great leaders. If you don`t want to make a change, close this document NOW , as it is waste of your time!

3. Part 1 Creating space

4. When communicating with employees we tend to speak from the perspective: “ How dare they tell me how to do it? I am the one with many years of experience! I am the BOSS here and I will tell them!”

5. Basically we take other people`s space … S pace to express their insights, points of view, feelings and ideas.

6. In each conversation the other person is giving you a gift.

7. Gift of another perspective you are not aware of!

8. So…

9. Stop playing at being smart and start listening!

10. Listen for words!

11. Listen for gestures!

12. Listen for meanings!

13. Listen to THEM!

14. What are they trying to tell you? What message is behind their words? Why is it important for them to tell you? What is the gift they are giving to you?

15. Learn a lesson :

16. Make a resolution for the coming week to SHUT UP AND LISTEN during each conversation you will have! And n otice what you have discovered!

17. Leader in YOU Written by: Zuzana Mackov á co-active coach and Peter Repčík co-active coach