Effective conversations require you to truly listen to what the other person is saying. There’s a difference between listening and simply waiting your turn to speak. Experience that difference.
Listening is a skill that can be improved. Practice. Practice. Practice!
Today’s TQ Challenge: Speak Clearly — Listen Carefully — Confirm Messages.
- Choose to be ARTICULATE! How do you know when you’re really listening and when you’re not?
- Choose to be EMPATHETIC! Did you miss something someone said today, because you weren’t paying attention?
- Choose to be ATTENTIVE! How can you actively demonstrate today that you hear what’s being said?
The exchange of ideas from one person to another has never been an exact science. You may never understand the other person completely. Neither can you automatically expect others to understand you, and the full background behind the ideas you are trying to communicate. Don’t presume that you know what the other person is thinking. Stop the mutual mystification and get it right the first time. Assume you don’t know. Ask. Listen. Clarify, Reach Mutual agreement.
“Executive ability is deciding quickly and getting somebody else to do the work.”
~ John G. Pollard
, and find out how to improve this aspect of your Synergize Color.
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