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Listening Brings Success in People Management
sudhakaran, Professor, India, Member
Managing anything requires effective communication. Listening is an integral part of communication.
Speaking and writing we learn from childhood onwards. But in listening we rarely receive formal training.
But listening brings success, especially in people management....
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Learning to Listen
KATHRYN STEINER, MBA, Entrepreneur, United States, Member Yes, listening is an art not taught, or easily learned. I personally seek the counsel of others if I'm not sure how to respond, in addition to ...
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Listening Brings Success in People Management
Johnny Michael Tan, Management Consultant, Malaysia, Member My favorite reference on communication skills with fresh graduates that I am conducting a workshop is this: " God gave us 2 ears and 1 mouth, but mo...
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Listening is a Good Way to Learn
Leonelli Fabio, Manager, Italy, Member It's true, listening is very important in people management, but how to learn it? It's difficult and requires us to be quiet.
But it's a good wa...
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Learning to Listen in Childhood
Wulf-Dieter Krueger, Teacher, Thailand, Member According to my personal experience a good listener is trained at a very early age by music (listening/singing) by the parents. The 'window' fo...
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Listening is an Effective Management Tool...
Anthony Belon, Entrepreneur, Malaysia, Member ... but listening to people is easily said than done.
The acid test of a good listener is the ability to swallow one's pride and admit on...
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Admit you are a bad Listener!
Joy Tio, Student (Other), Philippines, Member Yes, I agree with all of these posted comments. If there is one skill that needs to be developed among leaders and managers, it is that of listening.<...
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Senior Managers Should Listen to Juniors
Dan Govender, Manager, South Africa, Member Very often, senior managers do not listen to junior staff, thereby not taking in valuable information that could make a huge difference in the ...
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Effective Listening is Respectful
alphonsus alhassan, CEO, Nigeria, Member Yes, and when you listen well to a junior or senior person, it shows respect.
And when people know you respect them, they are ready to absorb you...
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Listening May Require no Immediate Response
KATHRYN STEINER, MBA, Entrepreneur, United States, Member Listening can be demonstrated by summarizing what the person said. Listening should also involve arranging an environment with no interr...
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Listening and Decision Making
Ole Lindseth The process of making good and wise decisions is not always easy as many interests and needs must be taken into consideration.
Being willing to ...
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Why Listening is Very Important for Managers
Sandra Motsilenyane, Botswana, Member In most cases people do not really listen and often have no time to ponder on what has been said, we often only hear what we want to hear.
This i...
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Let's Take Listening One Step Further
Ann Savage, Project Manager, Canada, Member Not only do we need to listen to information/suggestions that are offered, we also have to learn to seek out the information from those who may lac...
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Listening and Follow-through
Jessica D. Arbuthnot, Manager, United States, Member Listening is definitely key to people management, but what follows is just as important. A manager must document the issues at hand and make sure he/s...
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Listening Skills for Managers / Leaders
Ann Wallace, Business School Marketer, Barbados, Member All that has been said so far is absolutely correct and if practiced would make for well run organisations. My observation is that the issue of lis...
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Listen to Understand
ales trunk, Business Consultant, Slovenia, Member Active listening is a prerequisite for empathic listening....
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Active Listening is Needed for Teamwork
Maria Montero, Coach, Venezuela, Member To achieve our goals we need to work with our team.
To work with our team we must become empathetic listeners.
Listen to others withi...
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