Learn to Listen! Listening Skills for Managers and their Staff Patrick R. Williams, Ph.D. [email protected]
Mar 26, 2015
Learn to Listen!Listening Skills for Managers and their Staff
Patrick R. Williams, Ph.D.
The OpportunityThe Opportunity
• Managers are typically subject matter experts, authority figures and project managers. As such, they spend a lot of time giving out information.
• But how much time do you spend taking in information? Professional listening may be the most important and under-
utilized skill in the manager’s communications tool-kit.
The Value of ListeningThe Value of Listening
All successful communications begins with one act – the same act
ResearchInterviewingMeeting planningPerformance reviewsOperations improvement
Today’s AgendaToday’s Agenda
At this teleseminar you will learn how to:
• Identify key listening skills
• Use listening skills in your daily work
• Deploy listening skills to advance your career
Who Is a Good Listener? Who Is a Good Listener? A checklist
• The person who writes learns twice