Marshall Goldsmith

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Leadership Is a Contact Sport: Listen

Marshall Goldsmith

It is active and powerful. Good listeners know this. They regard listening as a highly active process. So what do good (active) listeners do? If you re-read Frances’ description, you’ll notice there is nothing passive about it.

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Partners, Not Employees

Marshall Goldsmith

Active Listening. The thing about listening that escapes most people is they think of it as a passive activity. What are the implications of all this for talent managers? Well, they have to cultivate the following communicative behaviors in the leadership tier of their organizations, as well as in themselves.