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Multitasking vs. Active Listening for Your Team

Modern Servant Leader

Here’s why: A good leader serves their organization through active listening and full participation in meetings. As the dialogue progresses, it becomes clear to the team that Jacob has not been actively listening because he asks questions that were already answered. Which leader would you rather follow?

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Five Simple Steps to Improve Your Active Listening Skills

The Center For Leadership Studies

Through my coaching and facilitation over the past 15-plus months, more than ever before, it has been deeply impressed on me how important it is for managers and followers alike to be heard , to be seen and to experience empathy. Listening and empathy are inextricably linked! When I “actively listen,” however, I am focused.

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How to Create a Safe Space for All Employees to Speak Up

Lead from Within

In today’s diverse and rapidly changing business environment, creating a safe space for all employees to speak up is crucial for fostering a healthy work culture. Be Approachable and Accessible: As a leader, being approachable is essential for creating a safe space for employees to speak up.

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How to Encourage More Courage on Your Team (Team-Building Activity)

Let's Grow Leaders

People are more likely to hold onto a negative experience with speaking up or taking a risk, than a positive one. This activity reminds your team of the times they WERE BRAVE and how it made them feel. Then, invite them to reflect on the following questions: What motivated me to be courageous in this circumstance?

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10 Ways To Have A Difficult Leadership Conversation And Succeed

Lead from Within

Practice active listening: As a leader, it’s important to show that you are actively listening by making eye contact, nodding, and repeating back what the other person has said. Interrupting can come across as dismissive or disrespectful and can make the conversation more difficult.

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Unlocking the Secrets of Ideal Relationships

Leading Blog

Why didn’t the business partners know how to set up the desired communication so that expectations could be met? If you are given the code words of what others desire, then active listening becomes more automatic than what most experience in daily conversations. Expectations were unmet, and voices were raised.

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How to Lead with Socratic Questions

Next Level Blog

It’s about asking the kinds of questions that help leaders come up with their own answers and insights. The task is to build organizational capacity so the broadest number of people can come up with answers that lead to continuous improvement. As an executive leadership coach, I often see the same dynamic playing out with my clients.

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