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Active Listening: the Key to Leadership Success

Great Leadership By Dan

Today, the key step for being a true leader is active listening. Active listening is the act of repeating back, in your own words, what you believe was said. Active listening and fluid communication takes time and cannot be accomplished overnight. This is leadership!

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Develop Your Executive Presence.

Rich Gee Group

Take Action: Practice active listening. Take Action: Participate in industry events, join professional groups, and be active in community initiatives. Book Recommendations To deepen your understanding and skills in these areas, consider adding the following books to your reading list: Emotional Intelligence 2.0

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Navigating Workplace Conflict: A Deep Dive with Ralph Kilmann

Let's Grow Leaders

Ralph is co-founder of the TKI Assessment and author of several game-changing books, including Mastering the Thomas Kilmann Conflict Instrument and Creating a Quantum Organization. He suggests that understanding these systemic factors is crucial in navigating workplace conflict and unlocking the full potential of teams and individuals.

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

Let's Grow Leaders

A Powerful (and Easy Team Building Activity to Encourage Courage) If you’ve read our book, Courageous Cultures, you know it comes with a downloadable Executive Strategy Guide. You can download the FREE Executive Strategy Guide, which includes all the Courageous Cultures “First Tracks” activities here.

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Unlocking the Secrets of Ideal Relationships

Leading Blog

If you are given the code words of what others desire, then active listening becomes more automatic than what most experience in daily conversations. The same is true with all of the code words above. Each of us has a desired expectation, but very rarely do we share it with others. Code words are, in essence, packed expectations.

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How Dignity Is Different From Respect

Eric Jacobson

In their book, Millennials Who Manage , authors Chip Espinoza and Joel Schwarzbart , quote Donna Hicks's explanation about how dignity is different from respect. Actively listen in order to understand them. Dignity is a feeling of inherent value and worth. Understanding - Believe that what others think matters.

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Clear Talk, Less Squawk: How to Leverage Clear Communication for More Useful Conflict

Let's Grow Leaders

You show that you’re actively listening, interested in, and truly understand the other person’s point of view. If you’ve been in one of our leadership programs , or are familiar with our 6 leadership competencies you can’t lead without, you’ll recognize this as a check for understanding. Stay tuned.

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