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Why Managers Don’t Listen (Poor Listener Syndrome): and the Cures!

Great Leadership By Dan

One of the most important skills for any manager is listening. Listening demonstrates respect, concern, an openness to new ideas, empathy, compassion, curiosity, trust, loyalty, and receptivity to feedback – all considered to be qualities of an effective leader. Listening isn’t rocket science.

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3 Tips for Career Conversations That Energize and Engage Employees

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

SPECIAL, In celebration of today’s launch of Julie’s new book with Bev Kaye, Help Them Grow or Watch Them Go , a free copy will be mailed to three people. The most effective and easiest way to help employees feel valued and find a career path is for their manager to hold regular “career conversations.”.

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November 2020 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

Jon explains: “ Of all the skills leaders need to be successful, active listening may be the most overlooked and underrated. Active listening has become even more vital during the global pandemic, as many organizations work in a remote environment. These are all phrases we’ve heard from managers (and executives) recently.

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Got questions?

Lead Change Blog

Will you spend the afternoon reading a book or playing? While I don’t think she intended it this way, her factual style of asking and telling was a good life lesson for dealing with bosses who managed by command-and-control and wanted answers straight up. A good question can disrupt, inspire, show humility, and open closed doors.

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6 of the Most In-Demand Skills for the Future Workplace

Career Advancement

Take classes, and read books and articles by leading experts. Here are a few ways to do that: Use open body language, make eye contact, and smile. Practice active listening. Develop techniques for managing your own emotions, too. Leverage the resources they point you toward to continue learning.

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How to Be an Engaging Leader in a World of Robotics, AI, and Digitization

Leading Blog

In the midst of managing these exponential leaps in technology, there is a war for talent. They report that just over 30 percent of participants are engaged (love their jobs), 16 percent are actively disengaged (miserable and destroying what others are building), and 51 percent are not engaged (they’re just there).

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CMI Highlights

Chartered Management Institute

And, on BBC 5 Live's Wake up to Money programme (from 37:50; available until end of May), she stressed the importance of essential leadership behaviours such as transparency, humility and active listening in rebuilding trust within an organisation. You can learn more in FE News. Enjoy the rest of your week.

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