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Reality Checks Leaders Must Give Themselves in 2016 (Part Two)

Lead Change Blog

Reality Check #5: Leaders Have to Be Willing to Listen to Constructive Feedback—Especially the Kind They Don’t Want to Hear. Many leaders don’t want to listen to the ideas, opinions and constructive feedback of others. Unfortunately, if you’ve ever worked with this type of leader, it can be exhausting.

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The Skills of Kindness: a guide for sellers, coaches, leaders and facilitators

Strategy Driven

It’s necessary to listen using a different part of our brain (not Active Listening) that we’ve never been taught to use intentionally. Listening for Systems: from birth we’re taught to carefully listen for content (exemplified by Active Listening) which misses the underlying, unspoken system.

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