HR Digest

AUGUST 29, 2023

Enhanced Teamwork and Collaboration Professionalism encourages open communication, active listening, and mutual respect among team members. Active listening and empathy are equally important, as they promote understanding and collaboration within teams.

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Lead from Within

JANUARY 25, 2024

Actively listen to what they have to say and address their needs. Encourage teamwork by creating opportunities for cross-functional projects, brainstorming sessions, and idea sharing. Foster an environment where team members feel comfortable expressing their ideas, concerns, and feedback.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

At one company, my boss assigned me the project of improving customer service. Because he couldn’t or wouldn’t or both clarify his expectations, my finished project didn’t please him, and everyone lost. They listen. Inclusive leaders surround themselves with bright, inquisitive people and trust them to do their job.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 11, 2023

When team members communicate openly, projects align with precision, sidestepping misunderstandings. Transparent communication kindles trust, eliminating confusion, while active listening sparks meaningful dialogue and tailors solutions. Conflict resolution skills navigate challenges adeptly, cementing commitment.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 19, 2023

Be an active listener. Approachable leaders are great listeners. They listen to their team members’ ideas, concerns, and feedback, and act on them. To become an active listener, you need to focus on the person speaking and avoid distractions. Sharing your own mistakes builds trust. It requires effort.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 17, 2022

I care about __ (you, this team, this project) and I’m confident we can find a solution that we can all work with. Similar to number three where you reflect their emotion, this is a check for understanding to show that you’re actively listening, interested in, and truly understand the other person’s point of view.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 5, 2021

Of course, one of the best ways to ensure your voice is heard is to actively listen to the ideas of others. When a coworker, project team member, or even your boss shares an idea, how you respond makes all the difference in their willingness to keep speaking up, and of course, will impact how they respond to your ideas.

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Lead from Within

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Listen actively. Active listening is a simple skill for ensuring clear communication. And the trends that make it more difficult seem likely to continue as teams become increasingly global, virtual and project-driven. Teamwork has never been easy, but in recent years it has become much more complex.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 25, 2023

Right from the beginning, you might be able to create a more open, friendly, and respectful working environment by encouraging active listening and open dialogue. Encouraging collective achievements and collaboration can involve creating opportunities for your employees to work together on projects rather than alone.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 8, 2024

When the subject of how to be a good listener comes up, psychologists often talk about the value of “perspective-taking” — that is, projecting ourselves into the lives of those we’re listening to. What truly good listeners do, however, is work collaboratively with other people to understand them.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Leaders are often tasked with many projects that overload their schedules, which can prevent them from effectively leading and managing their team the way they should. Actively listening to your employees and directly asking them to specify their preferred methods of communication can be helpful ways to understand your employees better.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 25, 2018

Active listening enables the coach to pick up not only what the leader is saying, but what she isn’t saying, as well as nonverbal cues. Leading change is more challenging than managing a project that has defined beginning and end points. Encouragement.

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HR Digest

APRIL 5, 2023

Listen Actively: Active listening is an essential aspect of effective communication strategies. HR professionals must listen carefully to employees’ concerns, feedback, and suggestions to understand their needs and respond appropriately.

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Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 5, 2019

They actively listen and provide regular feedback. Those projects certainly cannot be ignored. How do you continue to elevate your leadership game? What can you do to become a great leader? Great leaders set a compelling vision. They develop, inspire, and motivate people. They recognize and reward talent.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 2, 2015

If you’re in HR or people management, you’ve likely met a chronically discontented worker—the employee who keeps asking for role tweaks, reassignment to a different team, project, or boss, relocation to a sunnier climate, and a desk in a quieter location. The employee’s internal dialogue? “If

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HR Digest

DECEMBER 4, 2022

And just like the first sign, they will actively listen to you while you share your thoughts. They delegate their tasks and also give room for others to show their leadership skills by giving them the responsibility to handle certain projects on their own. They seek the good of others. They are not micromanagers.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 15, 2023

to new projects. Be active, engaging, and proactive. Practice Active Listening First off: listen. Ask them: What activities, specifically, at the next level are interesting to you? Or to play for a professional sports team, write a novel, or perform with a well-regarded symphony or ballet company.

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HR Digest

APRIL 1, 2023

Whether it’s a disagreement over a project, a miscommunication with a coworker , or an issue with a manager, workplace conflicts can create tension and disrupt productivity. Listen and Communicate: Once the conflict has been identified, the next step is to listen to each person’s perspective and use your communication skills effectively.

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Career Advancement

JULY 19, 2021

Practice active listening. Keep a journal of how you navigate difficult projects and other challenges, so that in moments of stress, you can easily remember examples of how you’ve dealt with similar situations. Making yourself more approachable to others will also give you more input about how they’re feeling.

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Experience to Lead

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Project or Task-Based Feedback: Feedback specific to a task or project the leader was responsible for. Your open communication style and active listening have created a work environment where everyone feels valued and heard. ” “Your decision-making during the recent project challenges was commendable.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Leadership skills help provide a vision for business projects/products/services and are necessary to help motivate employees to be their best. It’s important for business owners to have strong leadership skills first and foremost to ensure that the business succeeds, thrives and is able to remain in business.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 14, 2021

However, depending on the team you have, such an achievement requires a range of skills and strategies including active listening, being able to tap into the intrinsic motivation of others, as well as being able to step back from a project and allow your employees the agency and responsibility they need to be able to succeed.

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HR Digest

JULY 26, 2023

Google also encourages its employees to pursue their passions and interests by providing them with opportunities to work on projects that align with their personal goals. It provides its employees with a range of perks, such as free meals, on-site gyms, and wellness classes.

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HR Digest

AUGUST 13, 2023

Utilizing collaborative tools, such as project management platforms or team communication apps, to facilitate ongoing communication and keep team members connected. Organizations can promote open communication by: Encouraging employees to share their perspectives and actively listening to their input.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 31, 2017

Be a better listener. I’ll use active listening, open-ended questions, body language, and eliminate distractions that get in the way of my ability to listen. Stretch myself with a “strategic challenge” project. Work with my manager to come up with a developmental “learn by doing project”.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 15, 2018

Understand the vision of the business or project and keep it at the forefront at all times. They take on new challenges while showing others that they’re not afraid of new roles or projects. 14. Engage in active listening. The worst thing a leader can do is to micromanage the talented people they have hired.

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Chart Your Course

APRIL 7, 2017

Here’s an 8-step guide to begin building credibility, camaraderie, and teamwork as a manager: Listen up! One principal hallmark of a leader is active listening. Ask your team what projects they covet, what skills they most want to learn next, and how they’d like to move forward in the year ahead.

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HR Digest

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Active listening . I tend to be super critical of myself, especially when I have completed a project and gotten amazingly positive feedback. List of Strengths for interview . Communication. Team player. Taking Initiative . Negotiation . Continuous Learning . Self-control .

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Skip Prichard

JANUARY 6, 2020

You talk about several tools ranging from questioning to body language to active listening that are important. The power to project a clear message that looks and feels genuine is the first reason, the ability to perceive what is and is not being said back, and whether you are trusted is the other. Who did you believe?

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LDRLB

MARCH 15, 2013

Excellent speaking skills, active listening and assertiveness are required skills for leaders. Leaders with executive presence must project confidence. Hewlett and her team also sought to deconstruct executive presence by defining the three components that help a leader look the part: Communication.

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 7, 2011

They can only actively listen for a limited period of time before their minds begin to wander. In any program, participants should be spending at least 50% of their time “doing” something (other than listening). When all eyes are focused and multiple hands are in the air, you know you’re in a zone.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

The data makes it clear that to help managers succeed, there needs to be some way to improve their ability to oversee employees in a constructive manner.

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Mike Cardus

MARCH 6, 2013

Steps to create “buy in” for the team projects from people who are outside the team. There are multiple communication skills, the most valuable of which is active listening. Understanding and mastering a conversational model that builds the skill of active listening. Facilitative leadership of teams.

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Chartered Management Institute

AUGUST 4, 2023

It's about active listening - helping people understand where their challenges are and how I can help them move forward. Part of Kim's CMI project work involved creating a template for one-to-one staff-manager conversations within the GP practices - not something most of them were used to.

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HR Digest

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Active listening . I tend to be super critical of myself, especially when I have completed a project and gotten amazingly positive feedback. List of Strengths for interview . Communication. Team player. Taking Initiative . Negotiation . Continuous Learning . Self-control .

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HR Digest

MAY 8, 2023

Uses active listening skills to understand others’ perspectives. Takes ownership of projects and holds team members accountable for their roles. When an employee is absent or arrives late, it can disrupt workflows, delay projects, and cause unnecessary stress for their colleagues.

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Management Craft

MAY 19, 2014

I am working on a project to create coaching training for folks inside organizations - the training will be geared towards leaders, HR folks, and anyone else who wants to learn how to be an effective coach for others. Deep listening: This is not active listening but something much more in tune.

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