Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 17, 2021

Top-down “communicate and delegate” structures tend to view resistance as rebellion, and caution as confrontation. Listen to staff and volunteers, but don’t fear leading them. If you get these wrong, bad decisions can result, curtailing performance and likely alienating many staff. Don’t bow to these misinterpretations.

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Secondly, effective coaches are excellent listeners and communicators. They can actively listen to their clients , hearing their words and understanding their more profound meaning. As seasoned leaders, they may be accustomed to their leadership style and may find it difficult to accept feedback and make necessary adjustments.

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Nathan Magnuson

DECEMBER 7, 2015

This is where your active listening skills come in handy. ” It’s difficult to resist solving the problems we encounter, especially if it will take more time and occasional troubleshooting. (Isn’t that what problems are?) Options – What could you do?

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Nathan Magnuson

DECEMBER 7, 2015

This is where your active listening skills come in handy. ” It’s difficult to resist solving the problems we encounter, especially if it will take more time and occasional troubleshooting. (Isn’t that what problems are?) Options – What could you do?

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Engaging Leader

AUGUST 12, 2015

Though many leaders put much of their focus into their communication skills, listening can be one of your most influential skills. But to influence others, you need to avoid sparking their resistance. When practicing authentic listening, here are five actions to avoid: Don’t multitask.

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Engaging Leader

AUGUST 12, 2015

Though many leaders put much of their focus into their communication skills, listening can be one of your most influential skills. But to influence others, you need to avoid sparking their resistance. When practicing authentic listening, here are five actions to avoid: Don’t multitask.

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Experience to Lead

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

A high-performing leader encourages employees to express their concerns openly and actively listens to their concerns without passing judgment. Shifting to new approaches is often met with resistance. Transparent communication also involves addressing employees’ concerns. Change can be painful for some workers.

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Michael Lee Stallard

MAY 11, 2020

Actively listen. Resist the urge to jump right in with a solution. At home, make time to ask people how they are feeling and what they are doing throughout their day so you give them a chance to talk. Make these one-on-one conversations, if you can, so you can give your full attention to the person.

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Experience to Lead

MARCH 29, 2021

For coaches who are especially resistant to recognizing their mistakes, Krueger will force them to experience a growth mindset. Practice Active Listening. As a leader, just listening can be your most powerful tool for gaining authority and getting people on your side. Listening is key!

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 4, 2015

The post Speaker or Listener: Who’s Responsible For Misunderstandings appeared first on StrategyDriven. Avoiding Resistance. Business Communications active listening business communications did you really say what i think i heard personal communications Sharon Drew Morgen strategydriven' Getting To Agreement.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 14, 2016

It’s necessary to listen using a different part of our brain (not Active Listening) that we’ve never been taught to use intentionally. We are unwittingly causing the very resistance we seek to avoid as we attempt to place perfectly good data into a closed system. It’s all outside of our conscious awareness.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2015

Relate Articles: Speaker or Listener: Who’s Responsible For Misunderstandings. Avoiding Resistance. Business Communications active listening business communications did you really say what i think i heard personal communications Sharon Drew Morgen strategydriven' The Business of Kindness. Getting To Agreement.

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Management Craft

MAY 19, 2014

Deep listening: This is not active listening but something much more in tune. Deep listening occurs when we are and show interest. When we take in what the learner is saying and resist the urge to mentally practice our responses while he or she is talking.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 18, 2015

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

Avoiding Resistance. Business Communications active listening business communications did you really say what i think i heard personal communications Sharon Drew Morgen strategydriven' The post Getting To Agreement appeared first on StrategyDriven. Relate Articles: The Business of Kindness. We Don’t Really Hear Each Other.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

Relate Articles: Avoiding Resistance. Business Communications active listening business communications did you really say what i think i heard personal communications Sharon Drew Morgen strategydriven' We Don’t Really Hear Each Other. Leadership Inspirations – Communicating Clearly. Do you want to push your solution?

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Management Craft

MAY 19, 2014

Deep listening: This is not active listening but something much more in tune. Deep listening occurs when we are and show interest. When we take in what the learner is saying and resist the urge to mentally practice our responses while he or she is talking.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 10, 2018

Resist taking over conversation or trying to immediately solve the issue. Be an active listener. The person who knows how to listen is the person who will always be trusted. As the old saying goes, everyone else is already taken. Be curious. Stay curious and ask questions. Be straightforward. Speak from the heart.

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Tanveer Naseer

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

If we look at those examples of successful leadership – whether it be leaders we worked under or those we admire from afar – a common behaviour we see shared among them is how they were active listeners. It didn’t matter what position you held or what role you played as they had this way of making us feel important.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 4, 2016

All change, including adopting new ideas, is threatening to the status quo and will cause resistance unless there is buy-in at the level of beliefs.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 27, 2011

The Exchange teaches you to resist the temptation to simply tell people what to do. Actively engaging your employees in problem solving helps them take responsibility for the problem and for the solution. Often the best resolutions come from listening carefully to what the other person has to say. Ask an open-ended question.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2014

And we’ve almost all experienced the benefit of a friend or partner simply letting us talk through our problems, encouraging us through active listening. First, resist the urge to compare yourself or your partner to others professionally — judging your success relative to others. Kill comparisons.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2015

Engaging in “warm” behaviors like appreciating and affirming others, actively listening, and having empathy take nothing away from your reputation as a skilled and capable leader. We trust leaders when we can be confident that they can resist temptation in order to do what’s right.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 19, 2015

Active listening is another underappreciated source of informal feedback. Generally speaking, if you’re really listening to what your client is saying, you know whether or not he or she is happy with your work. Resist the urge to defend your work. Getting feedback should be seen as an opportunity to learn and grow.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2017

It’s easier to opt for the path of least resistance — the historical norm of a career-focused man and a family-focused woman. Active listening. For the first, introduce regular sit-down listening sessions (monthly is good, quarterly a minimum). Reward the positive and watch it grow. Sound artificial?

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