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Integrative Listening – Is Anyone Truly Listening Anymore?

Strategy Driven

When people stop talking in the workplace, morale drops followed by productivity. She doesn’t recognize the need to meet her people where they are, leaving her team to pick up the pieces and support each other along the journey. If leaders fail to address these problems, they will see good employees walk out the door.

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From "Knowing" to "Doing" - The Problem with Leadership Training

Building Personal Strength

I was introduced to my own listening and group facilitation skills in a six-week course back in 1976. Without that long-term follow-up, I would never have mastered the skills. For example, someone might say, “I don’t like it when you talk to me that way.” Or something might go wrong in her group.