Posts Tagged ‘Listening’
Effective Leadership Through Listening
Between sports, media, and business, I’ve gotten to spend my time around a lot of different types of leaders. Some of the earliest examples were coaches, and many of them fit the classic stereotype by yelling and screaming in our faces about what we should and shouldn’t do. I never liked that style of leadership. It’s…
Read More3 Ways to Develop Leadership Skills
Developing leadership skills is a must at some point in your career or another. Maybe you’ve just found yourself in a leadership position, and you’re willing to work at your skills to make yourself a perfect fit, or maybe you’ve been wanting to become a business leader for a long time. Either way, you know…
Read More4 ways to be a more compassionate communicator in business
If you want your employees to be passionate, loyal and dedicated then you need to be the type of boss who is also passionate, loyal and dedicated. If you have recently completed change management training you may have learned that there are some tools that you can use to help develop the right vibe in…
Read More7 Tips to Ask Better Questions
Regardless of your role or circumstance, asking great questions is a fundamental way to up your communication skills. A great question has the power to shift the dynamic of a conversation, help you gain clarity on a situation, or bring out the best in others. Here are 7 tips that you can use to start…
Read MoreThis One Skill Will Transform Your Life
Some people seem to have it and others don’t. It is a skill and a science that can change your life. It requires an awareness about yourself. And others. It is an expertise that is essential for engaging and connected communication. Excelling at it will attract people to you. They will want to hang out with you. Seek…
Read MoreConsider This When Receiving Advice from Others
Advice is something many people love to share, yet some have a hard time accepting from others, even when it’s sound. Perhaps it’s in our nature as human beings to resist being told what to do by others. If that’s how advice is perceived, no wonder people run from it. Who wants to be told…
Read More4 Ways to Boost Communication with Your Team
Communication is the #1 most important factor for creating a strong office environment. You can have an excellent product, the best team, and the newest tech, but if you’re not open to genuine communication, your business won’t succeed. The benefits to having a strong culture of communication in your office are clear. The Aveta Business…
Read MoreAny Advice Can Be Worthless, or Worse
Ever get bad advice? Sure. We all have in our past. Ever take that advice without question because the person giving it was an investor, a superior in rank, the chairperson of your board? I’ll bet you have at least one story of bad advice taken and being bitten as a result. As one illustration…
Read MoreOn Professionalism
How would you feel if you walked into a dentist’s office, and everyone in the office had terrible/rotting teeth? Would you hire a contractor whose tools are rusted or broken? Or a landscaper whose yard was filled with weeds and dead plants? Would you eat at a restaurant that is filthy and has rat traps…
Read More“Active Listening” is Not a Technique
Catching up on my reading, I ran across an article on Active Listening. It was focused on sales people and the author made the statement, “Active listening makes them feel like they are being heard…” I’m sure that’s not what the author intended to communicate, but it got me thinking about many other things I hear and…
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