One of my challenges as a leader is listening. Listening has all kinds of benefits within an organization - engenders respect, helps solve problems faster, makes the team member feel valued, encourages active participation, helps with accuracy. This is clearly a skill I want to improve at.
I'm a fast talker and my brain pings from thing to thing more quickly than a parakeeet on caffeine. This often leads to me finishing other peoples' sentances (of course I know what they're going to say!), talking over others or not completely listening because I'm forming my next thought while they're still talking.
None of this is good if you're a wife, a friend, a daughter or a boss. I've been working with a business coach (Shandel Slaten from True Life Coaching) on improving my listening skills with small baby steps because WOW change happens with small, incremental movement daily. One of my personal goals for the month is to use the phrase, "Tell me more...." at least once per day (and then, to be quiet!).
Want to become a better listener? Join me in this! 30 days of saying "Tell me more..." at least once per day to improve our listening skills and by default, all of our relationships.
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