{"id":803,"date":"2018-06-11T08:29:56","date_gmt":"2018-06-10T22:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bprworld.com\/?p=803"},"modified":"2018-07-02T12:52:45","modified_gmt":"2018-07-02T02:52:45","slug":"the-art-of-listening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bprworld.com\/de\/news\/the-art-of-listening\/","title":{"rendered":"The Art of Listening"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Andy Beaubien, BPR.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

The art of listening is a skill that will benefit you in every aspect of your life — and one of the very few skills that can benefit you everywhere, all of the time.<\/p>\n

Being present, or “mindfulness” as some people refer to it, is a hot topic and even taught in business schools.\u00a0 Some of the best executives in the world share success stories tied to how they are present in their meetings.\u00a0 They do not appear distracted. \u00a0They do not appear to be wishing they were somewhere else. \u00a0They are focused. \u00a0They are attentive. \u00a0They are listening to the people in the room, processing information and adding value to the conversation.<\/p>\n

1. Look the Person in the Eye. \u00a0<\/strong>If you’re meeting with someone in person, look them in the eye.\u00a0 If you’re on a call, make it a video call. \u00a0You are easily more focused when you can see the person and how they respond to you.<\/p>\n

2. Summarize Key Points and\u00a0Build on Them. \u00a0<\/strong> When you’re focused and listening you should be able to build on ideas that are being discussed.\u00a0 Summarize a key point that someone just said and add something valuable to it.<\/p>\n

3. Resist the Desire to Monopolize the Conversation. \u00a0<\/strong>Too often we enter into a meeting knowing what points we want to get across\u00a0and we will do anything to make it happen. \u00a0This is not a good way to enter a meeting. \u00a0Rather than having four to five points, enter into a conversation with one point and three to four questions to ask.\u00a0 By doing so you will end up talking less and listening more.<\/p>\n

4. Don’t Judge: Nobody Benefits When You Do. \u00a0<\/strong>Another thing we do too often is quickly judge the other people in the room. \u00a0 Everyone can have a point and everybody has the opportunity to provide value.\u00a0 Focus on what is being said and whether there is something to learn. \u00a0Don’t worry about how the message is being delivered or by whom; focus on the message itself.\u00a0 If you aren’t judging the people in the room, they won’t feel the need to judge you back.<\/p>\n

Listening is an art form.\u00a0 Turn off the distractions and focus on what is right in front of you.\u00a0 If you are successful, your meetings will be that much more productive.<\/p>\n

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Based on an article by Cory Treffeletti for Media Village<\/a><\/p>\n

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