Inc. Magazine’s Post

Mastering the art of active listening is a game-changer, both professionally and personally! 🚀👂 Being a stellar listener transforms interactions into meaningful connections. 🌐 Embrace empathy, reduce misunderstandings, and create a workplace culture built on trust. 🎯 Enhance workplace dynamics, foster collaboration, and elevate your career. On a personal level, build deeper connections, nurture relationships, and show genuine care. The impact of being a good listener extends far beyond the professional realm—it's a key ingredient for a fulfilling life. 🌟 #ActiveListening #ProfessionalDevelopment #PersonalGrowth Here are few tips to be a good listener!

Listening, hearing and questioning are an art form. The best leaders speak when necessary, not to fill space. They listen to understand, not to determine their answer. They ask questions more than they talk about themselves because they know there is power in waiting to let others fill the space. Creating space where your team can share and feel safe to be honest is the trademark of a great leader.

Agree to disagree as executing after listening to issues is critical to effective leadership.

🙉 The real listening cultivates empathy, forges bonds, paves the way for collaboration. It's not just polite, it’s about valuing every idea and emotion. The challenge? Listening more than talking needs patience and practice. So, how do you perfect this skill professionally? Do share your tips and hacks 😆 Don't forget: Tips to be a good listener is to ask better questions? 😉 For me its definitely easier said than done! 😃 #hbr #lifeskills #emotionalintelligence #personalbranding #listeningskills

This research conducted by Harvard points the importance of attentive and non-judgmental listening for encouraging positive change. Many times, we think just giving feedback is enough to help people see what they need to change. However, making them feel comfortable and confident by listening and asking questions helps them become aware of their abilities and trust us without being defensive. Indeed, change is more effective when it comes from within rather than just following a standard protocol. #poweroflistening #goodlisteners #roleoflisteninginchange

A brilliant article, exploring how does the working relationship of an employee and a team lead can improve, bringing positive changes in overall team and performance. Key Takeaways: 1. Try to listen and ask questions instead of giving feedback. It's not replacing feedback but layering it. Giving feedback may not always end up in objective perspective. 2. When listening try to listen completely, without making judgements and with a mindset of being objective. It is often related to collective work improvement. 3. A simple act of listening and asking questions (thoughtful and meaningful) that benefits speaker, often leads speaker to realize certain ideas and notions, that otherwise would not have come to speaker's realization. Listening solves & gives more than feedback can.

Important insight. When you truly listen and follow that with good questions, very often the resolution to the person's issue will bubble up from them on their own. This can give that person ownership and engage them to move forward. Critical leadership skill.

Out of control. It’s negative when we say that someone is out of control. They’ve lost their self-restraint, and they’re doing things that they’ll regret later. And it’s honest when we acknowledge that just about everything is out of our control. We can work to influence it, we can practice accepting it, but any time we’re engaging with others or with the future, we’re not completely in charge. Control is elusive. If we accept the parts that are out of our hands, we can focus on the elements where we have leverage and influence instead.        https://lnkd.in/dzd2TATk

Post 3 of 3 14 Brutal truths you need to hear as a CEO: 11- Replacing someone will cost you more than to pay them what they were worth in the first place. 12- Trust isn't built through surveillance; it's built through transparency and mutual respect. 13- Your "urgent" tasks aren't as urgent as you think; learn to prioritize effectively. 14- Empty promises of promotions and raises will lead to resentment, not loyalty

An interesting read! And translates beyond the work context to other social spheres: “One reason that giving feedback (even when it’s positive) often backfires is because it signals that the boss is in charge and the boss is judgmental. This can make employees stressed and defensive, which makes it harder for them to see another person’s perspective. We wanted to explore whether a more subtle intervention, namely asking questions and listening, could prevent these consequences. Whereas feedback is about telling employees that they need to change, listening to employees and asking them questions might make them want to change.” And then this: “Our findings support existing evidence that managers who listen well are perceived as people leaders, generate more trust, instill higher job satisfaction, and increase their team’s creativity..”