We think that we listen, but rarely do we listen with real understanding, true empathy. Yet listening, of this very special kind, is one of the most potent forces for change.
– Carl Rogers
Tag Archives: Listening
Listen with curiosity….
Listen with curiosity. Speak with honesty. Act with integrity. The greatest problem with communication is we don’t listen to understand. We listen to reply. When we listen with curiosity, we don’t listen with the intent to reply. We listen for what’s behind the words.
– Roy T Bennett
Listen…..
Listen with curiosity. Speak with honesty. Act with integrity. The greatest problem with communication is we don’t listen to understand. We listen to reply. When we listen with curiosity, we don’t listen with the intent to reply. We listen for what’s behind the words.
– Roy Bennett
It is….
It is only through dialogue, deep listening and passionate disagreement that we find our way to something larger than a singular and isolated point of view.
– Henry Kinsey-House
Leaders…
Leaders who don’t listen will eventually be surrounded by people with nothing to say
– Andy Stanley
You can…
You can listen to what people say, sure. But you will be far more effective if you listen to what people do.
– Seth Godin
The best leaders…
The best leaders are very often the best listeners. They have an open mind. They are not interested in having their own way but in finding the best way.
– Wilferd Peterson
Listening is…
…. not understanding the words of the question asked, listening is understanding why the question was asked in the first place
– Simon Sinek
Sometimes…
…. I think my most important job as a CEO is to listen for bad news. If you don’t act on it, your people will eventually stop bringing bad news to your attention and that is the beginning of the end
– Bill Gates
It is…
the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen
– Oliver Wendell Holmes
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