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Leadership Insight-The Ten Commandments of Effective
Leadership-Commandment One-Thou Shall Communicate Well and
Often-Part III
By Tim Schneider
An overlooked
facet of the leadership communication puzzle is the ability
to listen effectively. Listening skills, when not properly
engaged will result in significant communication and
relational disconnects with peers and team members.
The easiest
method of improving the listening side of communication is
to manage the environment in which listening is performed.
If the dialog is important, and not just to you, the
environment must be conducive to listening. This means that
interruptions and distractions must be significantly reduced
or eliminated. If your phone will disrupt an important
dialog, silence it. If your cellular phone vibrating will
move your attention to who is calling, turn it off for an
important conversation. If the traffic by your office
distracts your eyes and your attention, move to a more
private or less traveled location. Read
the Entire Chapter
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