Commentary
With all the distractions of checking personal devices, social media and other interruptions it’s a wonder any work gets done at all. Consider these articles as you head into meetings and travel to VMX.
Active listening involves mastering a host of other skills, writes Amy Gallo. It includes reading body language and tone of voice, maintaining your attention, and being aware of and controlling your emotional response. It requires empathy, self-awareness and turns a conversation into an active, non-competitive, two-way interaction.
Getting good at active listening is a lifetime endeavor.”
Gallo explains listening styles and ways we can practice to become more proficient at active listening. In a parallel article* Amishi Jha, PhD, shares the neuroscience-backed, attention-training practices athletes, executives and soldiers use to lead with intention.
Source: Harvard Business Review, January 2, 2024. Link. Research shows that those who engage in active listening are seen as more competent, likable, and trustworthy by others.
*Also see: We lose 50% of our time together from distraction . . . and how to reclaim it, Fast Company, January 1, 2023. Link.
The power of paying attention to our attention is that we become aware that this other stuff is happening that isn’t related to our goal and may actually prevent us from accomplishing it.” – Amishi Jha, PhD
INSIGHTS: It takes about 20 minutes or more after processing new information to achieve total resumption of where we were before an interruption, according to Larry D. Rosen, PhD, coauthor of The Distracted Mind <Link>.
Related content: Search results for: listening, AHD Archives. Link.