Listening skills What will the course cover? (contents, themes, projects)
Welcome, group agreement, why are you here?
What is listening?
Why listen? Day to day purposes
Terrible and terrific: listening behaviours at work
Effects of good & bad listening at work
Self-assessment: Are you listening?
Who's a good sport? Trainer demonstration of good and bad listening
Communication is two-way: the relationship between speaker & listener
Let's sit down: Sustained listening practice
In the corridor: Listening on the run
Not this again: personal & organisational barriers to listening
Overcoming barriers, creating favourable listening conditions
The skills trio: attending, following, reflecting - the theory explained
The skills trio: practical exercises
Attending skills - body language clues & skills practice
Following skills - enabling the speaker
Reflecting skills - Storytelling: watching for clues
Tell me about it: clarifying and summarising
listening for facts and feelings: do they mean what they say and say what they mean? Guess what: The skilful art of questioning
Muddlers and wafflers: how the listener focuses the speaker
Decisions, decisions: empowering the speaker
Difference of opinion: listening to an opposing view
What listens to you? The need for support.
What can I expect to achieve?
By the end of the course you should be able to:
Understand the complex nature of listening
Recognise my good listening and improve my poor listening habits
Use the trio of listening skills so I can apply them in my professional life
Be an active, not a passive, listener
How will I be taught?
Fun, practical exercises in plenary, small groups and pairs, as well as individual self-assessments and video. A highly interactive course with much listening practice. Price: £895 for up to 10 delegates
*Price: £995 for up to 10 delegates