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LinkedIn Learning

Effective Listening

via LinkedIn Learning

Overview

Communications experts Tatiana Kolovou and Brenda Bailey-Hughes help you assess your listening skills and develop more-effective listening behaviors.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Improve your listening skills
  • Getting the most out of the course
1. Assessing Your Listening Skills
  • Five skills for improved listening
  • Recall details
  • Understand the big picture
  • Evaluate content
  • Attune to subtle cues
  • Listen with empathy
  • When and how to listen
2. Challenges to Listening
  • Getting distracted by internal noise
  • Multitasking
  • Paying attention to delivery
  • Overwhelming yourself with information
  • Responding inappropriately
3. Effective Listening Behaviors
  • Effective listening behaviors
  • Clarify your role
  • Use nonverbal cues
  • Allow silence
  • Paraphrase what was said
  • Match emotions
  • Effective listening in action
Conclusion
  • Setting listening goals

Taught by

Brenda Bailey-Hughes and Tatiana Kolovou

Reviews

5.0 rating, based on 2 Class Central reviews

4.7 rating at LinkedIn Learning based on 9109 ratings

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  • This is a really great and encouraging course which compelled me to take certain actions that I would rather not. The examples were great and they case scenarios too. Although I just finished the course and have not applied the behaviors of good listening, I quickly was able to identify the areas where I fell short in terms of listening.
  • Anonymous
    I thoroughly enjoyed this course. Very insightful, clear and well structured. I would highly recommend it.

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