listening skills

Saxbee Consultants Curriculum and Work-Related Learning Officer

Listening Skills

Learning outcomes• Explain what we mean by listening skills

• Identify why listening skills are important, from an employability perspective

• Identify key reasons why we often fail to listen effectively

• Adopt simple listening techniques to ensure that you listen effectively

Listening Skills

Why listening skills are important

• Improves relationships

• Improves our knowledge

• Improves our understanding

• Prevents problems escalating

• Saves time and energy

• Can save money

• Leads to better results

Listening Skills

Hearing

Listening Skills

To perceive sound via the ear

Listening

Listening Skills

To concentrate on hearing something; heed or pay attention to

Collins English Dictionary

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Listening Skills

Barriers to effective listening

• Interrupting – knowing the answer

• Trying to be helpful

• Seeing discussion as competition

• Distraction - red flag words – emotional triggers

• Gap searching

Listening Skills

Simple listening technique1. Listen

• Don’t interrupt

• Let the speaker finish

• Concentrate on what is being said and how it is being said

• Make notes if this helps

• Show the speaker that you are listening

2. Question• Check understanding

3. Summarise• Paraphrase what the speaker has just told you

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Listening Skills

Learning outcomes• Explain what we mean by listening skills

• Identify why listening skills are important, from an employability perspective

• Identify key reasons why we often fail to listen effectively

• Adopt simple listening techniques to ensure that you listen effectively

Listening Skills

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Parveen Kumar Chadha… THINK TANK

(Founder and C.E.O of Saxbee Consultants)

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