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EFFECTIVE LISTENING

Published on Dec 17, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

EFFECTIVE Listening

BY SHANI RASHID
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Communication is a systemic process in which people interact with and through symbols to create and interpret meanings.

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Transactional Model

"SENDER" AND "RECEIVER" AS CO-CREATORS OF SHARED MEANING

“The most basic of all human needs is the need to understand and be understood. The best way to understand people is to listen to them.”
― Ralph G. Nichols

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LISTENING VS. HEARING

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Hearing

The perception of sound
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LISTENING INVOLVES

  • Mindfulness/Reception
  • Selection/Organization
  • Interpreting
  • Responding
  • Remembering

Types OF LISTENING

  • Informational
  • Critical
  • Relational
  • Pleasure
  • Discriminatory

INFORMATIONAL LISTENING

GOAL: TO Gain INFORMATION
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Critical Listening

Goal: to evaluate, form opinions, or make judgements
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RELATIONAL Listening

Goal: to support or maintain relationships
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Pleasure Listening

Goal: for entertainment
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Discriminatory Listening

Goal: To Diagnose

OBSTACLES TO EFFECTIVE LISTENING

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EXTERNAL OBSTACLES

  • Overload
  • Complexity
  • Distraction
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Internal Obstacles

  • Preoccupation
  • Prejudgements
  • Lack of effort
  • Lack of accomodation
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NON-LISTENING

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“Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.”
― Stephen R. Covey

Forms of Non-Listening

  • Pseudolistening
  • Monopolizing
  • Selective/Literal Listening
  • Defensive Listening
  • Ambushing
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OPTIMIZING YOUR LISTENING

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•Be Mindful
•Eliminate Obstacles
•Consider Perspective
•Ask Questions
•Use Recall Aids
•Suspend Judgement
•Express Support

REMEMBER:

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