Management-Business

Power Listening: Mastering the Most Critical Business Skill of All

Learning from colleagues’ and direct reports’ assessments is a deceptively difficult task. Unlike with medical professionals where listening to patients is rigorously taught, most business education comparatively neglects this topic. Yet the simple act of listening can have a dramatic impact on one’s workplace effectiveness – and one’s career trajectory. This brief book seeks to teach those skills. As the conclusion admits, though, the proof is in the day-to-day practice of how a job is…

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Leadership Management-Business Mentoring

The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever

When approached with an issue, most of us instinctively respond with doling out advice. We assume that people want to use our expertise. However, many of the best leaders have a different response: curiosity about the other person. They ask questions to empower the people around them to make better decisions. After all, the question-askers are the ones closest to the issues, not the one being questioned. In this book, Michael Bungay Stanier seeks to…

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Leadership Management-Business Psychology

You’re Not Listening: What You’re Missing & Why It Matters

Listening is an often-overlooked skill in today’s society heavily geared around marketing and self-expression. It involves asking probing questions and interpreting each word, expression, and pause that a speaker makes. It’s critical for jobs in journalism, intelligence, leadership, and social work. In this book, journalist Kate Murphy explores how listening works and how you can make better use of its science. For source material, Murphy interviewed hundreds of people from all walks of life along…

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