You sit in a meeting and want to show everyone that you are the smartest person in the room. Hence, you talk and talk and do not want to let others speak. When you are not talking, you are not listening either. You are only waiting for an opportunity to start talking again. If you are familiar with this behavior, stop for a moment and think about what is the meaning of all meetings and discussions. It is nothing else than creating relationships between participants. Listening to others helps us build relationships based on empathy and trust.
The PR Daily website compiled a list of questions to help you determine whether you know how to listen well or not. If you honestly feel ambarassed over more than three of them, you still have to learn many things about listening.
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Do you mostly talk more than others during meetings?
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Yo you focus your networking efforts more on promoting your own messages than the targets of a potential client?
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When speaking in public, are you obsessed with every your word?
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Are you invites as a facilitator to meetings or is this role naturally always offered to someone else?
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Can you remember what happened during your last meeting but it was not expressed verbally?
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When you provide feedback to a colleague, do you let him express his point of view or just offer your solutions?
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Have anyone ever appreciated your ability to capture the views of others in real time?
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Have you ever forced yourself to remain silent because you realized that it might be your strongest weapon?
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