When we think of characteristics of a strong leader, “great listener” typically isn’t one of the first skills to come to mind, but maybe it should be. Particularly in this Covid-19 era as leaders are ...

Effective listening is an undervalued skill that is, unfortunately, often neglected in the modern working world. Managers and business leaders are just not trained well enough to be able to listen ...

When we think about leadership, we often link it with the ability to make powerful verbal presentations. It can be seen as a performance. And most leaders do, in fact, rise to their positions by being ...

Cowritten by Sukhman Rekhi and Tchiki Davis. Empathic listening is a type of listening that utilizes a combination of active listening skills, a reflection of feelings, and a questioning technique ...

Starting college where everything is in English can be… well, overwhelming. Words seem to fly past, instructions come so fast ...

Your ears are constantly picking up sounds around you even when you aren’t actively listening. Selective listening is when you focus your attention on some specific information. It involves ...

Popular culture encourages us to believe you’ve either got soft skills, or you’ve not. It also stereotypes those in tech as inept with people and incapable of being otherwise. Ideas like these are ...

Discover how interpersonal skills boost job performance, enhance company culture, and improve business success through effective communication and relationship building.

As a counselor educator and supervisor, I have often trained new lay and professional counselors in the art of listening. I consider this the most important intervention in therapy when helping ...