We constantly believe that our employees are not able to listen to us. And we try to hammer the message across numerous times through multiple means. But the real issue may not be our employees’ listening ability, but ours (i.e. business leaders).
If you were asked “Who taught you how to speak, read, and write?” you’d probably be able to list teachers who helped you develop those communication skills.
But what if the question was: “Who taught you how to listen?” For most people, the answer would be “no one”.
Roshan Thiran from Leaderonomics talks about ‘Are you listening?’. Is listening really an issue for business leaders?
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If you would like to partner with our Leaderonomics Corporate Services team on how we can help your organisation accelerate further by improving your communication skills, email us at training@leaderonomics.com. To know more about what Leaderonomics do as a social enterprise, check out www.leaderonomics.org. For our other Raise Your Game podcasts, click here.
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