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PDAL: Active Listening

Guaranteed to Run Scheduled Fully Booked

Location

Wellington

Feb 2022

Code: PDAL

Length: 3 Hours

Overview

This fun and interactive Active Listening Skills Training Program will provide practical skills and knowledge that you will transform your personal and professional interactions and lead to more rewarding and meaningful communication.

Delivery format(s)

On-Site

Classroom

OBJECTIVES

Active listening is the key to effective communication and communication is the key to success.

This course teaches you how to listen attentively, understand what youve heard and how to respond appropriately. Using these techniques you will become a more effective communicator in all situations.

This course is delivered in partnership with PD Training.

PREREQUISITES

None.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN

In this course participants will:

Engage more effectively through active listening
Understand the difference between ‘hearing’ and ‘listening’
Learn the techniques to listen proactively
Increase their awareness of communication behaviours
Understand how emotions effect their ability to listen
Learn to paraphrase and restate for clarification
Be able to manage and encourage constructive collaboration

COURSE OUTLINE

Effective listening requires you to actively be absorbing the information given to you by a speaker, showing that you are listening and interested and providing feedback to the speaker so that he or she knows the message was properly received. This fun and interactive Active Listening Skills Training Program will provide practical skills and knowledge that you will transform your personal and professional interactions and lead to more rewarding and meaningful communication.

Lesson 1 - Getting Started Pre-Assignment Review Workshop Objectives Action Plans	Lesson 2 - How Well Do You Actively Listen? Group Activity
Lesson 3 - What Affects Listening? What Affects Listening? Things That Prevent Us From Listening Listen – Really Listen – Using Minimal Encouragers Why Use Minimal Encouragers?	Lesson 4 - Determine Your Communication Behaviours The Process Step 1: Identify your C H O I Step 2: Begin Your Personal Communication Evolution (C E) Personality Types and Their Communication Tendencies
Lesson 5 - Verbal Communication Skills Listening and Hearing; They Aren’t The Same Thing Focused Listening Asking Questions Open Questions Closed Questions Clarifying Questions Body Language	Lesson 6 - High Emotion - Low Intelligence How to Accurately Perceive Emotions Use Emotions to Facilitate Thinking Manage Emotions
Lesson 7 - Tips and Tricks to Manage a Brainstorming Environment Tips and Tricks	Lesson 8 - Wrapping Up Words from the Wise Action Plans