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Listening

Heed the golden rule of communication: Listen first, then respond. Learn how to hear what people are saying and tune into what they're not saying.

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8 Article

Why listening well can make disagreements less damaging

Offering undivided attention and curiosity not only lowers the temperature of a conversation but can change its outcome
Guy Itzchakov
Psyche, 2024
9 Book

Active Listening Techniques

30 Practical Tools to Hone Your Communication Skills
Nixaly Leonardo
Callisto, 2020
8 Book

The Listening Shift

Transform your organization by listening to your people and helping your people listen to you
Janie van Hool
Practical Inspiration Publishing, 2021
Book

I Hear You

The Surprisingly Simple Skill Behind Extraordinary Relationships
Michael Sorensen
Michael Sorensen, 2017
9 Book
Anna Sale
Simon & Schuster, 2021
Book

Listen Like You Mean It

Reclaiming the Lost Art of True Connection
Ximena Vengoechea
Portfolio, 2021
8 Book

How to Listen and How to Be Heard

Inclusive Conversations at Work
Alissa Carpenter
Career Press, 2020
9 Book

Reclaiming Conversation

The Power of Talk in a Digital Age
Sherry Turkle
Penguin Press, 2015
Book

You’re Not Listening

What You’re Missing and Why It Matters
Kate Murphy
Celadon, 2020
8 Book

The Power of Noticing

What the Best Leaders See
Max Bazerman
Wall Street Journal Books, 2014
8 Book

Just Listen

Discover the Secret to Getting Through to Absolutely Anyone
Mark Goulston
AMACOM, 2009
7 Book

The Listening Leader

How to Drive Performance by Using Communicative Leadership
Emilio Galli Zugaro and Clementina Galli Zugaro
FT Press, 2017