Actively Listening
For most organizations, building high performance teams is not only a priority; it is a necessity. In today’s unstable and complex business environment, it’s no surprise then that ongoing tensions exist between the demand to produce and the need to cooperate – both of which are required in high performing teams. Yet in my experience, management’s focus tends to be on greater productivity over the need for closer employee cooperation.
But what if you could have both?
While thinking about Active Listening the other day there was a knock at the back door and at first I thought it must be a package delivery, but it was my next thought that got my gears churning.
What was the thought that pushed all other thoughts off the stage? My thinking pointed itself to this thought, when we speak with another person we are in effect knocking on their door of perception we are asking them to open up, we are asking them in effect to focus on the bits and pieces streaming from our minds to enter into their mind for consideration.
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