Listen Up!

Michael Burns Livia Armstrong and Kat Koppett

Description

To build successful and productive relationships in the workplace, you need to be a good listener. This issue of TD at Work can help you learn to listen in a way that supports your colleagues and clients.

In “Listen Up!,” Michael Burns, Livia Armstrong, and Kat Koppett explain how improv skills rely on listening and explore how those skills can also apply in the workplace. See how listening like an improviser can make you more effective at your job.

This issue includes:
· tips for better listening
· case studies of successful and unsuccessful listening
· activities to practice listening skills
· a conscious listening primer
· an exercise in listening to rants.

Sujets

• Communication organisationnelle
• Business
• Economics
• Marketing et communication
• Business Communication

Informations

• Publié par: Association for Talent Development
• Date de parution: 13 août 2014
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781562867782
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 3 Mo

Extrait

at work TIPS, TOOLS & INTELLIGENCE FOR DEVELOPING TALENT

CAREER DEVELOPMENT

APRIL 2017 ISSUE 1704

LISTEN UP! Michael Burns, Livia Armstong, and Kat Koppett

career development VOL. 34 • ISSUE 1704 • APRIL 2017 LISTEN UP!

AUTHORS

Michael Burns Michael Burns is senior faciliaor a Koppet, as well as arisic direcor of The Mopco Improv Theare, he performance improv wing of Koppet’s paren company, Mopco, LLC.

Livia Armstrong Livia Armsrong is an improv program coordinaor a he Mopco Improv Theare and Koppet. She heads he youh program a he heaer and performs as par of he mainsage company, The Mop & Bucke Co.

Kat Koppett Ka Koppet is he eponymous founder of Koppet (www .koppet.com), a consulancy specializing in he use of heaer and soryelling echniques o enhance individual and organizaional performance. She is he auhor of Training to Imagine: Practical Improvisational Theatre Techniques to Enhance Creativity, Teamwork, Leadership, and Learning.

Community Manager, Career Development Sue Kaiden

Editor , TD at Work Paty Gaul

Managing Editor Teresa Preson

Production Design Iris Sanchez

IMPROVISATION AND LISTENING ............................................................ 1 THREE LEVELS OF LISTENING .....................................................................2 WHY IS LISTENING SO HARD?...................................................................3 DEVELOPINGIMPROVMUSCLES............................................................. 4 LISTENING LIKE AN IMPROVISER ..............................................................7 ACTIVITIES TO PRACTICE LISTENING SKILLS ....................................... 9 CONCLUSION.................................................................................................11

REFERENCES & RESOURCES ...................................................................... 13

JOB AIDS  Conscious Listening Primer................................................................. 14  A Ranting Exercise ................................................................................ 15

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