Mr. Smith's Speech: The Power Of Informational Listening

One assumption about listening that was confirmed throughout Mr. Smith’s speech is the idea of “Informational listening which is the attempt to comprehend the message of a speaker” (Rothwell 164). Throughout the whole speech I was mainly focused on the ideas that Mr. Smith presented about listening. Some of the new insights about the power of listening that I have discovered throughout this speech is that sometimes you need to pay attention to what is not said in conversations. Hence, silence can speak louder than words in certain situations. However, while I was listening to this speech I did experience, “Glazing over which occurs when listeners’ attention wanders and daydreaming occurs” (Rothwell 167). Listening is a very powerful tool in …show more content…
Smith’s video I think would greatly improve the integrity of others (Smith 2014). Telling the truth basically deciphers that you understand right from wrong. In Carter’s article he states, “that discerning what is right and what is wrong” is the key to integrity (Carter 7). Telling the truth also can help people to have more integrity. Mr. Smith in his video also suggests the idea of “listening to what is not said” by others and I think that could help improve the integrity of people (Smith 2014). I think that in order to have integrity it is important for listeners to have an understanding response. “An understanding response requires a listener to check his or her perceptions for comprehension of the speaker’s message or to paraphrase the message to check accuracy” (Rothwell 182). Presenting integrity among others must consist of people having profound listening skills. Carter’s principles of integrity and Rothwell’s idea of competent listening both go in hand with each other. In order to be an effective listener it is important for you to portray integrity too. Therefore, being a good listener and having integrity, both influence your skills of your ability to be a competent communicator. Another way to prove that you have effective listening skills is to have a probing response while listening to others. “A probing response seeks more information from others by asking questions” (Rothwell 181). A listener who asks a probing response demonstrates their ability of actively listening. It also exemplifies the integrity of others when they have a probing response. The concept of listening could easily by incorporated into Carter’s integrity principles. In conclusions acting with integrity involves being an active and effective listener. Primarily, acting with integrity consists of critical listening because in order to be a competent communicator it is important to listen to what others have to say. Acting with integrity is