Active listening

Listening is very important. Listening is an acquired skill; hearing is a passive action. They are actually two different things. Hearing is just when you hear something and don’t really process what is being said. Listening is being engaged in the conversation. There are different types of listening; informational listening, critical listening, and active listening. When you are in a conversation, you are either doing one or even two of those types of listening’s. Then there are different…

Identifying Micro-skills All three therapists in the video demonstrated active listening. There were body clues such as leaning forward or nodding at appropriate times. The second therapist in the video also used active listening to validate the authenticity of emotion that the client was feeling. She also used her active listening skills to ask questions that delved deeper into the issues of the couple. She used active listening to guide the session by actively reflecting on what the clients…

required to successfully communicate with their student and their parents. Developing the effective use of the interpersonal communication skills of listening, questioning and feedback is beneficial to secondary teachers because they create collaboration, promote higher levels of thinking and encourage self-improvement. Listening, more specifically active listening, creates collaboration by constructing successful parent-teacher teamwork and establishing a respectful environment. Effective…

This time gave me an opportunity to undertake reflective listening through active listening which according to Rogers (1975) in his “client-centered” therapy argues that it encourages the client to share the information in more depth than if I was only asking directive questions. This enabled me to gain information when the client brought out the underlying issues including those that I had not thought about. The active listening also improved my relationship with the client since I was able to…

to obtain, but one that is very important is listening. A coach uses three types of listening skills and they are informal, active in initiative listening. Informal listen it is most common use in coaching and every day conversation. This listening skills focus on facts and information. As the listener, the listener maybe or not be interested in what the person is speaking on. This is why this type of listening seems to be passive. Active listening is where the listener is focused on what is…

There are two types of listening that managers use in the workplace. They are formal and informal listening. In this paper, I will define some of the techniques employed in each type. Also with the techniques, they will underline some of the benefits and differences between each type. Finally, I will discuss some potential pitfalls associated with each approach. First, formal listening is a structured listening strategy that allows the manager to listen to the message actively and…

The Dynamics of Groups as Systems| HS 6510 M1: _A3_Brooks.doc. Argosy University I choose a small group of seven people. The small group is making an effort to provide clothing and food for the homeless and families within our community. Our group has one leader who has been appointed by all of the group members. On the other hand, if the leader is absent there will be a group member who will take over when the leader is absent. However, everyone in the group will…

other. It is important to understand the difference, in terms of paraphrasing is restating the client’s message from the viewpoint of the helper, whereas reflecting feelings are pertaining to connecting with the client’s emotions. Summarising is an active response to the client to show that the helper is present and attending. It is a skill used to clarify the client’s experience and emotions. Summarising also helps to bring content together when areas of exploration are wide ranging. It…

As shown above, effective interpersonal communications play a major role in my chosen professional field. One of the skills and job responsibilities that I feel will be relatively easy for me will be to demonstrate cultural knowledge. Belonging to several minority identities has given me first hand experience in what it is like to be stereotyped. I would definitely be sensitive to these issues in dealing with my students and parents, as well as other organization members. Likewise, I feel it…

As digital learning developers, my team and Iusuallyspent most of our working time behind a screen at our desks.This is great as it allows us to experience the flow of different digital artefacts creation. However,the stories that we want to share with our learners are not laying there. They are created, happening, exposed and shared where our customers are, where the products are produced, where the sales experts who are going to use our e-learning coursesare operating. Thus, it is important…