Active Living

The counselor began to mention the aptitude tests and with new light shed on the subject the client was more than willing to continue with the test in order to build her packet together for new employment. The counselor used active listening strategies and was empathizing with the client in the midst of her irrational thoughts. The counselor also utilized cognitive strategies to change her negative thinking into more constructive thoughts. While many different crises were…

Business Issue: The Asset Management Industry There are two general approaches to investment management – either utilizing active investment management or passive investment management. An active investment managers’ goal is to outperform a specific benchmark index by identifying mispriced securities. A passive managers’ goal is to closely track or replicate the return pattern of a specified benchmark index at a low cost. A passive manager does not make any attempt to seek out mispriced…

system breaks down. Unlike hearing, listening requires focus rather than just hearing sounds. In addition, listening requires paying attention to not only what is said, but also to how it is being said, as well as non-verbal messages. Active listening Active listening is the key to effective communication because it encompasses hearing…

To achieve active listening status it is imperative to approach conversations with patience and attentiveness. Active listeners do no respond until they have all of the information. Instead of honing in on what is familiar, so that they can respond efficiently, they focus their attention on what is different so as…

An active listener follows a few steps that are outlined by the textbook, “Communicating for Results 10th Edition:” by Cheryl Hamilton, “Receives the speaker’s total message – verbal, visual, and nonverbal, interprets the speaker’s meaning as closely as possible…

As the nurse of the conference I have to be empathetic during the conversation of the conference. Having said that. I have to be clear and concise on my response to every member. An example of an active listener is when I can paraphrase what a member said if it is not clear to me by saying: As I have understood, what you said is, it is important to keep the resident in the exercise regime three times a week. Clarification is another way to show…

Backwoods Mail Order Company is having problems in their customer service department as well as in the packing and shipping department. These departments employee around 80 individuals that work in both departments combined and these employee have not be properly trained in the problem areas. The company says that training all 80 employees at once is not prohibited, but they could break the training into different classes over several days. No matter how the company decides to set the training…

Group counselling skills Active listening Active listening according to Jacobs, Mason and Harvill (2006) describe it as listening to content, speaker’s voice and body language and this involves displaying to the other person that you are indeed listening. In a group counselling it involves listening to all members at the same time and not just the speaker. The leader does this so as to be aware of what the other members are feeling and thinking even when not contributing and the leader does this…

As practice settings will vary from hospitals, to clinics, to homes in the community.. challenges may arise in areas of… Want to be all of the things that a client wants from a practitioner! Adaptable Active listener – conscious effort to hear and appreciate what my colleagues say, without the point assuming ahead of time. Knowledgeable in practice methods, not just understanding but further reflecting to advance the practice To continually engage in reflective practice is an important…

Which habits seem to pop up in your listening? The habits that popped up in my listening are as follows Distractions such as background sounds or my cellphone or my thoughts going on in my mind sidetracked me in my listening. I jump to conclusions before the speaker has finished talking. What can you do to replace these habits with more productive behaviors? The first thing I can do is to minimize the distractions around myself. I should concentrate on the speaker. Focus myself to keep my mind…