Engagement Fosters Communication, Collaboration & Active Listening
I have a 4 year old son. I will be working on my laptop and he will come up to me and ask me to put batteries in a car or train and I will automatically respond… OK. He will put his hands on my face and turn it so I am looking him eye to eye. I know you are not listening to me. What he means is NOW!!!
Are All Women Right??? My wife and most any woman will call it “selective” hearing. Men are famous for being told they hear only what they want to hear. Companies are just as guilty. They hear what they want to hear. Their perception is their reality. Unfortunately, that is the quickest way to cut your own throat. The bad news is they do it to themselves. Active listening is participatory. It is a two way dialogue. It lends itself to engagement. What do you know…
Watch Out, I Am About to Get on My Soapbox… If there is a magic bullet in the world, it would be communication. That could probably solve and prevent most World Wars, National Issues, Divorces, and any other disengagement. Communication starts with active listening. I think most would agree that most companies have silos. Every division, every dept, every team is on its own island. I can’t wait to start talking about startegies to fix all this. We are just identifing the issues. Think about a perfect world… where everyone in the company feels wanted, they exchange information freely. They are collaborating and feeling like they are part of a team they actually believe in. They are connected to one another, they believe in one another. They feel they are part of something bigger, a tight knit community….
What ways can you create open communiation, collaboration & active listening? What would need to happen for that to take place at your office?
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I agree with you that communication is the root of most problems. But communication starts with active listening!
You have made a very good point here, and it’s made me think about how long Corporate America had been a man’s world. Sure, women have been in the corporate world for decades, and many are now in executive positions, but there are still some attributes of the man’s world in Corporate America today. So, I wonder how much of that has contributed to their perception of reality.
Are all women right? To answer this question, let me just say that I am pretty sure that a woman gave birth to you. Am I right, yes?? yes??