Active Listening: The Definitive Guide
Active Listening
The Definitive Guide
This is a one-stop guide for you to know all about Active Listening — an indispensable skill to hone your coaching practice — and use it to your advantage.
So if you would like to:
- Become skilled at Active Listening
- Find out about the many benefits of Active Listening
- Know your clients better and understand the real meaning behind their words
- Enroll in the best courses on Active Listening
This guide will come in handy.
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Chapter 2
Active Listening: Then And Now
Chapter 3
Practice Active Listening With Clients
Chapter 4
Step By Step Breakdown
Chapter 5
Does Active Listening Work?
Chapter 1:
The Basics
I will be covering the fundamentals of Active Listening first, which will help you understand the concept more deeply.
I’ll also help you answer certain questions which you might have on what exactly comprises effective listening.
In addition to learning its definition, you will also find out what sets this social skill apart from the act of just ‘listening’.
Let’s dive right in.
What Is Active Listening?
A lot of times, people just hear what is being said and don’t necessarily listen.
However, in order to have successful conversations, it is important that you listen to the person you are having a conversation with.
Active Listening means paying full attention to what your conversation partner is saying.
When coaching, Active Listening will also make your clients feel valued and they might open up to you more.
You will become more aware of the influence and power of listening attentively as we move ahead.
What sets Active Listening apart?
As simple as it sounds, listening is a very important skill.
This is especially true if you are a coach. Obtaining, understanding, and retaining information is part of listening, which is what makes it stand out as an effective way of communication.
We often think we are listening, but we often end up not inferring the message of the speaker. When that happens, there is room for misunderstanding and conflict.
Effective listening can therefore increase your productivity as a coach because it allows you to grasp the information you need to work towards your clients’ growth.
So in this sense, there is a whole process to listening, which I am going to introduce you to in the coming chapters.
Chapter 2:
Active Listening — Then and Now
Coaches often tell me that their clients are always looking for transformational change.
As a coach, your job is to help them make it happen. And Active Listening is a big part of that process.
Before moving towards how to make sure you’re actively listening, let’s take a look at when the practice was first introduced and the initial overarching idea behind it.
The Origin of Active Listening.
The term was first coined in 1957 by American psychologists Carl Rogers and Richard Farson in a paper of the same title (reprinted in 1987 in the volume “Communicating in Business Today”).
The two
