Hearing happens naturally, but listening is a skill that can be sharpened. We’ve all found ourselves drifting off during an important presentation or growing bored when we knew we should pay attention. The seemingly simple path that ideas take from a speaker’s mouth to a listener’s mind is filled with potential roadblocks.
Here are the top five challenges to active listening and how to overcome these listening barriers. PROBLEM: Pseudo-Listening. Pseudo-Listening is pretending to listen. This may be listening to another conversation in the room or thinking about something else. SOLUTION: No conversation in the room is as essential as the one you […]The post Overcome These 5 Listening Barriers to Realize Your Professional Potential appeared first on Ms. Career Girl.