Overcoming Barriers to Effective Listening
Everyone
- 6 videos | 22m 49s
- Includes Assessment
- Earns a Badge
- CPE
- PMI PDU
Barriers to effective listening are present at every stage of the listening process. There are several factors that present these barriers, including emotions, noise, uninteresting conversations, or unwanted distractions. In this course, you'll learn to recognize how good listening habits can increase your effectiveness in the workplace and what listening tendencies interfere with effective communication. You'll also learn to recognize strategies for maintaining focus while listening and identify ways to effectively listen when your emotions have been activated.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
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Discover the key concepts covered in this course
Recognize the benefits of good listening habits in improving your performance in the workplace
Identify barriers that interfere with effective communication -
Recognize strategies for maintaining focus while listening
Identify ways to effectively listen when your emotions are actively engaged
Reflect on what you've learned
IN THIS COURSE
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1m 34sBarriers to effective listening are all around you, at every stage of the process. There are a myriad of unwanted distractions – even your own emotional responses. In this video, you'll learn about the key concepts to be covered in this course, including the benefits of good listening habits, the barriers to achieving them, and methods for overcoming them. FREE ACCESS
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3m 8sAt the end of the day, our job performance is based on both what we produce and how we produce it. Good listening is critical to productivity. In this video, you'll explore the benefits of good listening habits. FREE ACCESS
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3. What Gets in the Way of Good Listening?5m 8sDistractions are all around you, all the time. Both physical and mental, they’re the greatest barriers to good listening. In this video, you will learn about the types of barriers you need to overcome in developing good listening habits. FREE ACCESS
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4. Maintaining Your Listening Focus5m 46sPhysical, mental, and emotional distractions are the root cause of poor listening. In this video, you'll explore strategies you can deploy for maintaining focus in less-than-optimal listening conditions and distracting environments. FREE ACCESS
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5. Listening When Your Emotions Are Activated5m 54sStrong emotional responses can get in the way of our listening and distort how we understand the other person's message. In this video, you'll learn about ways to listen effectively even when your emotions have been triggered. FREE ACCESS
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6. Let's Review1m 19sIn this video, you'll review and reflect on what you've learned in the course Overcoming Barriers to Good Listening. FREE ACCESS
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