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- Deep listening is a very helpful and an important tool to bring into the workplace.
- Deep listening is using all your facilities: your mind, your body, and your own emotional intuition in the conversation.
- For example, you’re in a meeting you see one employee happy, but another employee is not as talkative as they usually are. You see a sad expression on their face. You might see their feelings through body behavior. take in all your observations, then your opportunity is to foster the work environment.
- An example on this is choosing the collaborate with ideas. Allow to have a lot of input. make sure everyone has an equal amount of time to express themselves.
- If someone is reluctant you can compassion seek for more input. This will include a time and inclusive environment.
- This will provide time and place for expression.
- You want to promote collaboration not competition. Make sure that everyone’s feelings matter.
- The following practice can help your observations.
- S: stop and pause.
- T: take a breath
- O: is observe
- P: proceeding from
- You want to practice the mental phrase: thank you I hear you. We will learn and grow together.
- Practice:
- Take some deep breaths.
- Eyes can be open or closed.
- We’re going to move into our stop practice. stop and pause and permit the stillness for a moment.
- After the pause take along deep breath of the body.
- O is where you observe, you can imagine the events around you and note the signals of your corkers.
- P after perceiving all this info you can proceed by behavior. imagine yourself telling them the phase:
- Thank you.
- I’m grateful for you.
- I see you.
- I hear you.
- I’m grateful to learn and grow together.