Listening to Your Coworker
17 September 2009
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Listening is communicating in a way other than speaking. It’s looking at your coworker differently, it’s having your body in harmony with theirs, it’s hanging on their lips and connecting with them.Listening is more than perceiving a sound. Hearing something is passively perceiving a sound, while listening is an action.
Listening is actively being quiet. It’s recognizing that what the other person says is as important, or even more important, than what you could say; it’s not always talking, advising, or deciding.
Listening is giving importance to the other person. It’s establishing a partnership, it’s telling them that you’re together, that you are two, it’s recognizing their privileged position.
Listening is allowing the other person to express themselves. It’s giving them the opportunity to develop their ideas, to truly reveal themselves, to assert themselves, to grow.
Listening is stepping back for the other person. It’s prioritizing dialogue, it’s admitting that together you are stronger for thinking, it’s recognizing your own limits.
Listening is respecting the other person. It’s appreciating any idea different from your own, it’s considering potential contradiction as a source of improvement.
Listening is giving the other person time. It’s offering them what you have most precious, time for them, for their problems, their fears, their hesitations.
Listening is helping the other person find a solution. It’s playing the role of a mirror and being convinced that the other person has the answer to their problems.
What if listening to others was another way of listening to yourself, of recharging, of reflecting…? The company would then be the ideal place for personal development and communication.
Excerpt from the work "Collection of Intellectual Vitamins for Common Sense Management"
Author Florian Mantione
Posted online September 17, 2009
florianmantione.com
Listening is actively being quiet. It’s recognizing that what the other person says is as important, or even more important, than what you could say; it’s not always talking, advising, or deciding.
Listening is giving importance to the other person. It’s establishing a partnership, it’s telling them that you’re together, that you are two, it’s recognizing their privileged position.
Listening is allowing the other person to express themselves. It’s giving them the opportunity to develop their ideas, to truly reveal themselves, to assert themselves, to grow.
Listening is stepping back for the other person. It’s prioritizing dialogue, it’s admitting that together you are stronger for thinking, it’s recognizing your own limits.
Listening is respecting the other person. It’s appreciating any idea different from your own, it’s considering potential contradiction as a source of improvement.
Listening is giving the other person time. It’s offering them what you have most precious, time for them, for their problems, their fears, their hesitations.
Listening is helping the other person find a solution. It’s playing the role of a mirror and being convinced that the other person has the answer to their problems.
What if listening to others was another way of listening to yourself, of recharging, of reflecting…? The company would then be the ideal place for personal development and communication.
Excerpt from the work "Collection of Intellectual Vitamins for Common Sense Management"
Author Florian Mantione
Posted online September 17, 2009
florianmantione.com
