Text C The Importance of Listening
Text C The Importance of Listening
Warm-up Have you ever thought that listening is an important skill in communication? What can you conclude your own listening skill?Do you think you should improve it? How much time do you spend listening in your work? Why do managers spend so much time listening? What does the author want to prove through surveys? ·Vhy is listening also important to organizations? Why are most of people in leading
Warm-up • Have you ever thought that listening is an important skill in communication? • What can you conclude your own listening skill? Do you think you should improve it? • How much time do you spend listening in your work? • Why do managers spend so much time listening? • What does the author want to prove through surveys? • Why is listening also important to organizations? • Why are most of people in leading positions good communicators?
outline Listening is a vitally important skill. Listening is the No.1 skill that businesspeople want to have. Listening is vital to organizations. Listening skills can play a major role in career success. Listening can help you do a better job in the your position. Listening skills are also important to individuals in the organization
outline • Listening is a vitally important skill. • Listening is the No. 1 skill that businesspeople want to have. • Listening is vital to organizations. • Listening skills can play a major role in career success. • Listening can help you do a better job in the your position. • Listening skills are also important to individuals in the organization
Business experts agree that listening is a vitally important skill.Top executive spend even more time listening than other employees.A study of chief executive officers'communication showed that they spend at least 65 percent of the working day listening to someone.Another piece of research revealed that managers almost constantly ask questions of their subordinates;in a half-hour conversation, some ask literally hundreds
Business experts agree that listening is a vitally important skill. Top executive spend even more time listening than other employees. A study of chief executive officers’ communication showed that they spend at least 65 percent of the working day listening to someone. Another piece of research revealed that managers almost constantly ask questions of their subordinates; in a half-hour conversation, some ask literally hundreds
Listening on the job is not only frequent, it is important as well.When 282 members of the Academy of Certified Administrative Managers were asked to list the skills most crucial for managerial ability,"active listening"was rated number one and was placed in the "supercritical"category.In another survey,170 businesspeople were asked to describe the communication skills they considered most important and that they wished they had been taught in college;in each category,listening was the number-one response
Listening on the job is not only frequent, it is important as well. When 282 members of the Academy of Certified Administrative Managers were asked to list the skills most crucial for managerial ability, “active listening” was rated number one and was placed in the “supercritical” category. In another survey, 170 businesspeople were asked to describe the communication skills they considered most important and that they wished they had been taught in college; in each category, listening was the number-one response