Let’s learn how to be better listeners so we can be better leaders! Join Jon and Will as they discuss this with guest, communications specialist, Ryan Schadt.
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01:00 Leadership through Listening with Ryan Schadt
02:30 Announcements
04:30 Welcome Ryan Schadt
06:00 Jon leads Opening Grounding Practice (~4 min)
10:00 Listening as Digestion through Receptive Observation
14:00 What makes a “Good Listener?”
18:00 Build relationships faster and create deeper connections
22:00 Moving beyond the content of the conversation
25:30 Jon’s listening epiphany and Will f*cks it up
29:00 Am I listening or waiting to speak? Responding or regurgitating something?
32:00 How to say “Yes, and . . .” and mean it
35:00 What makes an effective leader?
38:30 Listening on the battlefield
40:00 Falling back on our training
46:00 Listening 3.0 - Can you listen to yourself?
50:00 The bad habits of poor listeners
1:03:00 Building trust through listening
1:08:00 How to be a better Virtual listener
1:15:30 Will leads Closing Grounding Practice (~2 min)
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