Are you listening or are you hearing?

This is an important identifier of how you are as a leader.

Listening is active.

You are interested in the person, their problems, their story.

Hearing is passive.

You don’t connect with the speaker.

Why is this important? Listening makes others feel important.

It lifts them up. Makes them feel good about themselves.

It makes them feel heard.

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