Dear Wonderful Woman,

How are you doing?

I am well. I've just returned from a business trip to Portugal.

I was there as a facilitator. The most import job of a facilitator is to listen more than they talk and to help attendees to reflect, analyse and decide on what they are committing to for their future selves.

We can also use these skills on ourselves to help us to engage in "active listening".

But first, are you "Guilty of any of these 4 Listening Sins"?

❌ Listening only to respond!

❌ Not fully listening and anticipating what will be said before it is said!

❌ Being defensive and not willing to listen.

❌ Listening only to defend your corner or position!

Yes, me too! 😳😳🤦🏾‍♀️ 🤦🏾‍♀️ 

It's so easy to caught up in feedback being "something that is being done to us, or negative experience or something we simply have to put with!".

Here are 3 tips to help you take your listening skills to level that helps you to create career success:

✅ Mindset: Consider the mindset that you are going into the conversation or meeting on feedback with. Choose a mindset that will be helpful to gain value or to understand why this feedback is something you have discerned is not useful to act on.

✅ Courage: Have the courage to listen to feedback that doesn't instinctively feel good. Take a moment to feel all the feels. Then ask yourself some analytic questions about the feedback you heard. Check for meaning about what was said if you're not clear.

✅ Clarity: Be clear that all feedback is not equal. You need to be discerning about which feedback you act on and which feedback you bin!

Have a great day ahead!

Warm Regards,

Ekua 

P.S. If you'd like to join us for my up-coming Masterclass on Unconscious Bias and Feedback on 30/05/22 at 7pm - 8:30pm UK time, please hit reply with "Ticket Info".