Active Listening

One concept. Four tiers of command. Which do you speak?

Category: Communication

Foundational Lexiconreally hearing
Executive Parlanceengaged attention
Scholarly Discourseempathic reception
Babel ZenithActive Listening
Origin: Carl Rogers

Etymology & Meaning

Fully concentrating on what is being said.

In the Boardroom

Hearing what customers actually say, not what you expect.

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