5. FACTOID The average employee receives about 190 communications a day by paper, voicemail, email, phone, etc. from a Pitney-Bowes survey
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76. THE PROBLEM WITH COMMUNICATION IS “the illusion that it has been accomplished” George Bernard Shaw
99. M. En C. Eduardo Bustos Farías Interpersonal Communication Options
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105. Listening Styles Results-style: Interested in the bottom line or result of a message. Reasons-style: Interested in hearing the rationale behind a message. Process-style: Likes to discuss issues in detail.
107. The Keys to Effective Listening M. En C. Eduardo Bustos Farías Sources: Derived from N Skinner, “Communication Skills,” Selling Power, July/August 1999, pp 32-34; and G Manning, K Curtis, and S McMillen, Building the Human Side of Work Community (Cincinnati, OH: Thomson Executive Press, 1996), pp 127-54. Keys to Effective Listening The Bad Listener The Good Listener 1. Capitalize on thought speed Tends to daydream Stays with the speaker, mentally summarizes the speaker, weighs evidence, and listens between the lines 2. Listen for ideas Listens for facts Listens for central or overall ideas 3. Find an area of interest Tunes out dry speakers or subjects Listens for any useful information 4. Judge content, not delivery Tunes out dry monotone speakers Assesses content by listening to entire message before making judgments 5. Hold your fire Gets too emotional or worked up by something said by the speaker and enters into an argument Withholds judgment until comprehension is complete
108. The Keys to Effective Listening (cont) Keys to Effective Listening The Bad Listener The Good Listener 6. Work at listening Does not expend energy on listening Gives the speaker full attention 7. Resist Distractions Is easily distracted Fights distractions and concentrates on the speaker 8. Hear what is said Shuts our or denies unfavorable information Listens to both favorable and unfavorable information 9. Challenge yourself Resists listening to presentations of difficult subject manner Treats complex presentations as exercises for the mind 10. Use handouts, overheads, or other visual aids Does not take notes or pay attention to visual aids Takes notes as required and uses visual aids to enhance understanding of the presentation
109. Selecting Communication Media Low Lean Richness of Communication Medium Rich Complexity of Problem/Situation High Zone of effective communication Overload zone (medium provides more information than necessary) Oversimplification zone (medium does not provide necessary information) Impersonal static media Personal static media Interactive media Face-to-face