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BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION: PLANS, PROCESSES, AND PERFORMANCE By: James R. Disanza and Nancy J. Legee

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BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL

COMMUNICATION PLANS PROCESSES

AND PERFORMANCEBy James R Disanza and Nancy J

Legee

CHAPTER 2 LISTENING AND FEEDBACK IN ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS

PowerPoint by Jillian Russell

Communications

ldquoEffective listening is vital for shared meaning and may be one of the most straightforward least expensive ways to increase organizational productivityrdquo

RECALL LISTENING A personrsquos ability to correctly interpret

and remember the content of another personrsquos message

Itrsquos a 4 step Process

Conversation

4-STEP PROCESS TO RECALL LISTENING1 Receiving the message the other person is

communicating to you An act of hearing

2 Attending Focusing on the message with no distractions Bring the message into conscience attention and the background noise fades away

3 Assigning Meaning Your interpretation to what is being said

4 Remembering To store and recall meanings of a conversation

HOW TO BECOME A GOOD LISTENER

Motivate yourself Focus on content and not delivery Defer judgment Take advantage of thought speed Listen for meaning Take notes

MOTIVATE YOURSELF

Find something that triggers your interest

Use the situation to your advantage and learn something new

Search for a message that could help you or your company in the long run

Motivation

FOCUS ON CONTENT NOT DELIVERY Usually turned off by traditional

messages If you spend your time judging the

material you will miss the message Examples

How many times the speaker says ldquoumrdquoWhat the speaker is wearingThe dialect of the speaker

DEFER JUDGMENT Donrsquot find ways to disagree with the

speaker

Listen to what they have to say first

TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOUGHT SPEED We can think faster than we can talk

4 PatternsSmall mental departuresTangentialPrivate argumentsLarge departure

Education

LISTEN FOR MEANING Donrsquot focus on speakers words

Focus on nonverbal cuesVocalsGesturesFacial Expressions

TAKE NOTES Shows concern for what the speaker is

saying

Increases your attention to the message

EMPATHIC LISTENING ATTITUDE OF ACCEPTANCE Responding positively to what others have to say

Communicated through experiences and emotions

Fully understand the other persons point of view

CONFIRMATION A response that accepts the content of the

conversation as well as the experienceemotion the person presents

Direct recognition Nonverbal agreement Agreeing with content Verbal agreement Endorsing the emotionsexperiences Accepts

feelings as reasonable and legitimate

REJECTION Type of confirmation

Validates the personrsquos experienceemotional reactions but you disagree with the content of the message

DISCONFIRMATION Denies a persons experience or feelings as well as

their self-worth Avoid Involvement Nonverbal Cues Irrelevant Remarks Not listening Imperviousness Lack of concern Disqualification Disparages a persons feelings

Human Communication

SUMMARY Whenever we communicate it includes content and

emotions

Empathic listeners respond with confirmation or rejection and avoids disconfirmation

REFERENCE DiSanza J and Legge N (2009)

Business and Professional Communication Plans Procedures and Performances Pearson Education Inc

Book

  • Business and Professional Communication Plans Processes and
  • Chapter 2 Listening and Feedback in Organizational Relationshi
  • Recall Listening
  • 4-Step Process to Recall Listening
  • How to become a good listener
  • Motivate Yourself
  • Focus on Content not Delivery
  • Defer Judgment
  • Take Advantage of Thought Speed
  • Listen for Meaning
  • Take Notes
  • Empathic Listening Attitude of Acceptance
  • Confirmation
  • Rejection
  • Disconfirmation
  • Summary
  • Reference

CHAPTER 2 LISTENING AND FEEDBACK IN ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS

PowerPoint by Jillian Russell

Communications

ldquoEffective listening is vital for shared meaning and may be one of the most straightforward least expensive ways to increase organizational productivityrdquo

RECALL LISTENING A personrsquos ability to correctly interpret

and remember the content of another personrsquos message

Itrsquos a 4 step Process

Conversation

4-STEP PROCESS TO RECALL LISTENING1 Receiving the message the other person is

communicating to you An act of hearing

2 Attending Focusing on the message with no distractions Bring the message into conscience attention and the background noise fades away

3 Assigning Meaning Your interpretation to what is being said

4 Remembering To store and recall meanings of a conversation

HOW TO BECOME A GOOD LISTENER

Motivate yourself Focus on content and not delivery Defer judgment Take advantage of thought speed Listen for meaning Take notes

MOTIVATE YOURSELF

Find something that triggers your interest

Use the situation to your advantage and learn something new

Search for a message that could help you or your company in the long run

Motivation

FOCUS ON CONTENT NOT DELIVERY Usually turned off by traditional

messages If you spend your time judging the

material you will miss the message Examples

How many times the speaker says ldquoumrdquoWhat the speaker is wearingThe dialect of the speaker

DEFER JUDGMENT Donrsquot find ways to disagree with the

speaker

Listen to what they have to say first

TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOUGHT SPEED We can think faster than we can talk

4 PatternsSmall mental departuresTangentialPrivate argumentsLarge departure

Education

LISTEN FOR MEANING Donrsquot focus on speakers words

Focus on nonverbal cuesVocalsGesturesFacial Expressions

TAKE NOTES Shows concern for what the speaker is

saying

Increases your attention to the message

EMPATHIC LISTENING ATTITUDE OF ACCEPTANCE Responding positively to what others have to say

Communicated through experiences and emotions

Fully understand the other persons point of view

CONFIRMATION A response that accepts the content of the

conversation as well as the experienceemotion the person presents

Direct recognition Nonverbal agreement Agreeing with content Verbal agreement Endorsing the emotionsexperiences Accepts

feelings as reasonable and legitimate

REJECTION Type of confirmation

Validates the personrsquos experienceemotional reactions but you disagree with the content of the message

DISCONFIRMATION Denies a persons experience or feelings as well as

their self-worth Avoid Involvement Nonverbal Cues Irrelevant Remarks Not listening Imperviousness Lack of concern Disqualification Disparages a persons feelings

Human Communication

SUMMARY Whenever we communicate it includes content and

emotions

Empathic listeners respond with confirmation or rejection and avoids disconfirmation

REFERENCE DiSanza J and Legge N (2009)

Business and Professional Communication Plans Procedures and Performances Pearson Education Inc

Book

  • Business and Professional Communication Plans Processes and
  • Chapter 2 Listening and Feedback in Organizational Relationshi
  • Recall Listening
  • 4-Step Process to Recall Listening
  • How to become a good listener
  • Motivate Yourself
  • Focus on Content not Delivery
  • Defer Judgment
  • Take Advantage of Thought Speed
  • Listen for Meaning
  • Take Notes
  • Empathic Listening Attitude of Acceptance
  • Confirmation
  • Rejection
  • Disconfirmation
  • Summary
  • Reference

ldquoEffective listening is vital for shared meaning and may be one of the most straightforward least expensive ways to increase organizational productivityrdquo

RECALL LISTENING A personrsquos ability to correctly interpret

and remember the content of another personrsquos message

Itrsquos a 4 step Process

Conversation

4-STEP PROCESS TO RECALL LISTENING1 Receiving the message the other person is

communicating to you An act of hearing

2 Attending Focusing on the message with no distractions Bring the message into conscience attention and the background noise fades away

3 Assigning Meaning Your interpretation to what is being said

4 Remembering To store and recall meanings of a conversation

HOW TO BECOME A GOOD LISTENER

Motivate yourself Focus on content and not delivery Defer judgment Take advantage of thought speed Listen for meaning Take notes

MOTIVATE YOURSELF

Find something that triggers your interest

Use the situation to your advantage and learn something new

Search for a message that could help you or your company in the long run

Motivation

FOCUS ON CONTENT NOT DELIVERY Usually turned off by traditional

messages If you spend your time judging the

material you will miss the message Examples

How many times the speaker says ldquoumrdquoWhat the speaker is wearingThe dialect of the speaker

DEFER JUDGMENT Donrsquot find ways to disagree with the

speaker

Listen to what they have to say first

TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOUGHT SPEED We can think faster than we can talk

4 PatternsSmall mental departuresTangentialPrivate argumentsLarge departure

Education

LISTEN FOR MEANING Donrsquot focus on speakers words

Focus on nonverbal cuesVocalsGesturesFacial Expressions

TAKE NOTES Shows concern for what the speaker is

saying

Increases your attention to the message

EMPATHIC LISTENING ATTITUDE OF ACCEPTANCE Responding positively to what others have to say

Communicated through experiences and emotions

Fully understand the other persons point of view

CONFIRMATION A response that accepts the content of the

conversation as well as the experienceemotion the person presents

Direct recognition Nonverbal agreement Agreeing with content Verbal agreement Endorsing the emotionsexperiences Accepts

feelings as reasonable and legitimate

REJECTION Type of confirmation

Validates the personrsquos experienceemotional reactions but you disagree with the content of the message

DISCONFIRMATION Denies a persons experience or feelings as well as

their self-worth Avoid Involvement Nonverbal Cues Irrelevant Remarks Not listening Imperviousness Lack of concern Disqualification Disparages a persons feelings

Human Communication

SUMMARY Whenever we communicate it includes content and

emotions

Empathic listeners respond with confirmation or rejection and avoids disconfirmation

REFERENCE DiSanza J and Legge N (2009)

Business and Professional Communication Plans Procedures and Performances Pearson Education Inc

Book

  • Business and Professional Communication Plans Processes and
  • Chapter 2 Listening and Feedback in Organizational Relationshi
  • Recall Listening
  • 4-Step Process to Recall Listening
  • How to become a good listener
  • Motivate Yourself
  • Focus on Content not Delivery
  • Defer Judgment
  • Take Advantage of Thought Speed
  • Listen for Meaning
  • Take Notes
  • Empathic Listening Attitude of Acceptance
  • Confirmation
  • Rejection
  • Disconfirmation
  • Summary
  • Reference

RECALL LISTENING A personrsquos ability to correctly interpret

and remember the content of another personrsquos message

Itrsquos a 4 step Process

Conversation

4-STEP PROCESS TO RECALL LISTENING1 Receiving the message the other person is

communicating to you An act of hearing

2 Attending Focusing on the message with no distractions Bring the message into conscience attention and the background noise fades away

3 Assigning Meaning Your interpretation to what is being said

4 Remembering To store and recall meanings of a conversation

HOW TO BECOME A GOOD LISTENER

Motivate yourself Focus on content and not delivery Defer judgment Take advantage of thought speed Listen for meaning Take notes

MOTIVATE YOURSELF

Find something that triggers your interest

Use the situation to your advantage and learn something new

Search for a message that could help you or your company in the long run

Motivation

FOCUS ON CONTENT NOT DELIVERY Usually turned off by traditional

messages If you spend your time judging the

material you will miss the message Examples

How many times the speaker says ldquoumrdquoWhat the speaker is wearingThe dialect of the speaker

DEFER JUDGMENT Donrsquot find ways to disagree with the

speaker

Listen to what they have to say first

TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOUGHT SPEED We can think faster than we can talk

4 PatternsSmall mental departuresTangentialPrivate argumentsLarge departure

Education

LISTEN FOR MEANING Donrsquot focus on speakers words

Focus on nonverbal cuesVocalsGesturesFacial Expressions

TAKE NOTES Shows concern for what the speaker is

saying

Increases your attention to the message

EMPATHIC LISTENING ATTITUDE OF ACCEPTANCE Responding positively to what others have to say

Communicated through experiences and emotions

Fully understand the other persons point of view

CONFIRMATION A response that accepts the content of the

conversation as well as the experienceemotion the person presents

Direct recognition Nonverbal agreement Agreeing with content Verbal agreement Endorsing the emotionsexperiences Accepts

feelings as reasonable and legitimate

REJECTION Type of confirmation

Validates the personrsquos experienceemotional reactions but you disagree with the content of the message

DISCONFIRMATION Denies a persons experience or feelings as well as

their self-worth Avoid Involvement Nonverbal Cues Irrelevant Remarks Not listening Imperviousness Lack of concern Disqualification Disparages a persons feelings

Human Communication

SUMMARY Whenever we communicate it includes content and

emotions

Empathic listeners respond with confirmation or rejection and avoids disconfirmation

REFERENCE DiSanza J and Legge N (2009)

Business and Professional Communication Plans Procedures and Performances Pearson Education Inc

Book

  • Business and Professional Communication Plans Processes and
  • Chapter 2 Listening and Feedback in Organizational Relationshi
  • Recall Listening
  • 4-Step Process to Recall Listening
  • How to become a good listener
  • Motivate Yourself
  • Focus on Content not Delivery
  • Defer Judgment
  • Take Advantage of Thought Speed
  • Listen for Meaning
  • Take Notes
  • Empathic Listening Attitude of Acceptance
  • Confirmation
  • Rejection
  • Disconfirmation
  • Summary
  • Reference

4-STEP PROCESS TO RECALL LISTENING1 Receiving the message the other person is

communicating to you An act of hearing

2 Attending Focusing on the message with no distractions Bring the message into conscience attention and the background noise fades away

3 Assigning Meaning Your interpretation to what is being said

4 Remembering To store and recall meanings of a conversation

HOW TO BECOME A GOOD LISTENER

Motivate yourself Focus on content and not delivery Defer judgment Take advantage of thought speed Listen for meaning Take notes

MOTIVATE YOURSELF

Find something that triggers your interest

Use the situation to your advantage and learn something new

Search for a message that could help you or your company in the long run

Motivation

FOCUS ON CONTENT NOT DELIVERY Usually turned off by traditional

messages If you spend your time judging the

material you will miss the message Examples

How many times the speaker says ldquoumrdquoWhat the speaker is wearingThe dialect of the speaker

DEFER JUDGMENT Donrsquot find ways to disagree with the

speaker

Listen to what they have to say first

TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOUGHT SPEED We can think faster than we can talk

4 PatternsSmall mental departuresTangentialPrivate argumentsLarge departure

Education

LISTEN FOR MEANING Donrsquot focus on speakers words

Focus on nonverbal cuesVocalsGesturesFacial Expressions

TAKE NOTES Shows concern for what the speaker is

saying

Increases your attention to the message

EMPATHIC LISTENING ATTITUDE OF ACCEPTANCE Responding positively to what others have to say

Communicated through experiences and emotions

Fully understand the other persons point of view

CONFIRMATION A response that accepts the content of the

conversation as well as the experienceemotion the person presents

Direct recognition Nonverbal agreement Agreeing with content Verbal agreement Endorsing the emotionsexperiences Accepts

feelings as reasonable and legitimate

REJECTION Type of confirmation

Validates the personrsquos experienceemotional reactions but you disagree with the content of the message

DISCONFIRMATION Denies a persons experience or feelings as well as

their self-worth Avoid Involvement Nonverbal Cues Irrelevant Remarks Not listening Imperviousness Lack of concern Disqualification Disparages a persons feelings

Human Communication

SUMMARY Whenever we communicate it includes content and

emotions

Empathic listeners respond with confirmation or rejection and avoids disconfirmation

REFERENCE DiSanza J and Legge N (2009)

Business and Professional Communication Plans Procedures and Performances Pearson Education Inc

Book

  • Business and Professional Communication Plans Processes and
  • Chapter 2 Listening and Feedback in Organizational Relationshi
  • Recall Listening
  • 4-Step Process to Recall Listening
  • How to become a good listener
  • Motivate Yourself
  • Focus on Content not Delivery
  • Defer Judgment
  • Take Advantage of Thought Speed
  • Listen for Meaning
  • Take Notes
  • Empathic Listening Attitude of Acceptance
  • Confirmation
  • Rejection
  • Disconfirmation
  • Summary
  • Reference

HOW TO BECOME A GOOD LISTENER

Motivate yourself Focus on content and not delivery Defer judgment Take advantage of thought speed Listen for meaning Take notes

MOTIVATE YOURSELF

Find something that triggers your interest

Use the situation to your advantage and learn something new

Search for a message that could help you or your company in the long run

Motivation

FOCUS ON CONTENT NOT DELIVERY Usually turned off by traditional

messages If you spend your time judging the

material you will miss the message Examples

How many times the speaker says ldquoumrdquoWhat the speaker is wearingThe dialect of the speaker

DEFER JUDGMENT Donrsquot find ways to disagree with the

speaker

Listen to what they have to say first

TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOUGHT SPEED We can think faster than we can talk

4 PatternsSmall mental departuresTangentialPrivate argumentsLarge departure

Education

LISTEN FOR MEANING Donrsquot focus on speakers words

Focus on nonverbal cuesVocalsGesturesFacial Expressions

TAKE NOTES Shows concern for what the speaker is

saying

Increases your attention to the message

EMPATHIC LISTENING ATTITUDE OF ACCEPTANCE Responding positively to what others have to say

Communicated through experiences and emotions

Fully understand the other persons point of view

CONFIRMATION A response that accepts the content of the

conversation as well as the experienceemotion the person presents

Direct recognition Nonverbal agreement Agreeing with content Verbal agreement Endorsing the emotionsexperiences Accepts

feelings as reasonable and legitimate

REJECTION Type of confirmation

Validates the personrsquos experienceemotional reactions but you disagree with the content of the message

DISCONFIRMATION Denies a persons experience or feelings as well as

their self-worth Avoid Involvement Nonverbal Cues Irrelevant Remarks Not listening Imperviousness Lack of concern Disqualification Disparages a persons feelings

Human Communication

SUMMARY Whenever we communicate it includes content and

emotions

Empathic listeners respond with confirmation or rejection and avoids disconfirmation

REFERENCE DiSanza J and Legge N (2009)

Business and Professional Communication Plans Procedures and Performances Pearson Education Inc

Book

  • Business and Professional Communication Plans Processes and
  • Chapter 2 Listening and Feedback in Organizational Relationshi
  • Recall Listening
  • 4-Step Process to Recall Listening
  • How to become a good listener
  • Motivate Yourself
  • Focus on Content not Delivery
  • Defer Judgment
  • Take Advantage of Thought Speed
  • Listen for Meaning
  • Take Notes
  • Empathic Listening Attitude of Acceptance
  • Confirmation
  • Rejection
  • Disconfirmation
  • Summary
  • Reference

MOTIVATE YOURSELF

Find something that triggers your interest

Use the situation to your advantage and learn something new

Search for a message that could help you or your company in the long run

Motivation

FOCUS ON CONTENT NOT DELIVERY Usually turned off by traditional

messages If you spend your time judging the

material you will miss the message Examples

How many times the speaker says ldquoumrdquoWhat the speaker is wearingThe dialect of the speaker

DEFER JUDGMENT Donrsquot find ways to disagree with the

speaker

Listen to what they have to say first

TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOUGHT SPEED We can think faster than we can talk

4 PatternsSmall mental departuresTangentialPrivate argumentsLarge departure

Education

LISTEN FOR MEANING Donrsquot focus on speakers words

Focus on nonverbal cuesVocalsGesturesFacial Expressions

TAKE NOTES Shows concern for what the speaker is

saying

Increases your attention to the message

EMPATHIC LISTENING ATTITUDE OF ACCEPTANCE Responding positively to what others have to say

Communicated through experiences and emotions

Fully understand the other persons point of view

CONFIRMATION A response that accepts the content of the

conversation as well as the experienceemotion the person presents

Direct recognition Nonverbal agreement Agreeing with content Verbal agreement Endorsing the emotionsexperiences Accepts

feelings as reasonable and legitimate

REJECTION Type of confirmation

Validates the personrsquos experienceemotional reactions but you disagree with the content of the message

DISCONFIRMATION Denies a persons experience or feelings as well as

their self-worth Avoid Involvement Nonverbal Cues Irrelevant Remarks Not listening Imperviousness Lack of concern Disqualification Disparages a persons feelings

Human Communication

SUMMARY Whenever we communicate it includes content and

emotions

Empathic listeners respond with confirmation or rejection and avoids disconfirmation

REFERENCE DiSanza J and Legge N (2009)

Business and Professional Communication Plans Procedures and Performances Pearson Education Inc

Book

  • Business and Professional Communication Plans Processes and
  • Chapter 2 Listening and Feedback in Organizational Relationshi
  • Recall Listening
  • 4-Step Process to Recall Listening
  • How to become a good listener
  • Motivate Yourself
  • Focus on Content not Delivery
  • Defer Judgment
  • Take Advantage of Thought Speed
  • Listen for Meaning
  • Take Notes
  • Empathic Listening Attitude of Acceptance
  • Confirmation
  • Rejection
  • Disconfirmation
  • Summary
  • Reference

FOCUS ON CONTENT NOT DELIVERY Usually turned off by traditional

messages If you spend your time judging the

material you will miss the message Examples

How many times the speaker says ldquoumrdquoWhat the speaker is wearingThe dialect of the speaker

DEFER JUDGMENT Donrsquot find ways to disagree with the

speaker

Listen to what they have to say first

TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOUGHT SPEED We can think faster than we can talk

4 PatternsSmall mental departuresTangentialPrivate argumentsLarge departure

Education

LISTEN FOR MEANING Donrsquot focus on speakers words

Focus on nonverbal cuesVocalsGesturesFacial Expressions

TAKE NOTES Shows concern for what the speaker is

saying

Increases your attention to the message

EMPATHIC LISTENING ATTITUDE OF ACCEPTANCE Responding positively to what others have to say

Communicated through experiences and emotions

Fully understand the other persons point of view

CONFIRMATION A response that accepts the content of the

conversation as well as the experienceemotion the person presents

Direct recognition Nonverbal agreement Agreeing with content Verbal agreement Endorsing the emotionsexperiences Accepts

feelings as reasonable and legitimate

REJECTION Type of confirmation

Validates the personrsquos experienceemotional reactions but you disagree with the content of the message

DISCONFIRMATION Denies a persons experience or feelings as well as

their self-worth Avoid Involvement Nonverbal Cues Irrelevant Remarks Not listening Imperviousness Lack of concern Disqualification Disparages a persons feelings

Human Communication

SUMMARY Whenever we communicate it includes content and

emotions

Empathic listeners respond with confirmation or rejection and avoids disconfirmation

REFERENCE DiSanza J and Legge N (2009)

Business and Professional Communication Plans Procedures and Performances Pearson Education Inc

Book

  • Business and Professional Communication Plans Processes and
  • Chapter 2 Listening and Feedback in Organizational Relationshi
  • Recall Listening
  • 4-Step Process to Recall Listening
  • How to become a good listener
  • Motivate Yourself
  • Focus on Content not Delivery
  • Defer Judgment
  • Take Advantage of Thought Speed
  • Listen for Meaning
  • Take Notes
  • Empathic Listening Attitude of Acceptance
  • Confirmation
  • Rejection
  • Disconfirmation
  • Summary
  • Reference

DEFER JUDGMENT Donrsquot find ways to disagree with the

speaker

Listen to what they have to say first

TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOUGHT SPEED We can think faster than we can talk

4 PatternsSmall mental departuresTangentialPrivate argumentsLarge departure

Education

LISTEN FOR MEANING Donrsquot focus on speakers words

Focus on nonverbal cuesVocalsGesturesFacial Expressions

TAKE NOTES Shows concern for what the speaker is

saying

Increases your attention to the message

EMPATHIC LISTENING ATTITUDE OF ACCEPTANCE Responding positively to what others have to say

Communicated through experiences and emotions

Fully understand the other persons point of view

CONFIRMATION A response that accepts the content of the

conversation as well as the experienceemotion the person presents

Direct recognition Nonverbal agreement Agreeing with content Verbal agreement Endorsing the emotionsexperiences Accepts

feelings as reasonable and legitimate

REJECTION Type of confirmation

Validates the personrsquos experienceemotional reactions but you disagree with the content of the message

DISCONFIRMATION Denies a persons experience or feelings as well as

their self-worth Avoid Involvement Nonverbal Cues Irrelevant Remarks Not listening Imperviousness Lack of concern Disqualification Disparages a persons feelings

Human Communication

SUMMARY Whenever we communicate it includes content and

emotions

Empathic listeners respond with confirmation or rejection and avoids disconfirmation

REFERENCE DiSanza J and Legge N (2009)

Business and Professional Communication Plans Procedures and Performances Pearson Education Inc

Book

  • Business and Professional Communication Plans Processes and
  • Chapter 2 Listening and Feedback in Organizational Relationshi
  • Recall Listening
  • 4-Step Process to Recall Listening
  • How to become a good listener
  • Motivate Yourself
  • Focus on Content not Delivery
  • Defer Judgment
  • Take Advantage of Thought Speed
  • Listen for Meaning
  • Take Notes
  • Empathic Listening Attitude of Acceptance
  • Confirmation
  • Rejection
  • Disconfirmation
  • Summary
  • Reference

TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOUGHT SPEED We can think faster than we can talk

4 PatternsSmall mental departuresTangentialPrivate argumentsLarge departure

Education

LISTEN FOR MEANING Donrsquot focus on speakers words

Focus on nonverbal cuesVocalsGesturesFacial Expressions

TAKE NOTES Shows concern for what the speaker is

saying

Increases your attention to the message

EMPATHIC LISTENING ATTITUDE OF ACCEPTANCE Responding positively to what others have to say

Communicated through experiences and emotions

Fully understand the other persons point of view

CONFIRMATION A response that accepts the content of the

conversation as well as the experienceemotion the person presents

Direct recognition Nonverbal agreement Agreeing with content Verbal agreement Endorsing the emotionsexperiences Accepts

feelings as reasonable and legitimate

REJECTION Type of confirmation

Validates the personrsquos experienceemotional reactions but you disagree with the content of the message

DISCONFIRMATION Denies a persons experience or feelings as well as

their self-worth Avoid Involvement Nonverbal Cues Irrelevant Remarks Not listening Imperviousness Lack of concern Disqualification Disparages a persons feelings

Human Communication

SUMMARY Whenever we communicate it includes content and

emotions

Empathic listeners respond with confirmation or rejection and avoids disconfirmation

REFERENCE DiSanza J and Legge N (2009)

Business and Professional Communication Plans Procedures and Performances Pearson Education Inc

Book

  • Business and Professional Communication Plans Processes and
  • Chapter 2 Listening and Feedback in Organizational Relationshi
  • Recall Listening
  • 4-Step Process to Recall Listening
  • How to become a good listener
  • Motivate Yourself
  • Focus on Content not Delivery
  • Defer Judgment
  • Take Advantage of Thought Speed
  • Listen for Meaning
  • Take Notes
  • Empathic Listening Attitude of Acceptance
  • Confirmation
  • Rejection
  • Disconfirmation
  • Summary
  • Reference

LISTEN FOR MEANING Donrsquot focus on speakers words

Focus on nonverbal cuesVocalsGesturesFacial Expressions

TAKE NOTES Shows concern for what the speaker is

saying

Increases your attention to the message

EMPATHIC LISTENING ATTITUDE OF ACCEPTANCE Responding positively to what others have to say

Communicated through experiences and emotions

Fully understand the other persons point of view

CONFIRMATION A response that accepts the content of the

conversation as well as the experienceemotion the person presents

Direct recognition Nonverbal agreement Agreeing with content Verbal agreement Endorsing the emotionsexperiences Accepts

feelings as reasonable and legitimate

REJECTION Type of confirmation

Validates the personrsquos experienceemotional reactions but you disagree with the content of the message

DISCONFIRMATION Denies a persons experience or feelings as well as

their self-worth Avoid Involvement Nonverbal Cues Irrelevant Remarks Not listening Imperviousness Lack of concern Disqualification Disparages a persons feelings

Human Communication

SUMMARY Whenever we communicate it includes content and

emotions

Empathic listeners respond with confirmation or rejection and avoids disconfirmation

REFERENCE DiSanza J and Legge N (2009)

Business and Professional Communication Plans Procedures and Performances Pearson Education Inc

Book

  • Business and Professional Communication Plans Processes and
  • Chapter 2 Listening and Feedback in Organizational Relationshi
  • Recall Listening
  • 4-Step Process to Recall Listening
  • How to become a good listener
  • Motivate Yourself
  • Focus on Content not Delivery
  • Defer Judgment
  • Take Advantage of Thought Speed
  • Listen for Meaning
  • Take Notes
  • Empathic Listening Attitude of Acceptance
  • Confirmation
  • Rejection
  • Disconfirmation
  • Summary
  • Reference

TAKE NOTES Shows concern for what the speaker is

saying

Increases your attention to the message

EMPATHIC LISTENING ATTITUDE OF ACCEPTANCE Responding positively to what others have to say

Communicated through experiences and emotions

Fully understand the other persons point of view

CONFIRMATION A response that accepts the content of the

conversation as well as the experienceemotion the person presents

Direct recognition Nonverbal agreement Agreeing with content Verbal agreement Endorsing the emotionsexperiences Accepts

feelings as reasonable and legitimate

REJECTION Type of confirmation

Validates the personrsquos experienceemotional reactions but you disagree with the content of the message

DISCONFIRMATION Denies a persons experience or feelings as well as

their self-worth Avoid Involvement Nonverbal Cues Irrelevant Remarks Not listening Imperviousness Lack of concern Disqualification Disparages a persons feelings

Human Communication

SUMMARY Whenever we communicate it includes content and

emotions

Empathic listeners respond with confirmation or rejection and avoids disconfirmation

REFERENCE DiSanza J and Legge N (2009)

Business and Professional Communication Plans Procedures and Performances Pearson Education Inc

Book

  • Business and Professional Communication Plans Processes and
  • Chapter 2 Listening and Feedback in Organizational Relationshi
  • Recall Listening
  • 4-Step Process to Recall Listening
  • How to become a good listener
  • Motivate Yourself
  • Focus on Content not Delivery
  • Defer Judgment
  • Take Advantage of Thought Speed
  • Listen for Meaning
  • Take Notes
  • Empathic Listening Attitude of Acceptance
  • Confirmation
  • Rejection
  • Disconfirmation
  • Summary
  • Reference

EMPATHIC LISTENING ATTITUDE OF ACCEPTANCE Responding positively to what others have to say

Communicated through experiences and emotions

Fully understand the other persons point of view

CONFIRMATION A response that accepts the content of the

conversation as well as the experienceemotion the person presents

Direct recognition Nonverbal agreement Agreeing with content Verbal agreement Endorsing the emotionsexperiences Accepts

feelings as reasonable and legitimate

REJECTION Type of confirmation

Validates the personrsquos experienceemotional reactions but you disagree with the content of the message

DISCONFIRMATION Denies a persons experience or feelings as well as

their self-worth Avoid Involvement Nonverbal Cues Irrelevant Remarks Not listening Imperviousness Lack of concern Disqualification Disparages a persons feelings

Human Communication

SUMMARY Whenever we communicate it includes content and

emotions

Empathic listeners respond with confirmation or rejection and avoids disconfirmation

REFERENCE DiSanza J and Legge N (2009)

Business and Professional Communication Plans Procedures and Performances Pearson Education Inc

Book

  • Business and Professional Communication Plans Processes and
  • Chapter 2 Listening and Feedback in Organizational Relationshi
  • Recall Listening
  • 4-Step Process to Recall Listening
  • How to become a good listener
  • Motivate Yourself
  • Focus on Content not Delivery
  • Defer Judgment
  • Take Advantage of Thought Speed
  • Listen for Meaning
  • Take Notes
  • Empathic Listening Attitude of Acceptance
  • Confirmation
  • Rejection
  • Disconfirmation
  • Summary
  • Reference

CONFIRMATION A response that accepts the content of the

conversation as well as the experienceemotion the person presents

Direct recognition Nonverbal agreement Agreeing with content Verbal agreement Endorsing the emotionsexperiences Accepts

feelings as reasonable and legitimate

REJECTION Type of confirmation

Validates the personrsquos experienceemotional reactions but you disagree with the content of the message

DISCONFIRMATION Denies a persons experience or feelings as well as

their self-worth Avoid Involvement Nonverbal Cues Irrelevant Remarks Not listening Imperviousness Lack of concern Disqualification Disparages a persons feelings

Human Communication

SUMMARY Whenever we communicate it includes content and

emotions

Empathic listeners respond with confirmation or rejection and avoids disconfirmation

REFERENCE DiSanza J and Legge N (2009)

Business and Professional Communication Plans Procedures and Performances Pearson Education Inc

Book

  • Business and Professional Communication Plans Processes and
  • Chapter 2 Listening and Feedback in Organizational Relationshi
  • Recall Listening
  • 4-Step Process to Recall Listening
  • How to become a good listener
  • Motivate Yourself
  • Focus on Content not Delivery
  • Defer Judgment
  • Take Advantage of Thought Speed
  • Listen for Meaning
  • Take Notes
  • Empathic Listening Attitude of Acceptance
  • Confirmation
  • Rejection
  • Disconfirmation
  • Summary
  • Reference

REJECTION Type of confirmation

Validates the personrsquos experienceemotional reactions but you disagree with the content of the message

DISCONFIRMATION Denies a persons experience or feelings as well as

their self-worth Avoid Involvement Nonverbal Cues Irrelevant Remarks Not listening Imperviousness Lack of concern Disqualification Disparages a persons feelings

Human Communication

SUMMARY Whenever we communicate it includes content and

emotions

Empathic listeners respond with confirmation or rejection and avoids disconfirmation

REFERENCE DiSanza J and Legge N (2009)

Business and Professional Communication Plans Procedures and Performances Pearson Education Inc

Book

  • Business and Professional Communication Plans Processes and
  • Chapter 2 Listening and Feedback in Organizational Relationshi
  • Recall Listening
  • 4-Step Process to Recall Listening
  • How to become a good listener
  • Motivate Yourself
  • Focus on Content not Delivery
  • Defer Judgment
  • Take Advantage of Thought Speed
  • Listen for Meaning
  • Take Notes
  • Empathic Listening Attitude of Acceptance
  • Confirmation
  • Rejection
  • Disconfirmation
  • Summary
  • Reference

DISCONFIRMATION Denies a persons experience or feelings as well as

their self-worth Avoid Involvement Nonverbal Cues Irrelevant Remarks Not listening Imperviousness Lack of concern Disqualification Disparages a persons feelings

Human Communication

SUMMARY Whenever we communicate it includes content and

emotions

Empathic listeners respond with confirmation or rejection and avoids disconfirmation

REFERENCE DiSanza J and Legge N (2009)

Business and Professional Communication Plans Procedures and Performances Pearson Education Inc

Book

  • Business and Professional Communication Plans Processes and
  • Chapter 2 Listening and Feedback in Organizational Relationshi
  • Recall Listening
  • 4-Step Process to Recall Listening
  • How to become a good listener
  • Motivate Yourself
  • Focus on Content not Delivery
  • Defer Judgment
  • Take Advantage of Thought Speed
  • Listen for Meaning
  • Take Notes
  • Empathic Listening Attitude of Acceptance
  • Confirmation
  • Rejection
  • Disconfirmation
  • Summary
  • Reference

SUMMARY Whenever we communicate it includes content and

emotions

Empathic listeners respond with confirmation or rejection and avoids disconfirmation

REFERENCE DiSanza J and Legge N (2009)

Business and Professional Communication Plans Procedures and Performances Pearson Education Inc

Book

  • Business and Professional Communication Plans Processes and
  • Chapter 2 Listening and Feedback in Organizational Relationshi
  • Recall Listening
  • 4-Step Process to Recall Listening
  • How to become a good listener
  • Motivate Yourself
  • Focus on Content not Delivery
  • Defer Judgment
  • Take Advantage of Thought Speed
  • Listen for Meaning
  • Take Notes
  • Empathic Listening Attitude of Acceptance
  • Confirmation
  • Rejection
  • Disconfirmation
  • Summary
  • Reference

REFERENCE DiSanza J and Legge N (2009)

Business and Professional Communication Plans Procedures and Performances Pearson Education Inc

Book

  • Business and Professional Communication Plans Processes and
  • Chapter 2 Listening and Feedback in Organizational Relationshi
  • Recall Listening
  • 4-Step Process to Recall Listening
  • How to become a good listener
  • Motivate Yourself
  • Focus on Content not Delivery
  • Defer Judgment
  • Take Advantage of Thought Speed
  • Listen for Meaning
  • Take Notes
  • Empathic Listening Attitude of Acceptance
  • Confirmation
  • Rejection
  • Disconfirmation
  • Summary
  • Reference