Make 2024 Your Year to Become a Better Listener

?If you are looking to improve your leadership skills in 2024, consider focusing on your listening abilities. By listening more powerfully, you will understand more of what people are telling you, stay focused on genuine priorities, and avoid getting bogged down by “stuff you think you ought to be doing.” Additionally, by demonstrating that you have heard your colleagues, they will feel more satisfied with their work and more motivated to share their best ideas.

To transform your listening abilities, start by listening for what other people are saying that is right, not for what is wrong. This simple change in the way you listen will help you discover nuggets of wisdom that you can then focus on, ask about, and develop. By doing so, you will refocus your leadership lens on the very best ideas that people are bringing to you, and you will discover “nuggets of wisdom” that you would have missed if your focus was only on proving other people wrong or only wanting to prove yourself right.

I hope this helps you become a more effective listener in 2024!?