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Better conversations start with listening more. Giving someone our attention is often the greatest gift we can give them. Join Vix as she explains what active listening is and 5 superhuman listening skills.
Better conversations start with listening more. Giving someone our attention is often the greatest gift we can give them. Join Vix as she explains what active listening is and 5 superhuman listening skills.
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Better conversations start with listening more. Giving someone our attention is often the greatest gift we can give them.
Key learning objectives:
What is active listening?
Identify 5 superhuman listening skills
Practise superhuman listening
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Active listening is considerate, reflective and empathetic. It goes beyond simply listening to the words someone is saying. When we listen actively or empathically, we pay close attention to their words, their tone, their body language, and what is not being said. We are seeking to understand not only their words, but also the feelings that they are expressing. We’re also paying attention to how this affects us and reflecting back what we’re hearing to confirm our understanding.
5 Superhuman Listening Skills:
Time: 30 minutes
Setup: Sit opposite your partner and decide who’s going first – that’s partner A. You will need a device to time each round.
This won’t sound like a normal conversation and that’s okay. The idea here is to help you practice the skills in a safe container before taking them out and using them in the wild. Do keep to the timings.
Partner A is going to share first about a situation in life right now that is important to you. Partner B, your job is to listen actively – look at the person opposite as the most important thing in your world right now. Give them the gift of your attention.
Round 1: Partner A shares about the situation (3 minutes)
Round 2: B reflect, same words or summary (1 minute)
Round 3: A shares more or clarifies any important piece that was missed (3 minutes)
Round 4: B share how you were impacted by your partner using sentence stem “The time I felt you the most was…” (1 minute)
Round 5: Partner B asks Partner A “What is an obstacle for you in this situation?”. Partner A has 2 minutes to share.
Round 6: Partner B asks Partner A “Do you want advice?”. If A says yes, B gives advice. If A doesn’t want advice, A gives themselves advice (1 minute). Partner A, you do NOT have to have advice if you don’t want it.
Round 7: B shares appreciation for Partner A using the sentence stem “What I think I get about you is…” (1 minute)
Thank your partner and swap over. At the end, you might like to share how that was for you. How did you find listening? What was it like to share and be heard?
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