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Making Positive Psychology Work

If you believe as we do that by uncovering tested, practical ways to help people move from functioning to flourishing at work, we can better navigate the incredible challenges and opportunities our world faces, then this podcast is for you. Our goal each week is to give you access to the world’ leading positive psychology, positive organizational scholarship and neuroscience researchers and practitioners to explore their latest research findings on how you can improve wellbeing, develop strengths, nurture positive relationships, make work meaningful and cultivate the grit to accomplish what matters most. If you want evidence-based approaches to bringing out the best in yourself and others at work, then consider this podcast your step-by-step guide.
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How Good Are Your Listening Skills? with Dr's. Peter & Susan Glaser 0
Oct 22, 2020

Today we’re talking to Doctors Peter and Susan Glaser, who have spent their lifetimes researching and teaching people how to connect through conscious communication. Life and business partners for 40 years, they have published three books, including the highly acclaimed Be Quiet, Be Heard: The Paradox of Persuasion, and more than 40 research articles, as well as working with Fortune 500 companies all over the world, including Microsoft, Facebook, and Sony to name a few.

In this week’s episode, we explore the simple skills that can improve our ability to listen in ways that help us to understand and persuade each other.

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You’ll Learn:

  • [02:37] - Peter and Susan explain why studies suggest that being quiet might be the most powerful way to persuade others.
  • [05:59] - Susan and Peter explain how different conversations at work require us to listen more to others.
  • [07:16] - Peter and Susan explain why listening can be so hard for so many of us.
  • [09:46] - Susan and Peter share some tips to help us really listen to understand rather than just making it sound like we’re listening.
  • [12:46] - Peter and Susan offer some practical tips for those of us who really struggle to listen even when we’re trying hard to give other people more talk time.
  • [15:37] - Susan and Peter explain how we can consciously communicate with each other when conversations are challenging.
  • [22:17] - Peter & Susan enter the lightning round.

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Thanks for listening! 

Thanks so much for joining me again this week.  If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of this post.

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Until next time, take care!  Thank you, Peter & Susan!

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