The Listen Up or Lose Out

<p><strong>Learning how to actively listen and absorb what a person is saying thinking and feeling can set the stage for dramatically improved relationships and increased personal success.</strong></p><p>Most people retain only a fraction of what they hear resulting in miscommunications and lost opportunities. In <em>Listen Up or Lose Out</em> communications expert Robert Bolton highlights the underestimated and under-utilized tool of active listening and explains how it can be used to gather perspectives bridge differences and resolve problems.</p><p>Bolton teaches you key communication skills by: </p><ul><li>breaking down listening into a set of learnable skills such as avoiding the urge to criticize question or advise;</li><li>focusing on the speaker's point of view;</li><li>asking the right questions in the right order;</li><li>and learning how to read people's feelings and reflect them back</li></ul><p> </p><p><em>Listen Up or Lose Out</em> explains how one can become a skilled listener who experiences fewer conflicts makes better decisions and discovers opportunities that others might miss. Whether personally or in business could you benefit from better communication? Give listening a try!</p>