Men Talking Mindfulness

Leading Through Listening with Communications Specialist, Ryan Schadt

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How many "leaders" do you know who don't really listen?  Let's talk about it and let's learn how to be better listeners so we can be better leaders!  Join Jon and Will as they discuss this with guest, communications specialist, Ryan Schadt.  

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Book mentioned by Ryan, You're Not Listening by Kate Murphy: https://www.amazon.com/Youre-Not-Listening-Kate-Murphy-audiobook/dp/B07WJ6MR2P/ref=sr_1_2?crid=Y7LFJKJQ3GYO&keywords=you%27re+not+listening+kate+murphy&qid=1645213295&sprefix=you%27re+not+li%2Caps%2C123&sr=8-2  

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01:00 Leadership through Listening with Ryan Schadt 

02:30 Announcements 

04:30 Welcome Ryan Schadt 

06:00 Jon leads Opening Grounding Practice (~4 min) 

10:00 Listening as Digestion through Receptive Observation 

14:00 What makes a “Good Listener?” 

18:00 Build relationships faster and create deeper connections 

22:00 Moving beyond the content of the conversation 

25:30 Jon’s listening epiphany and Will f*cks it up 

29:00 Am I listening or waiting to speak? Responding or regurgitating something? 

32:00 How to say “Yes, and . . .” and mean it 

35:00 What makes an effective leader? 

38:30 Listening on the battlefield 

40:00 Falling back on our training 

46:00 Listening 3.0 - Can you listen to yourself? 

50:00 The bad habits of poor listeners 

1:03:00 Building trust through listening 

1:08:00 How to be a better Virtual listener 

1:15:30 Will leads Closing Grounding Practice (~2 min)  

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