Barriers to Effective Listening Humans are creatures of habit and the habits you have created over time determine your success. Old habits are difficult to break but through habit formation, you can build new behaviors, despite the difficulty encountered while trying to form them. Common Barriers to Listening The factors which act as impediments to … Read more
What is Listening? Effective listening is the process of analyzing the sounds, organizing them into recognizable patterns, interpreting the patterns and understanding the message by inferring the meaning. Listening is not to be confused with hearing. Hearing is a physiological process which involves receiving the sound waves by the eardrum and transferring them to the … Read more
Levels of Listening Based on the effectiveness of the listening process, three levels of listening have been identified. Level 1 is that of Non-listening and is the least desirable, followed by Level 2 which is Passive Listening. Level 3 is Active Listening, which is most desirable. Though we listen at all the three levels during … Read more
Poor Listening Habits Research shows that after two days we retain only one fourth of what we hear. In fact, we do not hear all that is said and forget many of the things we hear. This is a reflection of our poor listening habits. Inefficiency of listening can be harmful for the organization. Some … Read more
Improve Your Listening Ability Effective listening calls for efforts on the part of the speaker, listener as well as others concerned with the process to remove the barriers that come in the way of effective listening. Conscious efforts have to be made by the listener to improve his listening ability and develop effective listening skills. … Read more
