By Highgain - ou can check your own listening skills by taking this four-minute self-assessment (Added: 3-Dec-2000 Hits: 1247 )

By Ivy Sea - Common understanding decrees that hearing and listening are two different activities and abilities. Hearing requires functioning ears. Listening, on the other hand, requires comprehension, minimal distraction and a release from your opinions while the other person(s) is speaking. And then there%u2019s deep listening. (Added: 7-May-2001 Hits: 912 )

By NA - Have you ever thought about how important listening can be? Just consider that we spend 80 percent of our waking hours communicating, and over 45 percent of that time listening to others - spouses, children, friends, co-workers, and acquaintances. (Added: 16-Apr-2002 Hits: 824 )

By Julia Chanteray, Management-Resources - A guide to effective listening techniques for managers. The advice here will help managers work more effectively with their staff and understand more about other people's needs (Added: 4-Aug-2002 Hits: 404 )

By ILA - Quotes on the importance and nature of the listening process (Added: 3-Dec-2000 Hits: 1079 )

By Larry Nadig - Expressing our wants, feelings, thoughts and opinions clearly and effectively is only half of the communication process needed for interpersonal effectiveness. The other half is listening and understanding what others communicate to us. (Added: 3-Dec-2000 Hits: 1522 )