Workshop
How to Listen
In How to Listen, participants learn how to make small but critical shifts in how they engage in conversations — improving clarity without slowing things down.
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Workshop Details
For
Max 300 participants
Length
90-120 min virtually. Half day or full day in-person.
Price
From USD $15,000
Recording
30-day access to a recording of the experience (licensing included)
Preparation
A pre-engagement alignment call with the speaker ahead of time
Tech support
Complimentary tech support
White glove service
Available in-person, virtual, or hybrid. Option for our team to host virtually if needed at no additional cost
About This Workshop
Most people think they’re listening — but they’re actually waiting to respond, try to prove their point, or grab the mic back and make it about them.
In day-to-day work, this shows up everywhere: conversations that miss the point, feedback that doesn’t land, and decisions made without fully understanding the situation. People jump in too quickly, filter what they hear through their own perspective, or move to solutions before the problem is clear.
The result doesn’t seem dramatic, but it adds up: misalignment, friction, feeling under-appreciated, and decisions that need to be revisited because something important wasn’t fully understood.
Listening well changes how work actually gets done. It allows teams to surface better ideas, catch issues earlier, and move forward with greater clarity.
In How to Listen, participants learn how to make small but critical shifts in how they engage in conversations — improving clarity without slowing things down.
The result: fewer misunderstandings, more efficient collaboration, and decisions made with a fuller picture of what’s actually going on.
Key Takeaways
- Identify the exact moments where listening breaks down — and how those moments derail clarity, decisions, and execution
- Slow down the impulse to interrupt, fix, or redirect, and stay focused on fully understanding whatʼs being said
- Learn and practice simple techniques to make conversations more accurate and productive
- Ask questions that clarify thinking and surface whatʼs missing
- Distinguish between different types of conversations (problem-solving vs. understanding) and how to respond appropriately
- Reduce misalignment and repeated work by improving how information is actually heard and processed
Meet Your Instructor
Alex Simon
Founder of Lifeshop
Alex Simon is a Yale professor who teaches the emotional and communication skills we all should’ve learned in school—but didn’t.
She facilitates experiential workshops and courses on: how to have hard conversations, stop people-pleasing, listen better, navigate big life shifts, and more. Her sessions are deep, connective, practical, and—somehow—shockingly fun.
When she was 27, she started teaching at Yale: she created “The Self & Other: In Theory and Practice,” one of the university’s most sought-after courses.
In 2025, Alex founded Lifeshop, a school for adult emotional education in New York, which offers workshops for real life.
She also launched The School of Life in New York, and leads corporate workshops.
Before devoting her life to emotional education, Alex was a management consultant at Bain and worked in strategy and ops across sectors. She lived and trained at Plum Village, Esalen, and completed dozens of programs in mindfulness, communication, and personal development.
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