Take Notes to Listen Better
Being a good listener isn’t about fixing everything. It’s about making people feel heard—and taking notes really helps.
Taught by
Andrea Garfield, Simon Sinek
Lessons
1 lessons
Format
Self-paced video
What You'll Learn
In hard conversations, reach for a pen. Writing things down helps you stay present and react less.
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Meet Your Instructors
Andrea Garfield
CEO of Awesome Institute
Andrea is the CEO of Awesome Institute, an executive leadership coaching firm. She knows that when leaders change by embracing their humanity, it has a profound positive impact on their teams, families, and communities. Human leaders use awareness of what is happening with their heads, hearts, and bodies to elevate their leadership. With two decades of leadership experience, Andrea has coached and taught thousands of senior leaders, ranging from small business owners to CEOs of billion dollar companies. She feels privileged to go on a unique journey with each person she coaches, guiding them to unlock their full potential and achieve extraordinary results.
Simon Sinek
Eternal Optimist
Described as “a visionary thinker with a rare intellect,” Simon has devoted his professional life to help advance a vision of the world that does not yet exist; a world in which the vast majority of people wake up every single morning inspired, feel safe wherever they are, and end the day fulfilled by the work they do.
A trained ethnographer, Simon is fascinated by the people and organizations that make the greatest and longest-lasting impact. Over the years, he has discovered some remarkable patterns about how they think, act, and communicate, and also the environments in which people operate at their natural best.
Simon may be best known for his TED Talk on the concept of WHY, which has been viewed over 60 million times, and his video on millennials in the workplace—which reached 80 million views in its first week and has gone on to be seen hundreds of millions of times.
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